An outline of the Procurement Opportunities in Ukraine under IFI-financed projects

The DBT’s webinar covered a IFI investor activity in Ukraine, along with the mechanisms to engage with procurement and business bids. Key IFI’s included The Word Bank, The EBRD, MIGA and IFC, who outlined the extent, nature and sectors for investment, and procurement portals Prozorro and RELINK, REPOWER, DREAM and PREPARE, the GOV UKR portal for prioritising projects, along with the procurement portals of both EBRD and World Bank.

In short, the World Bank is investing $3.2bn in 2026, across both projects and Government reforms, typically in Agriculture, transitional aligning reforms to the EU, encouragement of the private sector through derisking, and in civil society pensions, vulnerable civilian support and preparations for Reconstruction and restoration towards the economy of the future, and infrastructure. WB estimates Ukraine’s needs for restoration amount to $588bn, to include building back better, greener, transport, housing repairs and finance, and upskilling the labour force. Kateryna Chechel of the IFC outlined their approach to working with the private sector, where the economy has dropped momentum due to various impacts from energy and labour availability during winter, but estimates that 40% of the restoration investment can come from the private sector, of which $300bn required for modernisation ( 67% of energy needs, 100% of agricultural, 38% industrial finance possible) . So IFC is focused on derisking and encouraging investors into the private sector areas including attractive sectors such as Tech, healthtech and edtech. MIGAs Annabell Michele Anne Gastal outlined their strategy to encourage large investors by derisking investments, underwriting insurance and providing guarantees with other sovereign and IFI entities, to promote investment. They use all blended options, including debt finance, equity, underwriting trade in goods and trade finance guarantees across areas of energy, manufacturing, Infrastructure to the tune of $564m. The EBRD’s Nourilya Moldakmatova, stated the EBRD has 77 country stakeholders, including the EIB ( Eu investment bank) and has invested $23bn in Ukraine, $9.5bn since the war and $3bn in 2025. Focused on trade financing, advisory, reconstruction and renewal in priority areas like energy, infrastructure and agriculture.

Businesses can register and view investment opportunities through their portal : ebrd.com/work-with-us /procurement ebrd.com/work-with-us /procurement and https://www.ebrd.com/home/work-with-us/project-procurement/procurement-notices/energy-market-surveillance-system--remit--for-ukraine.html via the World Bank https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/projects-home

Iaroslav Liubchenko CEO of Prozorro demonstrated the procurement portal for public funds in Ukraine. Prozorro ensures global high standards for procurement and works with the IFCs to qualify projects, investment and investors and companies. To date they have convened over $3.5bn of projects, for 20 financiers, 2643 lots, including IBRD $1.2bn, EIB $981m, EU $714 projects. Yevhen Bulakhn of the World Banks Relinc site also validates $290m for road, transport and rolling stock, and is on the look out for expertise in roads and road management, while Roman Nourkov oversees the World Banks Energy procurement where there is need for over $25bn of reconstruction.

Please view the video here for further details on specific projects, sectors, investment funds and access to procurement sites. (Include link and photo of video and link to the page.