This diagnostic report provides an independent civil-society assessment of Ukraine’s reconstruction architecture amid the ongoing full-scale war. Prepared by experts affiliated with member organisations of the RISE Ukraine Coalition, the report examines how reconstruction governance operates across institutions, financing instruments, public investment management, transparency and accountability systems, civil society engagement, human-capacity constraints, the Build Back Better agenda, and selected sectoral case studies.
The report follows the logic of a shadow report. In the absence of a single regular official assessment of Ukraine’s reconstruction architecture, this work consolidates publicly available evidence, civil society monitoring findings, expert knowledge, and practical experience from reconstruction-related work. The assessment focuses on whether the current system enables coherent planning, transparent prioritisation, effective financing, accountable implementation, meaningful public participation, and alignment with EU principles and standards.
The report shows that Ukraine has made significant progress in developing digital tools, public investment management procedures, reconstruction financing instruments, and civilsociety oversight mechanisms. At the same time, the reconstruction architecture remains fragmented by institutional overload, unstable mandates, uneven local capacity, incomplete data, uncoordinated donor efforts, limited public participation, and the absence of a fully operationalised Build Back Better framework.
The report aims to contribute constructively to the wider debate on Ukraine’s reconstruction. It offers practical recommendations for the Government of Ukraine, local authorities, international partners, and civil society to strengthen reconstruction governance, improve transparency and accountability, support hromadas, align reconstruction with EU integration, and ensure that reconstruction investments are resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.
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