Create Ukraine has opened applications for a new stage of the programme, while 24 Ukrainian professionals from the second cohort, who returned from abroad through the programme, presented the first results of their six-month work on reforms within state institutions during a progress review session.

Twenty-four Ukrainian professionals who returned from abroad have spent the past six months working inside Ukraine’s government, contributing to projects ranging from a $150 million reconstruction investment fund to a system tracking €9.5 billion ($10.8 billion) in European support. The professionals joined six ministries and two government offices through Create Ukraine – a programme designed to bring Ukrainians with international experience back to work in the country’s public sector during the war.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. On Monday, during a reporting session in Kyiv, the participants presented the interim results of their work on government reforms and strategic projects. The organizers have announced the opening of applications for the program’s third stage. Ukrainians living abroad can apply through the Create Ukraine website by Aug. 14. Assignments Assignments have included preparations for a Ukrainian-Japanese technology business forum, the development of a new funding model for Ukrainian cultural products known as “Tysyachovesna,” and work supporting the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.