Connecting for Ukraine’s future prosperity
Building a modern Ukraine through strategic investments, public-private partnerships, workforce development, and cross-sector innovation
On 9 July 2025, Deloitte Italy - together with Confindustria and contributions from ISPI and the Kyiv School of Economics - hosted a side event of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) 2025 in Rome.
The event convened representatives from the Governments of Ukraine and Italy, international institutions, donors, and private sector stakeholders from over 15 countries. It aimed to foster structured dialogue between public and private actors and promoted strategic relationships for Ukraine’s recovery.
Financing the Ukrainian reconstruction
Ukraine’s human capital at a crossroads
At the core of the event were four roundtables focused on priority sectors:
- Energy - Powering the future: Boosting investments in energy grids and distributed generation.
- Advanced Industry Manufacturing - Collaborate to innovate: Shaping the future of manufacturing.
- Infrastructure - Building for tomorrow: Implementing innovative collaboration solutions for resilient and sustainable infrastructure.
- Aerospace, Digital Industries & Emerging Technologies - Leveraging complementary capabilities: Scaling innovation through strategic collaborations in aerospace, digital industries, and emerging technologies.
Additionally, Deloitte Italy has developed two thematic papers to inform the broader URC discussions:
- Financing the Ukrainian reconstruction: the role of public-private partnerships and collaboration in Ukraine’s recovery and growth
Focused on Public Private Partnerships and financial instruments to unlock investment and sustain long-term recovery. - Ukraine’s human capital at a crossroads: rebuilding the country’s workforce for economic resilience
Addressed workforce development, reskilling, and upskilling as pillars of Ukraine’s long-term recovery.
The proceedings of the side event - including summaries and business priorities for each session – as well as both thematic papers are available via the dedicated download links.
Following the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Rome on July 9th, Deloitte Italy was appointed as the official Knowledge Partner and Secretariat of the Business Advisory Council (BAC), chaired by Confindustria from July 2025 to July 2026. The BAC, the main advisory body of the Ukraine Donor Platform (UDP) established at URC 2024 in Berlin, brings together 18 members comprising prominent CEOs and senior business leaders to provide strategic guidance, private sector expertise, and concrete solutions aimed at improving Ukraine's investment climate.