APD-Ukraine has been extended for a sixth phase

The project aims to provide advisory support to agricultural policy decision-makers in Ukraine for a socially balanced and sustainable development of the agricultural sector and rural areas. In a dialogue between German and Ukrainian institutions and experts, the experiences and jointly developed recommendations for action are used to further shape the Ukrainian reform agenda and to develop the competencies of the Ukrainian institutions involved.

The aim of the sixth phase of the project is to introduce Ukrainian actors to German and European experiences in the design of agricultural and land policy in a participatory approach and in the dialogue format typical of APD, to compare these with the current situation in Ukraine, to derive recommendations for action from this and to accompany their implementation in practical policies.

In the sixth phase, APD has the following areas:

• Improving the use of opportunities in agricultural trade with the EU.
• In-depth exchange on the development of rural areas and the corresponding institutional framework conditions, strengthening of local administrations.
• Use APD as a platform for discussing key agricultural issues.

From January 2022 until the end of May 2022, Ms Mariya Yaroshko will take over as interim team leader of the APD.

The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) since 2006. The project is implemented in cooperation with GFA Consulting Group GmbH as mandatary, IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transformation Economies (IAMO) and AFC Consultants International as project implementers as well as the National Association of Agricultural Advisory Services of Ukraine (NVLBU/Dorada) as project executing agency.