Supporting Ukraine: Analysis on financing, reconstruction, governance and EU integration
Dossier – Last updated on 10 June 2026
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ECDPM has been analysing the implications of the war for EU foreign and development policy and finance, and the design and delivery of EU support to Ukraine itself.
Our analysis and facilitation focuses on how the EU is financing Ukraine's recovery and EU accession pathway, how the Ukraine Facility functions as an innovative but complex instrument, and what sustained engagement with Ukraine means for the EU's broader external action and budgetary frameworks, including the next MFF.
Drawing on interviews with EU institutions, member states, international financial institutions and Ukrainian actors, we combine policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and research to inform both Brussels level debates and longer term strategic choices, including via policy dialogue and convening events.
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Events
- May 2026: closed-door high-level discussion with the Nordic-Baltic group. At the invitation of the Nordic-Baltic group, ECDPM contributed to a high-level closed-door discussion on Ukraine's EU accession path, sharing our research perspective with senior representatives from Nordic and Baltic member states.
- April 2026: closed-door roundtable on Ukrainian societal resilience. Together with CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, ECDPM convened and facilitated a closed-door roundtable bringing together EU Member State representatives and European institution officials to discuss Ukrainian societal resilience.
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October 2025: informal roundtable with the RESUA Working Party. With the support of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, ECDPM organised and facilitated a closed-door discussion with the Council’s Working Party dedicated to the EU's support to Ukraine's reconstruction. The exchange drew on several months of ongoing ECDPM research, bringing analytical findings into dialogue with member state representatives at a critical juncture in the EU's engagement.
- Spring-summer 2024. In collaboration with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), ECDPM participated in a series of closed-door roundtables on EU financing and reconstruction governance for Ukraine, including Team Europe mechanisms. The exchanges brought together experts and practitioners to examine the evolving EU institutional architecture for reconstruction support.
Background
The EU support to Ukraine is part of broader discussions that respond to different timelines. In the short term, the EU and its MS are confronted with the imperative of providing credible security guarantees to Ukraine, which requires exploring avenues for collective engagement. In the medium term, the EU must assess the implications of sustained and intensified support to Ukraine within the framework of its budgetary planning, as part of the discussions around the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In the longer term, Ukraine’s recovery and sustainable development must be approached as part of a comprehensive public policy strategy, aligning donor coordination, institutional reform, and economic investment with the EU accession in perspective.
Read the full analysis hereECDPM's analytical focus: The Ukraine Facility
Get in touch
Would you like to know more about our work on Ukraine, discuss reconstruction and EU integration, or engage our expertise? Get in touch with Amandine Sabourin, Karim Karaki, San Bilal or Sophie Desmidt. For media enquiries, please contact Isabell Wutz.
