U-Lead: Rebuilding a Better Ukraine via the New European Bauhaus Academy (NEB Academy Hub Ukraine)

The Russian war in Ukraine has led to massive destruction of the natural and built environment. Rebuilding efforts can benefit from a holistic approach to reconstruction. The New European Bauhaus (NEB) provides an inclusive approach to creating a more sustainable built environment that provides broader benefits to more people. In European Union the NEB Academy (NEBA) Alliance has been established, starting in April 2024. The overall mandate of the NEB Academy Alliance is to: • curate high quality training courses that are selected for quality and topical relevance (to the NEB), • to provide a platform to link training offers from hubs and their satellites with the skill needs and demands of different target groups, • provide an ongoing and active link between hubs, • rapidly expand to reach a massive audience by 2030 (3 million people trained in the EU and beyond). In Ukraine there is currently no NEB Academy Hub that could join the NEB Academy Alliance. A hub in Ukraine would be of strategic value to the NEB Academy Alliance, for the overall objectives of the NEB, and to bolster building practices for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Furthermore, this would complement other ongoing rebuilding activities in Ukraine. Significantly, the Ukraine Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (MinRestoration) has committed to adopt and implement the NEB’s core values, principles, and approaches in its future recovery activities.