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Reconstruction of an apartment building for internally displaced people in Ovruch town

  • SDG11
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Rebuilding Ukraine

8VS1-VM-UA-RECIDPH24
Timeframe 01.03.2024-31.07.2025 Aktiivne
Target group Ukraina sisepõgenikud
Budget 3 071 485 EUR
Funders
  • ESTDEV
Partners

ESTDEV has selected a barracks building in the town of Ovruch, in the Zhytomyr region, in the winter of 2024, which needs reconstruction, as one of the infrastructure sites for the construction of social housing for internally displaced persons on a 2700m2 site with 36 apartments. The scope of the contract includes the complete reconstruction of the building and the construction of communications, roads, squares and outdoor areas on site. The building will be completed as a joint Estonian-Ukrainian project. As the building has been disused for 30 years and the structures (wooden scaffolding, roof, walls) are partly dilapidated, additional works are very likely to be needed during the reconstruction. 

Project objectives

Estonia is reconstructing an apartment building in Ukraine, which the city government has confirmed will be home to families who have been forced to evacuate from areas directly affected by the war, mainly eastern and southern Ukraine. The Municipality of Ovruch has sent information on the resettlement of more than 70 IDP families in the Ovruch region, mainly women and children, who are currently living in dormitories and other temporary accommodation, but who have no plans/possibility to move elsewhere. The need for housing is therefore urgent. During the implementation of the project, ESTDEV will have to verify the information on housing allocation policies and lists in order to avoid potentially problematic situations.

The IDP housing will be built as a cooperation project between Estonia and Ukraine, and the construction works must be completed within 275 days from the date of the contract, i.e. by July 2025 at the latest.

Actions and results

  • An updated construction project has been completed;
  • An apartment building in the town of Ovruch will be renovated and put into earmarked use; 
  • Project management, visits to Ukraine, communication.