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In April 2023 the SUDH Programme was relaunched after a war-induced hiatus

We have resumed the project activities in Brovary and Vinnytsia. To revise the project proposals, elaborated earlier within the FS, Anatolii Koliienko, SUDH consultant, has visited Brovary and based on the collected data and discussions with the beneficiaries prepared five proposals for DH rehabilitation in the city. On April 25, a working meeting took place, gathering the representatives of NEFCO, Sweco, Brovary City Council and DHC. MDI consultants presented the potential investment...

26 April | Read more

Please help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Make your contribution to victory!

The support needed by our defenders must be easily accessible and timely. Anyone who are readyto stand by us in our common fight for peace may help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Together ournation may overcome anything, as far as we, Ukrainian, are strong, invincible, and free! The bank details for money transfers in UAH, EUR, USD and other currencies are given below.For transfers in the national currency (UAH):Bank: National Bank of UkraineMFO 300001Account №...

14 April | Read more

The All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization “Municipal Development Institute” (MDI) will elaborate the online-platform for capacity building in DH

In December 2021 MDI started to implement a new project “Elaboration of the Sustainable Platform for Capacity Building in DH”, financed by the USAID Energy Security Project. During 18 months, the organization has to develop the online platform and fill it in with the informational content, as well as launch training activity. The target audience of the platform includes DHCs and LSGs, which would like to build their capacity in operation and regulation of DH. Project implementation includes:...

13 January | Read more

An article prepared under the NEFCO-funded SUDH Programme has been published in EURO Heat and Power Magazine

Professor Anatolii Koliienko, sr. technical expert of MDI and member of the SUDH team, has prepared an article presenting theoretical backgrounds of the heat supply control issue in the Ukrainian district heating systems and the proposed solutions from the FS for the DH in Brovary, Ukraine. It has been published in EURO Heat and Power Magazine and is available by link

1 December | Read more

What is neighborliness?

The neighborliness is such an obvious and familiar term, that most people do not even think about its multitude of meanings. So what is this phenomenon about, which are its hidden strengths and possibilities? The neighborliness is the peculiar relations with neighbors, a trial, and an art to learn. It is a social and spatial construct that makes our living better. It is an artificial thing, since it is created by the due human efforts. In this environment people, while interacting, shape the common...

18 May | Read more