Germany and the European Union plan to increase funding for work in Ukraine by Germany's GIZ international development agency, a German Foreign Office spokesman said on Monday.
GIZ will receive an additional €30 million ($32 million) for projects in Ukraine, bringing the agency's total budget to €75 million, according to the spokesman. The German government will contribute an additional €12 million on top of a previous €27 million, while the EU will double its contribution from €18 million to €36 million.
The announcement comes just ahead of an international conference on rebuilding Ukraine is set to open in Berlin on Tuesday.
The project is part of the German Foreign Office's stabilization plans aimed at providing concrete support to government institutions and civil society in regions torn by conflict and war.
In the past, the initiative has equipped Ukrainian engineers to clear towns and villages of Russian explosive devices, efforts to protect Ukrainian nuclear power plants and maintain electric power supplies in the face of Russian airstrikes, according to the German Foreign Office.