press-conference1On April 19, 2012 EUEA held press-conference “Heating in housing and communal services could be effective”, during which the experts presented possible solutions to the major energy problems in the housing and communal sector in Ukraine. Mr. Anatoliy Bliznyuk, Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Municipal Economy of Ukraine, raised the issue of energy culture, spoke about schemes and opportunities for investment in housing and communal sector. In particular, he elaborated on the issue of public-private partnership, and the need to use best domestic and internationalpractices for reforming the utility sector in Ukraine.

Other press conference speakers included Mr.Dave Young, Chairman of the European-  Ukrainian Energy Agency, Mr.William Tucker, Head of MHRP project (USAID), Mr.Vitaly Poplavsky, EUEA Board Member, General Director of “Center for energy-saving technologies”, Vsevolod Koshel, Director of EcoEnergy Donetsk.

Download full press release  (in Ukrainian)