Austria and Ukraine
Water partnership
Online round table29 October 2026

Water sector:Ukrainian needs.Austrian support.

Meet the Austrian partners who can help your community finance, prepare and build its water supply and wastewater projects.

One afternoon. All your questions.

OCT29
Thursday, 29 October2026 · Online round table
Kyiv time15:00 to 16:30
Vienna time14:00 to 15:30
Online, ZoomFree of chargeEnglish, Ukrainian interpretation
Registration
See the agendaAn initiative operated by Point of New, Vienna
Prepared with you

Built on what communities have already told us

100+communities across Ukraine in dialogue with AqUA Bridge

This round table is for communities that have already expressed interest in the platform. Many of you have shared your situation with us: the projects you are running or planning, where financing is missing, and what stands in your way.

We have prepared the agenda around this feedback, so the session answers your questions rather than general ones.

At the table

Austria's financing, engineering and industry partners in one session

Each partner covers one part of the path from a community's need to a finished project, and speaks to you directly.

OeKB logo
Financing

OeKB

Austria's official export credit agency, acting on behalf of the Austrian Ministry of Finance.

Provides long-term Austrian financing and guarantees for projects in Ukraine, including water projects of Ukrainian communities.

Raiffeisen Bank International logo
Financial preparation

Raiffeisen Bank International

One of the leading banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe, present in Ukraine through Raiffeisen Bank.

A bank partner on the ground. Has signed a memorandum with Ukraine's Ministry of Economy to support communities in preparing the financial side of their projects.

iC consulenten logo
Technical preparation

iC consulenten

Austrian engineering group with its own office in Ukraine.

Experience in water projects in Ukraine, from feasibility study and project documentation to implementation support, to the standards international financial institutions require.

Hawle logo
Technology · initiator of the programme

Hawle

Austrian manufacturer of valves and hydrants for water networks.

Proven Austrian solutions, implementation support and training for water utility staff, together with its Ukrainian partner.

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Coordination

Point of New

Vienna-based agency operating the AqUA Bridge platform.

Your single point of contact for every project, coordinating between Austrian and Ukrainian partners in Ukrainian, English and German.

More Austrian manufacturers of pipes, pumps and treatment systems will be announced.

In dialogue with the Point of Contact for Ukraine Reconstruction at Austria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with Ukraine's Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories.

Agenda · 29 October 2026

90 minutes, seven blocks

  1. 15:0010 min

    AqUA Bridge: one platform, four building blocks

    Point of New

    A bridge between Austria and Ukraine in water supply and wastewater, and which partner covers what.

  2. 15:1015 min

    Financing

    OeKB

    Long-term Austrian financing for water projects of Ukrainian communities.

  3. 15:2515 min

    Applications: financial preparation

    Raiffeisen Bank International, with Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine

    Financing instruments in Ukraine and support in preparing the financial side of projects.

  4. 15:4015 min

    Applications: technical preparation

    iC consulenten

    Experience from water projects in Ukraine, from feasibility study to implementation support.

  5. 15:5515 min

    Technology

    Hawle, initiator of the programme, with its Ukrainian partner

    Proven Austrian solutions, implementation support and training for water utility staff.

  6. 16:1010 min

    Your questions

    Ask your questions in the Q&A during the session.

  7. 16:2010 min

    Communication and next steps

    Point of New

    We follow up individually with each interested community. Projects ready to take part are brought together into one package, as the basis for dialogue with the Austrian government on the most favourable conditions for communities.

Times are Kyiv time. Vienna is one hour earlier. Speakers present in English. Interpretation into Ukrainian is provided for communities.

Next step, in person

We continue in Warsaw at ReBuild Ukraine

12 to 13November 2026, Warsaw

After the online round table we meet communities, water utilities and Austrian partners face to face at ReBuild Ukraine. A good moment to discuss your project in detail with financing and technology partners.

Registration

Register for the round table

Registration takes one minute. We already know your community's situation from our dialogue, so we only ask for the essentials.

After registering you receive a personal link to join and reminders the day before and one hour before the start.

Registration opens shortly.
  • Name and position
  • Community and oblast
  • Organisation: city or village council, water utility or other
  • Email and phone

Several people from one community are welcome, for example the head of housing and utilities and the head of the water utility.