The International Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine launched in Rome at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025

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Ukraine Recovery Conference – On 11-12 July 2025 – Rome, Italy

The declaration of intent was put forward for signature at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on 11 July 2025, launching the International Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine as the joint initiative by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science, UNESCO and the European Commission. This Coalition is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together both public and private actors to rebuild and strengthen Ukraine’s science and innovation ecosystem. This is a significant step to place science, research and innovation at the heart of Ukraine’s sustainable, inclusive and long-term recovery.

  • Rome Declaration of Intent for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine stated: “We hereby, reunited in Rome on the occasion of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025, launch the International Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine (“the Coalition”), a joint multi-stakeholder effort to foster science, research, and innovation as pillars of Ukraine’s recovery and long-term development, open to the future accession of new stakeholders who wish to join”.
  • Fact-Sheet: International Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine

Several countries and organisations – including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and UNDP – have already joined the Coalition, alongside the founding members, signalling strong international commitment to this collaborative recovery effort.

Membership in the Coalition is open to governments, international organisations, research entities, academic institutions, foundations, development banks and private sector actors actively supporting Ukraine’s research sector. Interested entities are invited to join by agreeing to adhere to the Rome Declaration and submitting a formal request to the Secretariat at EC-R-I-COALITION-UA-SECRETARIAT@ec.europa.eu.

The URC2025 took place in Rome on 10 and 11 July 2025. It was the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference, continuing the annual series of high-level political events dedicated to the swift recovery and long-term reconstruction of Ukraine since the beginning of russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.