39. The Big Interview: Matteo Patrone on Reconstruction and Development in Ukraine

Battleground

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Joining Patrick and Saul for this week's interview is Matteo Patrone - the Managing Director of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (EEC) at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He discusses the work the EBRD has done in Ukraine both since the collapse of communism in the 1990's and more recently since Russia's full scale invasion last year. He also sets out how much Ukraine will need in the process of reconstruction once the war is over. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.3	Yeah. Hello and welcome to the battleground Ukraine interview with me, Patrick Bishop and Saul David.
0:50.9	This week we've been talking to Matteo Petrone.
0:55.9	He's the managing director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Now, the EBRD was set up after the collapse of communism
1:02.2	to bring former communist countries into Western markets and in the process to promote
1:08.7	democratic institutions.
1:13.7	He's just come back from LeViv on a brief tour,
1:16.7	looking at the EBRD's operations there.
1:22.7	They're going to be absolutely central in maintaining the economy of Ukraine at this moment,
1:26.5	but also looking forward central to reconstruction plans.
1:28.3	This is what he told us.
1:39.3	Mateo, welcome to the podcast. You've just come back from Livviv. Can you tell us your impression of the mood there and how people are coping? Well, if I have to judge from the interactions we have with many companies we have met,
1:45.3	we have mainly met private sector companies and obviously live administration.
1:50.3	But if I have to judge from the interaction we have from the companies we met,
1:53.9	people are incredibly determined to see the end of the conflict and not being derailed in their plans to grow their companies,
2:05.8	expand them and ensure that the real economy of the country continues thriving,
2:11.3	notwithstanding the current situation.
2:13.9	But then you go and visit medical facilities, the hospital of V, and you realize that the human
2:21.9	cost of what is happening is huge. And that makes you wonder even more how the resilience of
2:30.2	the Ukrainian people in the current circumstances can be supported by stakeholders like
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