The Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF) will launch a third subsidy round on 17 October 2025 (quick scans). This round supports Dutch and international companies and civil society organisations that want to contribute to Ukraine’s recovery and sustainable reconstruction.
UPF provides financial support for concrete projects in the healthcare, water, circular construction, sustainable energy and agriculture sectors. The subsidy is available for partnerships that include at least one local organisation or company in Ukraine and one Dutch company. The lead applicant must be a Dutch company or civil society organisation.
Budget
Total budget: € 26,500,000
Each application must request a minimum subsidy of €500,000 and a maximum of €4,000,000.
Subsidies will cover up to 90% of eligible costs. The remaining portion of the costs, which must be at least 10%, needs to be funded by the partnerships' own contributions. The partnership must show how they will cover this 10% and how they will handle unforeseen costs.
Projects must not be commercially fundable and must be non-profit-making.
Deadlines
- Start application period (Quick Scans): 17 October 2025
- End application period (Quick Scans): 21 November 2025
- Start application period (Applications – only after completing Quick Scan): 30 January 2026
- End application period (Applications – only after completing Quick Scan): 30 April 2026
As of Friday, 17 October 2025, 10:00 CEST, you can submit the mandatory quick scan. The closing date for the quick scan is Friday, 21 November 2025, 17:00 CET. Based on your quick scan, you will receive non-binding advice. After completing the advisory process, you can decide whether to submit a formal subsidy application in January.
Please note that the criteria and forms for this opening round differ from previous openings. You can find the criteria for UPF3 on this page Ukraine Partnership Facility - UPF | RVO
Who can apply
The UPF3 subsidy scheme supports partnerships of companies and civil society organisations that want to work on the reconstruction and sustainable recovery of the Ukrainian economy and society. These companies and organisations set up and implement a concrete project in Ukraine. The subsidy applicant (lead partner) is a Dutch company or civil society organisation. Partnerships consist of at least one Dutch company and one local organisation.
The aim of the programme is to relieve the pressure on the Ukrainian public sector. It involves concrete projects with tangible results from which wider local economic and social development will emerge. Projects must have a long-term impact on the local community or a chain of businesses and civil society organisations. It concerns projects that are not feasible due to market failure and not commercially fundable.
UPF3 does not engage in projects that exclusively benefit one company, a group of companies or a single civil society organisation.
Sectors
Projects eligible for funding from the UPF3 facility must take place in one or more of the following sectors:
- healthcare
- water
- circular construction
- renewable energy
- agriculture
Details about the subsidy program
Ukraine Partnership Facility - UPF | RVO - in English
Apply for Ukraine Partnership Facility | RVO
Oekraïne Partnerschap Faciliteit (UPF) | RVO in het Nederlands
Ukraine Partnership Facility 3 (UPF3 ) informatiemiddag - 7/10/2025 and 16/10/2025
Important: the subsidy program is implemented by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), the Netherlands Embassy in Kyiv does not reply to individual requests about UPF3.