About the Fund

Background

The Ukraine Transport Support Fund (UTSF) was established through a Joint Declaration signed in Brussels on 3 December 2025 by Canada, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine, and was officially launched in Stockholm on 17 February 2026. It operates within the International Transport Forum’s Common Interest Group for Ukraine (CIG4U).

The Fund finances goods, services and works that restore or maintain the operational capacity of Ukraine’s civilian transport system, based on priorities identified by Ukraine. It follows the model of the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, which grew from a €535,000 seed contribution in 2022 to over €2.2 billion by filling a similar gap.

What makes the Fund different

• Fills a gap — discrete equipment and service needs that are too small or too urgent for international financial institutions and framework programmes.
• Built for speed — a pipeline of prioritised needs, a pre-agreed framework and a single procurement agent with extensive experience in Ukraine.
• Grant-based — no loans or cash transfers; the procurement agent pays suppliers directly.
• All modes — rail, road, urban mobility, aviation, maritime and inland waterways.
• Ukraine-led — priorities are set by the Ministry for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport.
• Lasting value — assets meet EU standards and become the property of Ukrainian operators.

Milestones

1. 3 December 2025 · BrusselsCanada, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine sign the Joint Declaration establishing the Fund.
2. 17 February 2026 · StockholmThe Fund is officially launched at the 4th High-Level Dialogue for Ukraine, where Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom also sign the Joint Declaration.
3. June 2026 · Gdańsk€3 million is pledged by Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden at the Ukraine Recovery Conference.
4. July 2026The Management Committee holds its first meeting and elects Andreas Carlson, Sweden’s Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, as chair. Ukraine tables 19 priority projects worth over €70 million.
5. October 2026Germany joins the Fund with a €1 million contribution, and Sweden pledges a further €5.4 million, bringing total pledges to €9.4 million from five countries.

Governance

The Fund is run by three bodies, staffed through existing institutions rather than a new organisation.

• Management Committee — provides strategic direction, sets procurement and funding priorities and approves financial decisions. Each Lead Nation and Donor Nation may nominate a representative with one vote: Canada, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine as Lead Nations, and Estonia as a Donor Nation. The inaugural chair is Andreas Carlson, Sweden’s Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, for a renewable one-year term.
• Procurement agent — Lithuania’s Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) holds the Fund’s account, runs all procurement, contracts and pays suppliers, and verifies delivery in Ukraine through its Kyiv branch.
• Secretariat — the International Transport Forum (ITF) acts as the Secretariat of the Fund from Paris. It supports administration, manages donor engagement, co-ordinates with international financial institutions to avoid duplication, and keeps a registry of projects and contributions.

CPMA, the ITF Secretariat and the European Commission take part in the Management Committee as observers without voting rights. Ukraine’s Ministry for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport is the Fund’s single point of entry: it consolidates and prioritises requirements from across the transport sector and is responsible for maintaining delivered assets.

Contributions

Ukraine’s first-year priority list totals more than €70 million across 19 projects, ranging from €150,000 to €16 million each.

Contributing to the Fund

A country joins by signing a Note of Joining to the Fund’s Co-operation Arrangement, and then concludes a contribution arrangement with CPMA. Contributions can take three forms:

• Financial — either allocated by the Management Committee against Ukraine’s priorities, or dedicated to specific items or projects that Ukraine has identified as urgent.
• In-kind — equipment or services that meet needs identified by Ukraine.
• Training — training for personnel involved in Ukraine’s transport recovery, arranged directly by the donor.

Donor countries have the option to nominate a voting representative to the Management Committee, and receive annual audited financial and narrative reports. To discuss a contribution, please contact us.

Participating countries

The following countries have signed the political declaration in support of the Fund. Those highlighted in blue are founding countries or have pledged contributions.

• Ukraine
• Canada
• Estonia
• Germany
• Lithuania
• Norway
• Sweden
• Denmark
• United Kingdom