The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Foundation has awarded a $22,000 grant to the Kyiv School of Development (KSD). The funding will be used for the training of at least 100 reconstruction specialists to help rebuild Ukraine.
Since 2017, more than 450 managers, owners of real estate development and construction companies, project managers, architects and other market specialists have graduated from this educational institution.
A new ‘Recovery Manager’ programme has now been developed by KSD to train property professionals in the reconstruction of the country following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
“With the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024) recently held in Germany focused on a whole society approach and bringing together stakeholders to facilitate recovery, we want to play our part, bringing our experience for the benefit of Ukraine,” says Iain Finnegan SIOR, FSCI, FRICS, President of the European Chapter and Managing Director of Dublin-based Chartered Surveyors firm Finnegan Menton.
Matthew Leguen de Lacroix, SIOR, FRICS, as Head of Business Development at SIOR, added that teaching the younger generation the skills to rebuild Ukraine will be essential.
At present, SIOR counts more than 3,900 members across 50 countries.
