In Ukraine, the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Demonstration Component facilitated the resource productivity and environmental performance in Ukraine, focusing primarily on SMEs, whic represent represent 99.8% of total companies employing nearly 80% of the population. Despite the low share in national GDP (15%), SMEs are significant generators of wastes, air emissions and wastewater.
Using previous UNIDO’s expertise as a pillar, the RECP Demonstration project strengthened and raised RECP concept awareness throught ten oblasts of Ukraine