Type of territory: rear
Population: 250,000, including 20,000 internally displaced people
Area of municipality: 62.7 km2
Priority project:
Additional peculiarities of the municipality:
Rivne has 18 sister cities from Poland, Bulgaria, Slovak Republic, Germany, Sakartvelo, Norway, USA, Sweden, Principality of Monaco. In 2015, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) awarded Rivne with The European Diploma. In 2020, we were awarded The Flag of Honour and in 2023 the city was awarded with The Plaque of Honour.
Rivne started cooperation with the European Investment Bank. The goal is to carry out deep energy modernisation of public buildings – two schools, a maternity hospital, and a kindergarten. Work on one of these projects began last month.
The completed projects include energy modernisation of public buildings, installation of renewable energy sources like photovoltaics panels, saving public funds, reducing CO2 emissions, and strengthening international partnerships – all of these are now among the priorities of the municipality.
During the third call of the Interreg Europe programme in 2024, Rivne joined two partner consortia of two projects “Runway to Carbon Neutrality: Involvement of Business Communities in Climate Strategies” (CLIBUS) and “European Urban Exchanging Knowledge on Climate Neutrality” (EUREKA). In 2025 Rivne municipality started the implementation of these projects.
Contact: Mr Viktor Shakyrzian, Secretary of the Rivne City Council, Acting Mayor, mvk@rivnerada.gov.ua
