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Building Ukraine’s First New City — Oksana Markarova on Nove Misto

Oksana Markarova, former Finance Minister, architect of UkraineInvest and Ukrainian Startup Fund, former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America, now Presidential Advisor on Reconstruction and Investments. This episode centers on Nove Misto, her new project to build Ukraine's first city from scratch: 100,000 residents, private funding model, circular design, tech-first infrastructure and country-specific sectors for international partners. A pilot for reconstruction. A pilot for European integration. We also discuss why investors waiting for the war to end are already late, which sectors offer serious opportunity now and how to engage with Ukraine's institutional landscape as a foreign investor. FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is a strategic podcast for institutional investors, corporate decision-makers and policy leaders evaluating Ukraine as a serious partnership opportunity. Nove Misto: oksana.markarova@novemisto.in.ua Valeriya Ionan: hello@ionan.global 2:10 – How Ukraine’s institutional capacity has changed compared to 2014, and what has been built since then. 6:19 – How Ukraine became one of the few countries that rapidly transformed its military‑industrial sector and why Ukraine is an answer to global problems. 10:38 – It is not safe in the world, and in so many unsafe places Ukraine has a unique track record of resilience. 11:00 – Concrete roadmap of Oksana and her key priorities as Presidential Advisor. 18:50 – Priority sectors where to invest in Ukraine right now. 30:00 – Why Ukraine should be on your investment map. 31:05 – Oksana talks about her new project Nove Misto, building a city from scratch. 41:19 – Will it be the city of the future using tech as its foundation? 43:10 – Why the human should be in the center of technology. 43:23 – Network state concept and other already built projects - world cases 48:00 – Nomads, AI visas and new models of attracting and retaining talent. 51:00 – Oksana’s contacts and ways to cooperate. 52:20 – How to change the narrative from “support Ukraine” to “partner with Ukraine”. 54:18 – When helping Ukraine, a number of countries are actually helping themselves. 1:00:00 – Democracy is not guaranteed; you have to work to preserve it.