The Ukrainian authorities and the country's construction industry signed a strategic partnership and development agreement covering the next five years at the opening of KyivBuild 2013 on 20 February.

Signatories of the agreement included the head of the Kyiv City Government Olexander Popov, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services Dmitry Isaenko, directors of professional construction organisations, and the organisers of the exhibition.

The document aims to develop economic relations in construction and to attract investment from inside and outside Ukraine. By signing it, the industry's key players have joined forces.

Among the other signatories of the agreement were: Executive Director of the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine Sergey Grabar; President of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine Vladimir Gusakov; Vice-President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities Miroslav Pitsyk; President of the All-Ukrainian Union of Manufacturers of Construction Materials and Products Ivan Saliy; Vice-President of the Ukrainian Security Industry Federation Anatoliy Dolinniy.