“Reconstruction depends on local governments.” That was the statement made by Patrick Molinoz, vice president of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and a member of the European Committee of the Regions, during the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine event in Gdańsk, Poland. He welcomed the first meeting of the donor platform, which reaffirms the role of local governments in Ukraine’s reconstruction, as well as the Weimar Initiative and TIPS for Ukraine, a tool for exchanges between Ukrainian and European local governments that is already being used by Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.