REBUILD GREEN HACKATHON 2026
FIRST MENTORING SESSION
10 October 2026 · 11:00–12:10 — Expert Talks
Seven teams are working on challenges identified by Ukrainian communities. The first mentoring session focuses on reviewing initial solutions from different professional perspectives, assessing their feasibility, sustainability and social impact.
Alissa Bankovska
Session Opening, Organisational Matters and Introduction of Speakers
Dmytro Aranchii
Parametric and Sustainable Architectural Solutions
Kateryna Pylypchuk
From Community Challenges to Strategic Solutions
Dmytro Tkachov and Mykola Babak
Municipal Realities: What Communities Can Approve, Finance and Maintain
David Leal García
How to Build Back Better and Get Ready for the Future: Practical Applications of Dual-Use Thinking and Universal Design
Taras Tarasenko
Veteran Inclusion: An Integral Part of the Solution, Not an Add-On
Antin Kushnir
Trauma-Informed Design: Who Are You Really Designing For?
NEXT — GROUP MENTORING SESSION
Seven teams will present their initial solution directions, key assumptions and outstanding questions, and receive feedback from mentors with diverse professional expertise.
Opening & Kick-off Programme
A three-hour opening session that moves participants from the common programme framework into team work on seven real community challenges.
Opening Talks — From Challenge to Implementation
Six 10-minute talks establish the common framework for implementable recovery.
7 Communities — 7 Real Challenges
Each community introduces its challenge through a short video and a live municipality statement.
Meet Your Team
Preliminary teams are presented and finalised during the session.
Teams confirm their composition, co-leads and initial distribution of roles.
Mentors & Hackathon Platform
Mentors are a shared expert resource available to all Hackathon teams.
What Happens Next
Hackathon Timeline
GENERAL SCHEDULE
Second Cycle Preparation
Preparation phase
Municipality outreach, partner mobilisation, challenge framing and preparation of the 2026 programme launch.
Cycle 2 Launch
URC2026
Launch at URC2026. Selected municipalities and challenges are announced. Calls for participants, mentors, partners and sponsors open.
Online Hackathon
Online
Teams develop solutions for real municipal reconstruction challenges with support from mentors and experts.
Demo Day
Online / Presentation Day
Presentation of finalist solutions to municipalities, experts, donors, sponsors and partners.
Results Announcement
Rebuild Ukraine 2026
Three winning projects are announced at Rebuild Ukraine 2026 and selected for acceleration.
Project Acceleration
Acceleration phase
Winning projects are developed into grant-ready and implementation-ready project packages.
Funding and Consortium Building
Consortium development
Projects move toward grant submissions, donor engagement, partnership agreements and consortium development.
Cycle 2 Reporting
URC 2028
Results are reported at URC 2028, creating continuity toward the 2028–2030 programme iteration.