Yes. Thank you very much for this question.
Energy efficiency in the case of Ukraine offers great potential because of such negative numbers and statistics that we are faced with today. Poland is probably not one of the most efficient economies in Europe, but per capita, the Ukrainian economy is three times less efficient than Poland's. In terms of the GDP units, it's even worse. It's 10 times more energy-intensive in the case of Poland.
Therefore, I think that in order to reach the goal of decreasing the energy consumption in Ukraine, we must have a coherent approach to achieving energy efficiency in Ukraine, both in terms of the industries and in terms of the distribution of energy and energy generation in Ukraine. I think a lot can be achieved.
A lot of effort has been invested in the Ukraine, but the fact is that there's a lack of ownership, and there's no comprehensive approach to energy efficiency policies in Ukraine. The deficiencies of the regulatory system, which could help develop certain policies and strategies that, for example, were the case with Poland over the last two decades, are the major obstacles to achieving some success in Ukraine.
Some nations that have been active in this spirit in Ukraine have been very frustrated by the effects of the already invested funding. What we need to do is revise our policy so we can find a way of exporting the knowledge to the Ukrainians, so they can take ownership of the changes being made to the energy sector and of energy efficiency projects in Ukraine. This is my conviction.
When you look at the case of Poland, because we've also travelled a long way in our energy efficiency blueprint in Poland, you see that with the help of other nations, we were able to develop capacities and know-how that helped us distribute and conduct the policies and the strategies that we had put in place at the very beginning. This is what is desperately needed in the case of Ukraine.