- A new rule took effect that allocates 13.44% of excise taxes on fuel to local budgets based on where the fuel was sold, encouraging more accurate tax reporting and stable revenues for local communities.
- The share of local budgets in Ukraine's consolidated budget has increased to nearly 50%, higher than ever before, helped by a doubling of the minimum wage to 3,200 UAH.
- A new law defines the role and responsibilities of village heads in amalgamated communities more clearly.
The document summarizes decentralization efforts and reforms in Ukraine during January 2017. Key points include:
- Local budgets increased significantly in 2016 as a result of decentralization.
- The first elections were called for 40 new amalgamated communities, bringing the total to 406.
- International organizations like Estonia, Sweden, and the World Bank pledged support worth over 8 million euros for initiatives like e-governance, administrative centers, and healthcare reforms.
- Amalgamated communities spent 95% of their infrastructure development grants, demonstrating capacity and accountability.
- A new rule took effect that allocates 13.44% of excise taxes on fuel to local budgets based on where the fuel was sold, encouraging more accurate tax reporting and stable revenues for local communities.
- The share of local budgets in Ukraine's consolidated budget has increased to nearly 50%, higher than ever before, helped by a doubling of the minimum wage to 3,200 UAH.
- A new law defines the role and responsibilities of village heads in amalgamated communities more clearly.
The document summarizes decentralization efforts and reforms in Ukraine during January 2017. Key points include:
- Local budgets increased significantly in 2016 as a result of decentralization.
- The first elections were called for 40 new amalgamated communities, bringing the total to 406.
- International organizations like Estonia, Sweden, and the World Bank pledged support worth over 8 million euros for initiatives like e-governance, administrative centers, and healthcare reforms.
- Amalgamated communities spent 95% of their infrastructure development grants, demonstrating capacity and accountability.
The annual report summarizes the work of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU), an NGO that promotes democracy and human rights in Ukraine, in 2018. Key activities included educational programs that engaged thousands of citizens, election observers, and officials. CVU also conducted public discussions and research on important issues like judicial and political reforms. Through partnerships with other organizations, CVU worked to increase civic participation, transparency, and accountability in the Ukrainian government. Looking ahead, CVU aims to continue its efforts to strengthen democracy through citizen education, policy work, and public oversight.
CVU is a registered non-governmental organization in Ukraine with over 125 branches. In 2017, CVU monitored transparency in state support for political parties and held events on party reform and judicial reform. CVU also conducted a voter awareness campaign and observed local elections in newly amalgamated communities, deploying 350 observers. Key donors included NDI, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, USAID, and the Council of Europe. CVU's turnover was $78,443 USD in 2017, $82,524 USD in 2016, and $329,461 USD in 2015. Attached reports include CVU's final analytical report on monitoring state support for parties, press releases on events, and an election observation report.
The document provides information about the All-Ukrainian non-governmental organization «Committee of voters of Ukraine» (CVU). It includes details about CVU's leadership, staffing, and offices. The organization's activities in 2016 are summarized, including projects on fighting political corruption, monitoring local elections in united territorial communities, and analyzing politicians' statements. The last section describes CVU's observation of elections in united territorial communities on December 18, 2016. Attached reports on this and other projects are requested. Financial reports including an audit are also requested to be attached.
Content:
1. CPLR in Board Members’ Words
2. Achievements of CPLR for 20 years .
3. 2016 in:
1) constitutionalism
2) governance and public administration
3) justice
4) criminal justice
5) anti-corruption
6) information and e-governance
4. Publications of CPLR
5. CPLR as institutor and active participant in coalitions of civil
society organizations
6. Statistics of analytical products and media activity of CPLR
7. Financial account
8. Budget for 2016, projects, donors
9. Revenue budget from donors
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) is a non-governmental organization that monitors elections and promotes democracy in Ukraine. In 2014, CVU observed the presidential, local, and parliamentary elections to promote transparency. CVU also works to introduce good governance, protect citizen's rights, and strengthen its own institutional capacity. CVU receives funding from international donors and organizations to support its work monitoring elections and democratic reforms.
The monthly information bulletin of the Center of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) is dedicated to the analysis of state reforms,
in particular in the areas of parliamentarianism and elections, constitutional and judicial reforms, civil service, anticorruption,
etc. The goal of the publication is to increase the level of expert awareness among the citizens and to strengthen their
capacity to influence the government authorities in order to expedite democratic reforms and to establish good governance
in Ukraine.
During the period of January-March 2020, the DB Secretariat focused on supporting the Ministry of Regional Development (Minregion) in coordinating the establishment of the Office for Reform Support at Minregion and conducting consultations on Minregion's Operational Plan 2020-21. Several of DB's working groups had online meetings during this period to discuss issues related to reform implementation due to the suspension of physical meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The working groups provided inputs to Minregion's Action Plan and discussed challenges of inter-budget relations for newly established communities, amendments needed to the Budget Code, and other issues.
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) is a non-governmental organization that promotes human rights and direct democracy in Ukraine. In 2015, CVU observed elections, trained election officials and observers, monitored authorities, promoted electoral reforms, and protected citizens' rights. Key activities included observing local elections in October and November 2015 with over 4,600 observers, monitoring campaign finance, and developing recommendations to improve election legislation. CVU also monitored decentralization reforms and the implementation of anti-corruption measures. Internationally, CVU representatives observed elections abroad and participated in conferences to exchange experiences with other organizations.
The monthly newsletter of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform is devoted to the analysis of the state reform, in particular in the areas of parliamentarism and elections, constitutional and judicial reform, civil service, anti-corruption, etc.
The purpose of the publication is to raise the awareness among citizens and to strengthen their ability to influence the state authorities in order to accelerate democratic reforms and establish proper governance in Ukraine.
If you want to receive the monthly newsletter by mail, please send an e-mail to busol@pravo.org.ua (Yaryna Busol, communications manager of the CPLR).
CPLR annual activity report for 2015. Year 2015 in Ukraine for Constitutionalism, Governance and Public Administration, Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Combatting Corruption. CPLR achievements, publications, financial report, donors.
The annual report summarizes the work of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU), an NGO that promotes democracy and human rights in Ukraine, in 2018. Key activities included educational programs that engaged thousands of citizens, election observers, and officials. CVU also conducted public discussions and research on important issues like judicial and political reforms. Through partnerships with other organizations, CVU worked to increase civic participation, transparency, and accountability in the Ukrainian government. Looking ahead, CVU aims to continue its efforts to strengthen democracy through citizen education, policy work, and public oversight.
CVU is a registered non-governmental organization in Ukraine with over 125 branches. In 2017, CVU monitored transparency in state support for political parties and held events on party reform and judicial reform. CVU also conducted a voter awareness campaign and observed local elections in newly amalgamated communities, deploying 350 observers. Key donors included NDI, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, USAID, and the Council of Europe. CVU's turnover was $78,443 USD in 2017, $82,524 USD in 2016, and $329,461 USD in 2015. Attached reports include CVU's final analytical report on monitoring state support for parties, press releases on events, and an election observation report.
The document provides information about the All-Ukrainian non-governmental organization «Committee of voters of Ukraine» (CVU). It includes details about CVU's leadership, staffing, and offices. The organization's activities in 2016 are summarized, including projects on fighting political corruption, monitoring local elections in united territorial communities, and analyzing politicians' statements. The last section describes CVU's observation of elections in united territorial communities on December 18, 2016. Attached reports on this and other projects are requested. Financial reports including an audit are also requested to be attached.
Content:
1. CPLR in Board Members’ Words
2. Achievements of CPLR for 20 years .
3. 2016 in:
1) constitutionalism
2) governance and public administration
3) justice
4) criminal justice
5) anti-corruption
6) information and e-governance
4. Publications of CPLR
5. CPLR as institutor and active participant in coalitions of civil
society organizations
6. Statistics of analytical products and media activity of CPLR
7. Financial account
8. Budget for 2016, projects, donors
9. Revenue budget from donors
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) is a non-governmental organization that monitors elections and promotes democracy in Ukraine. In 2014, CVU observed the presidential, local, and parliamentary elections to promote transparency. CVU also works to introduce good governance, protect citizen's rights, and strengthen its own institutional capacity. CVU receives funding from international donors and organizations to support its work monitoring elections and democratic reforms.
The monthly information bulletin of the Center of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) is dedicated to the analysis of state reforms,
in particular in the areas of parliamentarianism and elections, constitutional and judicial reforms, civil service, anticorruption,
etc. The goal of the publication is to increase the level of expert awareness among the citizens and to strengthen their
capacity to influence the government authorities in order to expedite democratic reforms and to establish good governance
in Ukraine.
During the period of January-March 2020, the DB Secretariat focused on supporting the Ministry of Regional Development (Minregion) in coordinating the establishment of the Office for Reform Support at Minregion and conducting consultations on Minregion's Operational Plan 2020-21. Several of DB's working groups had online meetings during this period to discuss issues related to reform implementation due to the suspension of physical meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The working groups provided inputs to Minregion's Action Plan and discussed challenges of inter-budget relations for newly established communities, amendments needed to the Budget Code, and other issues.
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) is a non-governmental organization that promotes human rights and direct democracy in Ukraine. In 2015, CVU observed elections, trained election officials and observers, monitored authorities, promoted electoral reforms, and protected citizens' rights. Key activities included observing local elections in October and November 2015 with over 4,600 observers, monitoring campaign finance, and developing recommendations to improve election legislation. CVU also monitored decentralization reforms and the implementation of anti-corruption measures. Internationally, CVU representatives observed elections abroad and participated in conferences to exchange experiences with other organizations.
The monthly newsletter of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform is devoted to the analysis of the state reform, in particular in the areas of parliamentarism and elections, constitutional and judicial reform, civil service, anti-corruption, etc.
The purpose of the publication is to raise the awareness among citizens and to strengthen their ability to influence the state authorities in order to accelerate democratic reforms and establish proper governance in Ukraine.
If you want to receive the monthly newsletter by mail, please send an e-mail to busol@pravo.org.ua (Yaryna Busol, communications manager of the CPLR).
CPLR annual activity report for 2015. Year 2015 in Ukraine for Constitutionalism, Governance and Public Administration, Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Combatting Corruption. CPLR achievements, publications, financial report, donors.
The document summarizes the work of several Working Groups established by the Donor Board on Decentralization Reform in Ukraine from April to September 2017. The Working Groups focused on finalizing a framework to monitor decentralization reform progress across key sectors. Updates are provided on discussions within each Working Group, including on adopting laws to further decentralization, coordinating financial decentralization between ministries, improving local democracy, measuring regional development, reforming administrative services, coordinating public services, and establishing strategies and training for communication and knowledge management.
Report on the results of analysis of the problematic issues related to intern...DonbassFullAccess
The analysis of the problems of internally displaced persons (hereinafter - IDPs) in the amalgamated territorial communities (hereinafter - ATC) and perspectives of solutions in the context of the decentralization reform was studied by the project Addressing social consequences of the conflict in Donbas and the illegal annexation of Crimea with support to Ukrainian government bodies and local civil society (The Liaison Officers’ (Radnyk) Programme) implemented by the Canadian non-governmental
organization Stabilization Support Services with the financial support of the British Embassy. The objective of the analysis is to identify perspectives of IDP integration into the ATC, taking into
account the decentralization policy during the development of the strategic plan for IDP integration and to develop further recommendations. The components of the analysis:
1. The analysis of legislation on the specified range of issues.
2. The analysis of the queries from social protection system employees and IDPs, on the problematic issues concerning the implementation of IDP rights who are living in settlements that are part of the ATC, to the Programme Liaison Officers (hereinafter - LOs) in October-December 2017.
3. The LOs’ monthly reports on IDP issues for October-December 2017.
4. The analysis of sociological research as secondary data on authority decentralization.
According to the results of the analysis, a report was developed where the key problems of IDPs in the host communities, perspectives of the IDP integration into the ATC, and opportunities to take into account the decentralization policy while developing the strategic plan for the IDP integration were
summarized.
The ATC achievements and challenges of IDP integration, the ability to implement policy for the IDP social protection and promote their integration and the participation of citizens in exercising power in their communities, as well as their assessment of the current results of the reform were considered.
ON THE RESULTS OF ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMATIC ISSUES RELATED TO INTERNALLY DI...DonbassFullAccess
IDPs offer huge potential to host communities, but only where the conditions to demonstrate it exist. To realize said potential, it is necessary that IDPs be involved in the life of the amalgamated community. IDPs need equal rights and equal access to resources.
The document outlines reforms to healthcare and social welfare in Finland. It proposes consolidating services into 18 autonomous counties responsible for organizing and funding healthcare and social services. The goal is to reduce inequality, improve cost management and lower expenditures by EUR 3 billion. New legislation will enhance freedom of choice and simplify the multisource financing system. Duties will be divided between municipalities, counties and the central government.
Decentralisation in Ukraine_for Despro_english_29.03.2013Vira Nanivska
The new project “Mapping decentralization reforms in Ukraine”, initiated by DESPRO with the financial support from the Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC), differs essentially from all the earlier projects. It envisages the analysis of reforms aimed at decentralization in Ukraine and finding out why, despite huge effort and resources invested into decentralization over the recent 20 years, Ukraine ended up in situation, which is characterized by strengthened centralization, while the very notion of decentralization has acquired most negative connotation due to the failure of the respective reforms.
This monthly newsletter provides an update on the decentralization reform in Ukraine and the U-LEAD with Europe Programme. It discusses the completion of the inception phase involving the establishment of 26 administrative service centers, and the start of the roll-out phase which aims to support the creation or modernization of up to 600 centers. An example is given of a new energy-efficient center opened in Polonne. The newsletter also reports on the selection process for the first round of the roll-out phase, an interview with the director of the Khmelnytsky Local Government Development Center, and statistics on the reform's progress.
The document summarizes discussions that took place during meetings of working groups established by the Donor Board to support Ukraine's decentralization reform in the second half of 2019. Key topics discussed included proposed constitutional amendments on decentralization, progress and plans for territorial administrative reorganization and 2020 local elections. Working groups addressed issues like ensuring sustainable amalgamated communities, coordination between different levels of government, and provision of public services at regional and local levels.
The document provides an executive summary and context of the Community Based Approach to Local Development: Phase-III (CBA-III) project. It summarizes the key results achieved by CBA-III in 2015, including establishing support structures in 24 regions and 201 rayons of Ukraine. A total of 543 community micro-projects were approved focusing on energy efficiency, public health, and water/sanitation. 47 rural economic development cooperatives were also established to support income generation. 205 urban micro-projects were approved to improve housing conditions. The knowledge management component worked to share best practices and lessons learned across Ukraine.
The document summarizes reforms to Finland's healthcare, social welfare, and regional government systems. The key points are:
1) Responsibility for services will transfer to 18 new autonomous regions (counties) from the current system of municipalities and hospital districts. Counties will arrange and provide healthcare and social services.
2) The reforms aim to narrow disparities in health services and costs across areas. Services will be integrated under the counties and their carrying capacity strengthened.
3) Counties will have flexibility to provide services directly, in cooperation with others, or by contracting private/non-profit providers. National indicators will track quality and efficiency.
The document summarizes an OECD project to support decentralization and regional development in Ukraine from 2021-2022. It discusses how the OECD has worked with Ukraine since 1991 on governance and economic reforms, and outlines a 2014 memorandum of understanding and action plan between the two organizations focusing on anti-corruption, governance, and business climate. The project will build on previous OECD analysis of Ukraine's territorial reforms and decentralization efforts to strengthen local governance and foster regional growth outside the capital region.
Technical specifications for creating the automated system to monitor decentr...Oleksandr Virnyk
This document outlines the technical specifications for creating an automated system to monitor decentralization processes in Ukraine. The system will collect, process, and analyze data on amalgamation of territorial communities, inter-municipal cooperation, financial decentralization, and other areas. It will maintain databases on territorial communities before and after amalgamation and generate output reports on amalgamation processes by region, time period, or status.
V. Semenikhin: Accessible administrative servicesOleksandr Virnyk
This document summarizes a proposal to expand administrative service centers in Ukraine to improve accessibility. It finds that adding 240 more centers would provide 30 minutes of accessibility by car or bus for 99% of the population. It recommends prioritizing support for existing and newly created amalgamated communities to establish new centers, and building capacity in existing amalgamated communities and municipalities. The total network would grow to 882 centers by optimizing existing centers and creating new ones.
Donor Board on Decentralization Reform in UkraineOleksandr Virnyk
The document provides a progress review of donor board working groups established to support decentralization reform in Ukraine. It outlines the working groups, their focus areas, and key issues. Six main working groups were established related to: 1) administrative territorial reform and legal framework, 2) local self-government finances and budgeting, 3) local democracy, 4) regional and local development, 5) public services, and 6) reform management and coordination. Progress and issues are discussed for each working group, such as delays in regulatory changes, need for better coordination between ministries, and establishing systems to monitor reform progress and quality of public services.
This document compares the average price per square meter of reconstructed EU-funded technical secondary and vocational education institutions (TSNAPs) in Ukraine to a newly built TSNAP in Kyiv. The average price of reconstructed EU-funded TSNAPs was lower than the price of the newly built Gottova TSNAP in Kyiv, ranging from 1,721 to 19,090 Ukrainian Hryvnia per square meter depending on the specific EU funding program.
As of 08.09.2017:
648 amalgamated hromadas have been formed in Ukraine, with 201 awaiting first elections. Financial decentralization has seen local budgets grow between 2014-2017. Over 6,000 projects have received state funding for regional development and infrastructure development in amalgamated hromadas. Decentralization efforts have also impacted education, healthcare, construction regulation, and administrative services.
AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
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Working with data is a challenge for many organizations. Nonprofits in particular may need to collect and analyze sensitive, incomplete, and/or biased historical data about people. In this talk, Dr. Cori Faklaris of UNC Charlotte provides an overview of current AI capabilities and weaknesses to consider when integrating current AI technologies into the data workflow. The talk is organized around three takeaways: (1) For better or sometimes worse, AI provides you with “infinite interns.” (2) Give people permission & guardrails to learn what works with these “interns” and what doesn’t. (3) Create a roadmap for adding in more AI to assist nonprofit work, along with strategies for bias mitigation.
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Decentralization newsletter April 2017
1. DECENTRALIZATION IN UKRAINE
This monthly newsletter is a brief overview of Ukrainian authorities’ work on implementation of Reform #1 in Ukraine
APRIL 2017
Own Resources of Local Budgets Continue to Increase
Experts from the Central Office for Reforms operating at the Ministry of Regional Development with the
assistance of the U-LEAD with Europe: Ukraine Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development
Programme represented the results of financial decentralisation in the 1st quarter of 2017.
The earned revenues of local budgets totalled UAH 41.6 billion or 38% more than in the same period in
the previous year.
The earned revenues of the 159 amalgamated territorial communities (established in 2015) in the first
quarter of 2017 totalled UAH 910 million, that is, UAH 302 million or 49.7 % more than in the same
period in the previous year.
The own resources of local budgets of the 207 amalgamated territorial communities (established in
2016) totalled UAH 994 million, that is, by UAH 681 million or 3.2 times more than in the same period in
the previous year.
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The Matter of Amalgamation of Communities from Different Rayons
has been Determined in the Law
On 16 April 2017, the Law regarding the peculiarities of voluntary amalgamation of territorial
communities located in the territories of neighbouring Rayons has become effective, which law allows
holding the first elections in a number of already amalgamated communities.
The law sets forth the sequence of actions to be taken in the process of establishment of amalgamated
communities comprising local councils in different Rayons or in the event of amalgamation of
communities with a city of Oblast subordinance. It is expected that, after the law becomes effective, the
Central Election Commission will have indisputable grounds to call the first local elections in more than
30 amalgamated communities waiting for such an event for more than one year.
In addition, the law will allow completing the process of amalgamation of dozens of communities
established at the boundary of Rayons which, because of the position of the Central Election
Commission, were not in hurry to make their final decision.
"I expect that, with this Law in place, any unwarranted restrictions of rights will be over, which
restrictions pertain to those amalgamated communities comprising settlements of any neighbouring
Rayons or which have amalgamated with the cities of Oblast subordinance and where approximately
400 thousand residents leave. If, not long ago, the Central Election Commission required that additional
legal grounds should be provided to it to call the first local elections, now it has obtained such legal
grounds. I would like to believe that this time the Commission will not look for any new pretexts and will
not delay in passing affirmative resolutions and will call the first elections in the nearest future in those
communities which have been waiting for such event for a year, and some of them, for two years. Those
resolutions will be also a signal for other communities planning to amalgamate with or accede to the
existing amalgamated territorial communities within the boundaries of neighbouring Rayons ", First
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Communal Services
of Ukraine Viacheslav Nehoda
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Law Providing for the Independence of Health Care Institutions has
been Adopted
On 6 April 2017, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law providing for the independence of
state-financed and municipally-owned health care institutions.
Now, subject to a resolution made by a local authority, the municipally-owned health care institutions
may operate independently: have their own accounts with banks, determine the manning table and
salaried staff policy by themselves, be energy efficient, etc.
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2. DECENTRALIZATION IN UKRAINE
413 Amalgamated Communities have been Already Established in
Ukraine
On 30 April 2017, the first elections of local chairpersons and members of councils were held in
47 amalgamated territorial communities.
Thus, in general, there were established 413 new communities in Ukraine by having amalgamated
approximately 2 thousand former local councils.
More than 100 amalgamated territorial communities are at the final stages of their establishment.
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Sectoral Decentralisation is among the Priorities of the Government
over the Period until 2020
On 3 April 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine presented the Priority Action Plan over the period
until 2020.
The Plan sets out specific steps to be made by the Government with the aim of development of a
uniform educational, cultural, physical training and sports, and social space in communities, for the
formation of hospital districts, optimisation of the system of underfiled schools and the formation of
pivotal educational institutions, further development of administrative service centres, etc.
"It is important that a medium-term route map has been approved for the first time ever, which map
allows the communities planning their budgets, their development not for a year but for a long term,
and strictly following that plan", Vice-Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development,
Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko.
SOURCE: DECENTRALIZATION OF POWER WEB-SITE
10% of Resources of the State Fund for Regional Development will be
Channelled to the Projects in each of Sports Infrastructure and
Energy Efficiency Areas
On 5 April 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine passed the Resolution whereby 10% of the
resources of the State Fund for Regional Development would be channelled to financing sports
infrastructure investment projects, and 10%, to energy efficiency projects of the state-financed and
municipally-owned educational and health care institutions.
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Sustainable Mobility Comes to Ukraine
In April 2017, representatives of the Sustainable Mobility Project of the GIZ Head Office arrived to
Ukraine to study the possibilities of providing support to Ukraine on the part of the U-LEAD with Europe
Programme in the area of transport and mobility at the local, regional, and national levels.
One of the mission's key tasks includes the identification of possibilities of deeper interaction from the
point of view of mobility, as well as the assessment of key needs of the amalgamated territorial
communities, for instance, regarding the organisation of local tenders for public transport services,
planning and maintenance of the transport infrastructure, measures aimed at controlling the weight of
transport facilities, school bus programmes, access to health care institutions and other social services,
etc.
Further plans of the project include the preparation of training courses on mobility for the amalgamated
territorial communities and other key stakeholders, sharing of samples and experience of mobility
concepts in rural areas in Europe, and submission of amendments to the National Transport Strategy
until 2030 regarding the decentralisation reform.
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This monthly newsletter is a brief overview of Ukrainian authorities’ work on implementation of Reform #1 in Ukraine
APRIL 2017
3. DECENTRALIZATION IN UKRAINE
25 More Amalgamated Communities have Become Participants of the
DOBRE Project
On 26 April 2017, 25 more amalgamated communities were announced in Kyiv, which communities
would become participants of the USAID funded Decentralization Offering Better Results and
Efficiency (DOBRE) programme.
The selected 25 communities include six communities from each of Dnipropetrovsk and Ternopil
Oblasts, five from Mykolayiv, three from Ivano-Frankivsk, two from each of Kherson and Kirovohrad
Oblasts, and one from Kharkiv Oblast.
As is known, the first 25 amalgamated communities which would obtain support from the USAID
funded DOBRE programme were announced on 25 October 2016.
"We expect that all communities participating in the Programme will for sure become the image of
decentralisation, and their representatives will become the agents of changes at the local level. Owing
to the international assistance, those communities now have obtained additional capabilities to
demonstrate rapid changes, become a model for others in the preparation and implementation of their
own development strategies, in the enhancement of the level of educational, medical, social,
administrative, and other services to the residents, in the implementation of infrastructure projects, in
the efficient use of funds, and, in general, in dealing most of local issues", First Deputy Minister of
Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine
Viacheslav Nehoda.
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The Government has Approved a Package of Draft Laws on the
Health Care Reform
On 5 April 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a package of draft laws on the health
care reform which would allow changing the financing of the system so that it would be capable to
provide high-quality health-care services and be in line with the decentralised system of government in
the country.
The package submitted to the Verkhovna Rada contains four draft laws:
"On Government Financial Guarantees Regarding the Provision of Health-Care Services and
Medicinal Products",
"On Amendments to the Budget Code of Ukraine Regarding Primary Care Expenditures",
Amendments to the Fundamental Principles of Legislation of Ukraine on Health Care
(amendments to Articles 3, 8, and 35)
"On Additional Government Financial Guarantees Regarding the Provision of Health-Care
Services and Medicinal Products to Persons Safeguarding the Independence, Sovereignty, and
Territorial Integrity of Ukraine in the Antiterrorist Operation and Ensuring the Maintaining of the
Operation".
"In case these draft laws are supported by the Parliament, the Ukrainian health care system will be
absolutely different in terms of quality in a few years. Notwithstanding the hardships, we, jointly with the
health care community, will be able to do this work", Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr
Groysman
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Integrated Approach to the Establishment of Security Centres in
Communities has been Presented
On 25 April 2017, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine presented an integrated approach to the
establishment of Security Centres at the community level.
Each such Centre will comprise a fire safety station, local police officer's office and, when required, a
medical and obstetrical station.
The cost of a basic Security Centre totals UAH 2.3 million, and optimal one, UAH 3 million.
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This monthly newsletter is a brief overview of Ukrainian authorities’ work on implementation of Reform #1 in Ukraine
APRIL 2017
4. DECENTRALIZATION IN UKRAINE
The Project for the Development of a New Educational Environment
in 200 Ukrainian Schools has been Launched
On 25 April 2017, the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Education started joint
project for the development of a new educational environment in 200 Ukrainian schools in 2017.
The purpose of the project is to develop a comfortable educational environment both in terms of
equipment and technical support for schools and improvement of the educational process.
There are several sources of financing the project: resources of the State Fund for Regional
Development, the government grant for the formation of infrastructure of the amalgamated
communities, the government grant from the state budget for social and economic development of
certain territories, the educational government grant, local budgets, and funds of the international
technical assistance.
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