The document discusses progress and key tasks regarding decentralization and hromada amalgamation in Ukraine from 2015-2017. It provides data on: 1) Oblast ratings for hromada amalgamation progress, with 10 oblasts showing high rates of amalgamation and 6 showing critically slow rates. 2) The number of amalgamated hromadas by oblast over this period, ranging from 56 in Dnipropetrovsk to 8 in Luhansk. 3) Key tasks for 2018 include reviewing and coordinating international assistance projects to prioritize support for hromada amalgamation, especially in the 6 oblasts with slow rates. Effective communication is important to promote the reform.

1. DONOR BOARD
DECENTRALISATION 2018
PROGRESS AND KEY TASKS

2. RATING OF THE OBLASTS IN TERMS OF AH
FORMATION
OVERALL RATING BY PLACE AND PARAMETERS
OBLAST
General
rating
Main parameters.
Overall place by parameters
1 2 3 4 5
# of AHs
Oblast
coverage
with AHs
# of
hromadas
which
amalgamat
ed
# of AHs
with less
than 5000
residents
% of oblast
territory
covered
with the
prospective
plan
ZHYTOMIR 1 2 1 1 11 11
KHMELNYTSKYI 1 5 2 2 7 10
VOLYN 2 5 6 6 9 5
DNIPROPETROVSK 3 1 4 5 16 8
ZAPORIZHZHIA 4 4 3 4 19 7
CHERNIHIV 5 6 5 3 12 12
SUMY 6 9 10 10 13 4
KHERSON 7 10 11 9 14 3
RIVNE 8 11 14 12 10 1
CHERNIVTSI 9 10 8 8 6 17
MYKOLAIV 10 9 9 9 15 9
IVANO-FRANKIVSK 11 12 19 15 2 6
TERNOPIL 12 4 7 7 18 21
KHARKIV 13 14 21 20 1 2
DONETSK 14 13 15 13 5 14
LVIV 15 7 18 16 8 13
POLTAVA 16 3 12 11 20 19
ODESA 17 12 13 14 5 22
LUHANSK 18 16 16 17 4 16
KIROVOHRAD 19 13 22 21 17 1
CHERKASY 20 11 17 18 19 15
KYIV 21 15 23 22 3 18
VINNYTSIA 22 8 20 19 19 20
ZAKARPATTIA 23 17 24 23 1 23
Note: in calculating the rating by the variables “Oblast
coverage with AHs” “Territorial hromadas which
amalgamated” the data of joining hromadas were also
taken into account

3. Different rates of the process of hromada amalgamation in Ukraine within
three years (2015-2017).
All regions can be divided into 3 groups:
 10 oblasts – high rate of amalgamation (56- 34 AHs)
 8 oblasts – slow rate of amalgamation (28-23 AHs)
 6 oblasts – critically slow rate of amalgamation (13 and less AHs)
2015 2016 2017
Total
2015-2017
TOTAL: 159 207 299 665
1 DNIPROPETROVSK 15 19 22 56
2 ZHYTOMYR 9 23 13 45
3 VOLYN 5 10 25 40
4 TERNOPIL 26 10 4 40
5 POLTAVA 12 6 21 39
6 KHMELNYTSKYI 22 4 13 39
7 CHERNIHIV 5 11 21 37
8 ZAPORIZHZHIA 6 10 20 36
9 LVIV 15 7 13 35
10 VINNYTSIA 2 19 13 34
11 MYKOLAIV 1 18 9 28
12 SUMY 1 13 14 28
13 KHERSON 1 11 14 26
14 CHERKASY 3 3 20 26
15 CHERNIVTSI 10 6 10 26
16 ODESSA 8 3 14 25
17 RIVNE 5 13 7 25
18 IVANO-FRANKIVSK 3 8 12 23
19 KIROVOHRAD 2 3 8 13
20 KHARKIV 0 4 8 12
21 DONETSK 3 3 3 9
22 KYIV 1 1 7 9
23 LUHANSK 2 1 5 8
Parameter 1.
OBLAST
Number of amlgamated hromadas
Decentralisation. Results in 2015-2017:
Critically slow rate of amalgamation in 6 oblasts
Focusing the efforts of projects and programmes on awareness-raising activities regarding
the benefits of amalgamation for hromadas in 6 oblasts, where the rate of amalgamation
is critically slow
Kyiv oblast
Political impact
Zakarpattia oblast
Specifics of border area, incl.
the issues of national
minorities
Donetsk and Luhansk
oblasts
Military actions in the East of
Ukraine
Kirovohrad oblast
Low population density,
regional disproportions

4. OBLAST
Total
number
of rayons
in the
oblast
Rayons
where none
AH was
established
Coverage of the rayon area
with AHs
100% 50-99% Up to
50%
AR Crimea 14 14 0 0 0
Vinnytsia 27 8 0 1 18
Volyn 16 1 0 6 9
Dnipropetrovsk 22 3 1 11 7
Donetsk 18 13 1 0 4
Zhytomyr 23 1 1 11 10
Zakarpattia 13 8 0 0 5
Zaporizhzhia 20 2 3 6 9
Ivano-frankivsk 14 2 0 0 12
Kyiv 25 18 0 1 6
Kirovohrad 21 14 0 0 7
Luhansk 18 11 1 2 4
Lviv 20 7 0 2 11
Mykolaiv 19 6 0 7 6
Odesa 26 13 1 3 9
Poltava 25 5 0 6 14
Rivne 16 6 0 4 6
Sumy 18 4 0 3 11
Ternopil 17 2 0 5 10
Kharkiv 27 17 1 2 7
Kherson 18 8 1 5 4
Khmelnytskyi 20 5 3 9 3
Cherkasy 20 5 0 1 14
Chernivtsi 11 1 0 2 8
Chernihiv 22 1 2 11 8
TOTAL 490 175 15 98 202
15 Rayons with 100% AH coverage
98 Rayons with 50-99% AH coverage
202 Rayons with 1-49% AH coverage
152 Rayons where no AH was established
23 Occupied rayons of AR Crimea, Donetsk
and Luhansk oblasts
Task: to foster awareness-raising activities, expert, organizational activities and combine the efforts in
152 rayons where none AH was established
STATUS
OF ESTABLISHING CAPABLE HROMADAS IN THE
RAYONS.
In 152 rayons none AH has been established

5. Kharkiv oblast:
6 international technical assistance projects
2015-2017 4 AHs were established
Kirovohrad oblast:
6 international technical assistance projects
2015-2017 5 AHs were established
Zakarpattia oblast:
5 international technical assistance projects
2015-2017 3 AHs were established
Kyiv oblast:
5 international technical assistance projects
2015-2017 2 AHs were established
Coordination of efforts of programmes and projects, Oblast State
Administrations, local self-governments in facilitating hromada
amalgamation processes
KHARKIV OBLAST
Surface area, km2 hromadas projects
U-LEAD with
Europe
DOBRE
Swedish-Ukrainian
Project
“Decentralisation
support in Ukraine”
UNDP Project
“Community-based
approach to local
development”
PULSE
Municipal finance
strengthening
initiative
ZAKARPATTIA
OBLAST
Surface area, km2 hromadas projects
U-LEAD with
Europe
U-LEAD with
Europe
U-LEAD with
Europe
Swedish-Ukrainian
Project
“Decentralisation
support in Ukraine”
Swedish-Ukrainian Project
“Decentralisation support
in Ukraine”
Swedish-Ukrainian
Project
“Decentralisation
support in Ukraine”
DOBRE
UNDP Project
“Community-based
approach to local
development”
UNDP Project
“Community-based
approach to local
development”
Municipal finance
strengthening initiative
Municipal finance
strengthening
initiative
Municipal finance
strengthening initiativePULSE
Swedish-Ukrainian
Project
“Decentralisation
support in Ukraine”
DOBREU-LEAD with
Europe
Surface area, km2
Surface area, km2
KYIV OBLAST
KIROVOHRAD OBLAST
hromadas
hromadas
projects
projects
PULSE

6. 587
Territorial hromadas use
intermunicipal cooperation tools
133
Intermunicipal cooperation
agreements
COOPERATION OF TERRITORIAL HROMADAS
PROGRESS IN CONCLUDING INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATON AGREEMENTS
Oblast
Total
number
of
cooperat
ion
projects
Including
#ofterritorialhromadas
useintermunicipal
cooperationtools
Housingandutilities
Amenities
Firesafety
Education,healthcare,
socialsecurity
Other
Vinnytsia 1 1 2
Volyn 9 1 1 2 5 27
Dnipropetrovsk 3 1 1 1 8
Donetsk
Zhytomyr 7 4 3 15
Zakarpattia 2 2 4
Zaporizhzhia 4 1 2 1 8
Ivano-Frankivsk 10 2 5 2 1 76
Kyiv 2 2 5
Kirovohrad 2 2 4
Luhansk
Lviv 2 1 1 5
Mykolaiv
Odesa 2 1 1 9
Poltava 52 17 5 12 9 9 269
Rivne 1 1 2
Sumy 10 3 7 22
Ternopil
Kharkiv 9 7 1 1 35
Kherson
Khmelnytskyi 2 1 1 12
Cherkasy 6 5 1 55
Chernivtsi 2 1 1 5
Chernihiv 7 4 3 24
Kyiv city
TOTAL 133 40 15 16 28 34 587
Task: Re-enforce informational and awareness-raising activities on the benefits of intermunicipal
cooperation.
Support in development of joint cooperation projects.
Intermunicipal cooperation agreements

7. 746
The administrative services
centres breakdown
By founding bodiesIvano-
Frankivsk
Zakarpattia
Lviv
Volyn
Rivne
Khmelnytskyi
Zhytomir
Odesa
Mykolaiv
Kherson
Zaporizhzhia
Dnipropetrovsk
Kirovohrad
Kyiv
Kyiv city
Sumy
Kharkiv
Donetsk
Luhansk
AR Crimea
Ternopil
Chernihiv
Cherkasy
Poltava
Chernivtsi
23
43
29
Vinnytsia
19
40
27
24
21
35
37
17
40
24
22
33
28
56
25
29
41
27
46 17
15
28
Total number of
established administrative
services centres
746
468
207
71
Місцеві державні адміністрації
Міста обласного значення
Об'єднані територіальні громади
Local state administrations
Cities of oblast significance
Amalgamated hromadas
Task: Ensure coordination in establishing administrative services
centres in hromadas, primarily in amalgamated hromadas
DECENTRALISATION OF SERVICES
PROGRESS OF ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
CENTRES

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1. The international technical assistance projects operating in country shall review their tasks in
supporting amalgamation and adjust if necessary
2. Agree upon the areas of responsibilities of each projects in supporting the amalgamation
processes in individual territories.
3. Establishing a joint platform of coordinating the activities in amalgamation support at the
donor board level
4. Develop a communication strategy and a strong plan of reform communication regarding
hromada amalgamation and re-enforce international technical assistance projects
coordination in communication support of this important reform objective
Key task – efficient use of available resources, especially through effective prioritization
and using the synergy of international technical assistance projects cooperation
PRIORITY OBJECTIVE for 2018, requiring support of projects and
programmes – speed up the process of hromada amalgamation