The “Model District” pilot project is a RADA Program endeavor aimed at creating the most efficient model for Ukrainian MPs’ communication and interaction with their constituents using classical as well as innovative mechanisms and tools. The project focuses on providing an MP’s team with effective mechanisms for communication and interaction with his or her voters as well as with various forms of support (expert, analytical, technical, organizational) to address the district’s urgent problems. The participants in the project are seven MPs of Ukraine representing different factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; some of them won elections in first-past-the-post districts while others were elected under party lists.

1. MODEL
DISTRICT
The “MODEL DISTRICT” pilot project is a RADA Program
endeavor aimed at creating the most efficient model for
Ukrainian MPs’ communication and interaction with their
constituents using classical as well as innovative mechanisms
and tools. The project focuses on providing an MP’s team with
effective mechanisms for communication and interaction with
his or her voters as well as with various forms of support (expert,
analytical, technical, organizational) to address the district’s
urgent problems.
The participants in the project are seven MPs of Ukraine
representing different factions in the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine; some of them won elections in first-past-the-post
districts while others were elected under party lists.
USAID RADA Program offers each of the seven MPs the following
tools for building dialogue and communication with their
constituents:
Trainings for MP’s team;
Trainings, education, and awareness events for the public;
MPs’ public reports to local councils and voters in the district;
Town Hall Meetings and public hearings;
Measures aimed at improving communication with deputies of
local councils in the district;
Press briefings and press conferences;
Participation of regional media journalists in a press tour to the
Verkhovna Rada;
Support for on-site Committee meetings and Committee
hearings;
Conduct of regional colloquia for teachers and implementation
of “Parliament Agora” learning game at the district’s secondary
schools.
USAID RADA Program:
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For more than 50 years, the American people provide economic and
humanitarian assistance to many countries throgh the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID has been providing
such assistance to Ukraine since 1992. Today, USAID/Ukraine implements
a focused development assistance program to support more participatory,
transparant, and accountable governance; citizen inclusion in democratic,
economic and social reforms; board-based resilient economic
development; enhanced energy security; and improved health services for
Ukrainians. For additional information, please call the USAID/Ukraine
Information and Public Relations Office: +38 (044) 521 57 53, на сайт :
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USAID RADA Program: responsible accountable democratic
assemblyis a five-year project being implemented by a
consortium of Ukrainian nongovernmental organizations
consisting of the East Europe Foundation, Civil Network OPORA,
NGO “Internews Ukraine,” and NGO “Agency for Legislative
Initiatives” (November 2013 – November 2018).
The main goal set by USAID RADA Program is to promote a
responsible, accountable and democratic assembly, the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The Parliament’s representative
function is a key one, providing for a variety of formats for
Ukrainian MPs’ direct or indirect communication with their
constituents. This is an integral component of the exercise of an
MP’s responsibilities. One of the core objectives of the USAID
RADA Program is to study and introduce new opportunities and
formats for such interaction.
Member of the deputy faction of Political party “People’s Front” Ihor Huz presents
achievements within the Model District Initiative during the Forum
“Parliamentary-municipal dialogue in favor of community development” in
Novovolynsk on March 30, 2018.
Member of the deputy faction of the Political party “Samopomich” Union” Olena
Sotnyk speaks to youth about political engagement during the Forum “Impulse of
Change” within the Model District Initiative in Kharkiv on June 24, 2017
Member of the deputy faction of Party “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” Pavlo Rizanenko
presents achievements of decentralization reform to deputies of local councils and
heads of amalgamated communities within the Model District Initiative in
Brovary on November 21, 2017.

2. SVITLANA ZALISHCHUK
(LUHANSK OBLAST)
Elected in the nationwide
multi-member district
Faction of party
“Bloc of Petro Poroshenko”
Verkhovna Rada
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Number of advising aides: 13
IVAN KRULKO
(TRANSCARPATHIAN OBLAST)
Elected in the nationwide
multi-member district
Faction of political party
“All-Ukrainian Association ‘Batkivshchyna”
Verkhovna Rada
Committee on State Budget
Number of advising aides: 29
PAVLO RIZANENKO
(KYIV OBLAST)
Election district No. 97 (town of Berezan,
town of Brovary, Baryshivskyi rayon,
part of Brovarskyi rayon)
Faction of party “Bloc of Petro Poroshenko”
Verkhovna Rada Committee on
Financial Policy and Banking
Number of advising aides: 14
YEHOR SOBOLEV (CITY OF KYIV)
Elected in the nationwide
multi-member district
Faction of political party
“Association ‘Samopomich’”
Verkhovna Rada Committee
on Preventing and
Combating Corruption
Number of advising aides: 17
OLENA SOTNYK
(KHARKIV OBLAST)
Elected in the nationwide
multi-member district
Faction of political party
“Association ‘Samopomich’”
Verkhovna Rada Committee
on European Integration
Number of advising aides: 6
OLEKSANDR CHERNENKO
(CHERNIHIV OBLAST)
Elected in the nationwide
multi-member district,
Faction of party “Bloc
of Petro Poroshenko”
Verkhovna Rada Committee
on Legal Policy and Justice
Number of advising aides: 12
IHOR HUZ (VOLYN OBLAST)
Election district No. 19, Volyn oblast
(Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ivanychivskyi,
and Liubomlskyi rayons;
town of Volodymyr-Volynskyi;
town of Novovolynsk)
Faction of political party “The People’s Front”
Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs
Number of advising aides: 28
MODEL
DISTRICTS
USAID RADA PROGRAM: RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLYIS