The document outlines priorities and plans for regional development in Ukraine for 2020-2021, with a focus on balanced regional development, modernizing infrastructure, and implementing reforms. Key areas of focus include adopting strategic plans for regional development, improving public administration and transparency in urban planning, increasing energy efficiency in buildings, strengthening local self-governance, and building effective regional institutions.

1. PRIORITIES
Ministry for Development of
Communities and Territories of Ukraine
2020-2021

2. MISSION
Decentralization and local
self-government
Strong communities create a
strong state
Regional development
Balanced development of
regions: national strategy –
regional strategies –
community-level strategies
Urban development and
technical regulation
Implementation of reforms,
ensuring effective regulation
and norm-setting in line with
European standards
Energy efficiency
of buildings
Energy efficiency
of public and residential
buildings
Municipal economy
Control and modernization,
creating conditions for
uninterrupted and loss-free
operation of housing sector
companies
Ensure balanced development of regions and building of the country;
modernize communal infrastructure; implement initiated reforms
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Presidential Programme
“Big Construction”
Building of the country involves
effective development of social
infrastructure and citizens’ trust
Housing policy
Effective and consistent
housing policy

3. Development of regions – social and
economic balance of the country
BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL-LEVEL STRATEGIC DOCUMENT
Adoption of the National Strategy for Regional Development
2027 and related Implementation Plan (December 2020)
Adoption of the National Programme for Development of Cross-
Border Cooperation for 2021-2027 (December 2020)
Implementation of the National Programme for
Development of the Ukrainian Carpathian Region for
2020-2022 (2022)
Development of the National Programme for Transformation of
Coal Regions (2021)
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4. Effective system for development of
the country’s regional policy
BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS
ENSURING QUALITY STRATEGIC PLANNING IN
AMALGAMATED HROMADAS: NATIONAL STRATEGY –
REGIONAL STRATEGIES – COMMUNITY-LEVEL
STRATEGIES (2021)
Establishment and development of Regional Development
Agencies (2021)
DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE NETWORK OF REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
Establishment of the National Office on Regional
Development (2021)
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Expansion and deepening of cross-border cooperation

5. REFORMING THE SYSTEM OF STATE CONTROL AND
OVERSIGHT OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE
SEPARATION OF PERMIT-ISSUANCE AND CONTROL
FUNCTIONS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
State Urban Development
Service to be launched
(August 2020)
State Inspection of Urban
Development of Ukraine to
be launched (August 2020)
permit-issuance and
registration in construction
sector
state control and oversight
of construction and
architecture
FUNCTION FUNCTION
Roll-out of the Single State Electronic System for
Construction Sector: from July 1 for СС1, from December 1 for
СС2 and СС3 (2021)
Simplification of business in construction sector
Effective system of state control and
oversight of construction and
architecture
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6. Public administration in the area of
urban development
IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND
BETTER TRANSPARENCY OF ACTIONS OF URBAN
DEVELOPMENT ACTORS
Establishment of the Urban development Cadastre at national
level and its component — Single State Electronic System for
Construction Sector (2021)
Development of a new General Scheme of Spatial Planning of
Ukraine (2021)
Introduction of a new type of urban development documentation —
comprehensive plans of spatial development of hromadas’
territories (December 2020)
Development of a mechanism for protection of construction
investors from dishonest or fraudulent developers (2021)
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7. BETTER NORM-SETTING AND TECHNICAL REGULATION
IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
Updating of 100% of state construction norms utilizing
international best practices, including the parametric
methodology for norm-setting in construction (2024)
Implementation of BIM technologies in construction sector
(2024)
Incorporation in Ukraine’s legislation of the consolidated
Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 of the European Parliament and
of the Council (2021)
Upgrading of construction norms,
compliance with European standards
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8. Energy efficiency of public and
residential buildings
ENSURING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Approval and implementation of the Strategy for thermal
modernization of buildings (2024)
Introduction of energy performance management systems in
public buildings (December 2020)
Introduction of a simplified approval procedure for grant application
to the Energy Efficiency Fund (September 2020)
Designing of a mechanism for transformation of subsidized
energy consumption to support energy efficiency of buildings
(2021)
8,706
by December 2023
Energy savings of
more than 20%
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projects

9. ENSURING FAULT-FREE AND QUALITY UTILITIES
Control and modernization of municipal
economy
Creating conditions for uninterrupted and loss-free operation of
housing sector companies (2023)
Establishment of the State Housing and
Utilities Inspection
INTRODUCTION OF
CONTROL IN HOUSING
AND UTILITIES
SECTOR
Financial support to communal infrastructure (2021)
Transfer of tariff-setting competence regarding heating and water supply
services to local self-governments (2021)
Provision of quality drinking water according to normative
requirements (2023)
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10. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE
NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY
LOANS FOR RURAL DEVELOPERS (39.1
million UAH) AND GOVERNMENT LOANS
FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS,
PARTICIPANTS OF ANTI-TERRORIST
OPERATION AND/OR PARTICIPANTS OF
JOINT FORCES OPERATION (14.6 million
UAH)
Effective and consistent housing policy
53.7 million UAH
State Budget in 2020
Creating an effective market of rental housing
Development of the institute of effective owner of multi-apartment
buildings (2021)
Creating a practical mechanism for comprehensive
reconstruction of obsolete housing (2023)
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11. will be covered by capable territorial hromadas
(October 2020)
95% of Ukraine’s territory
will be covered by rayons meeting the
standards of territorial division at level NUTS-3
(October 2020)
90% of Ukraine’s territory
BUILDING A NEW TERRITORIAL BASIS FOR
ACTIVITY OF BODIES OF POWER
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12. BUILDING EFFECTIVE LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ON THE NEW TERRITORIAL BASIS
Strong hromadas create a strong
state
BUILDING CAPABLE TERRITORIAL HROMADAS AND PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES ON THE NEW TERRITORIAL BASIS
Division of responsibilities
between local self-governments and executive bodies (October 2020)
Financial provisions for performance
of own and delegated competences (October 2020)
Re-designing of local state administrations
in line with new competences (2021)
Development of forms of inter-municipal cooperation,
creating mechanisms and tools for establishment and activity of urban
agglomerations (2021)
Development of forms of local democracy (October 2020)
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