‎On 15 December, the first meeting of the Community Based Development to Local Development - II gathered in the EU Delegation to Ukraine in participation of representative  of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Healthcare etc.

The meeting was chaired by Jose Roman Leon Lora, Head of Section II of the EU Delegation to Ukraine and Elena Panova, Deputy Country Director of UNDP. CBA management presented the results and achievementf of CBA in 2011 and presented the workplan for 2012. Visions  from the regions on community based development approach were presented by Anatoliy Rybak, Deputy Head of Cherkasy oblast council and Vasyl Holets, Deputy Head of Ternopil oblast state administration. 

Participants of the meeting supported the idea of closer cooperation of CBA Project and relevant ministries and recognized that "CBA Project is gaining national importance, in the scope and scale of its activities".