On 1-2 October, Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Ambassador of the European Union in Ukraine, together with the Ambassadors of Great Britain, H.E. Leigh Turner, and Greece, H.E. Georgios Georgountzos, visited one of CBA pilot communities in Odeska oblast.

Upon meeting teachers, students and community organisers of Banivka (360 households) the EU Ambassador remarked: "If Ukraine were run like Community Based Approach (CBA) micro-projects and their local organizations, the country would be well placed to integrate the EU. These EU-UNDP projects, which have improved the conditions in over 1000 Ukrainian villages, are a perfect example of strong community initiative, ownership, effective management and financial accountability." Through community dialogues, one priority problem was democratically selected and a solution plan agreed. With support from the EU, through an UNDP implemented project, the community improved energy saving in the local school by replacing 100 windows and five doors.

Showed the delegation around the recently repaired school, the community activists told the story of their self organization, creation of the community organization "Renaissance-1" and the joint initiatives implemented by the community since then.