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- 30 August 2016
On August 29 UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine Neal Walker and International Project Manager of the joint EU/UNDP «Community Based Approach to Local Development” (CBA) Project visited partner communities in Odesa region. During business trip UNDP senior management visited Strumok village, Tatarbunarskiy rayon and Vinogradne village, Bolgradskiy rayon to monitor how local communities implement their initiatives with the CBA Project support. Villagers of Strumok demonstrated their newly reconstructed health post. Thanks to the joint efforts of the local authorities,...
- 12 August 2016
On 10-11 August 2016 representatives of the joint EU/UNDP Project “Community Based Approach to Local Development” – Community Development Specialist Oleksandr Ryabyi, the CBA Project Engineer Larysa Batchenko, Community Development Officer in Donetsk region Nelia Dashkovets – visited partner cities of Donetsk region.
The visit was aimed to monitor development of the Associations of Co-owners of Multi-apartment Buildings (ACMBs) in the partner-cities. Positively impressed those ACMBs which were developed in terms of the CBA and work with accordance to the Project’s methodology. In the basement of multi...
- 09 August 2016
In terms of the "Smart City" component of the joint EU/UNDP CBA Project on 3-5 August 2016 Community Development Specialisy Alexander Ryabyi, Urban Governance Officer Tetiana Kudina and the CBA Project engineer Larisa Batchenko visited partner cities Korosten, Novograd-Volynsky, Nizhyn and Pryluky.
The project team consulted municipalities on "smart cities" micro-projects preparation, checked the documentation, discussed possible risks and expected results. The schedule of works was approved.
In terms of the “smart cities” component selected cities will...
- 05 August 2016
On 4 August 2016 the Deputy Director of UNDP Ukraine Ms. Blerta Cela visited Lviv oblast to learn more about the joint EU/UNDP Community Based Approach to Local Development (CBA) Projects’ activities. During the working visit Ms. Cela visited Zolochiv city to see how local citizens built up trustful relations with local authorities to jointly address the issues they are facing. With the CBA Project support local people developed Associations of Multi-apartment Buildings (ACMB) and did the renovations of their houses. During the trip Ms. Cela visited one of the ACMBs “Veselka” to see...
- 28 July 2016
On 27 July 2016 Ms.Blerta Cela, Deputy Country Director of UNDP Ukraine visited Sumy region. The working visit was aimed to build better relationship with the Sumy city authorities and to officially hand-over the Certificate for energy efficient street lighting equipment to Sumy city. During her business trip Ms. Cela also visited village Sirobabyne to see how the local community implements its initiatives with the EU/UNDP support. Sirobabyne is a small village in Sumsky region, Lebedynsky rayon with a population of only 86 people. The village was selected for participation in the Third phase of the joint EU/UNDP...
- 20 July 2016
On 18 – 22 July 2016 the Joint European Union and United Nations Development Programme “Community Based Approach to Local Development” (CBA) with the support of Kamianets-Podilsky city council holds the Fifth All-Ukrainian Student Summer School for Sustainable Local Development in Kamianets-Podilsky city Khmelnytska oblast. ...
- 20 July 2016
Economic development of rural areas is one of the priorities of the joint EU/UNDP Project "Community Based Approach to Local Development" (CBA). In terms of the component on12 - 15 July Community Development Specialist of CBA Project Elena Rudich and project engineer Mykola Kolomiets visited Sumy region to monitor cooperatives, created with the support of the project. During these three days, representatives of the project visited five districts of the region to meet with members of community organizations, rayon authorities, rayon coordinators.
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- 01 July 2016
On 29-30 June 2016 with a support of the joint EU/UNDP Project “Community Based Approach to Local Development” a cluster training for the partner cities on innovative governance project implementation took place in Kyiv.
During the two-day training representatives of 22 cities, who’s initiatives have already been approved in terms of the “Smart Cities” component, learnt about the specifics of the implementation of micro-projects in innovative governance, about terms and procedures of the CBA Project implementation, and about the experience of other cities who have already installed electronic governance....
- 13 June 2016
On 10 June 2016, the series of workshops on planning and implementation of energy efficiency measures for energy saving and energy audit in residential houses took place in the tows of Nizhyn and Pryluky, Chernihiv region. The workshops were organized under the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA).
Participants of the workshops were representatives of the associations of co-owners of multi-apartment buildings, civic organizations, local self-governance bodies and construction companies from these towns. They learn about integration of energy saving and energy efficiency measures in the framework of the...
- 09 June 2016
On 9 June 2016, the Deputy Director of the UNDP Communications Office Ms Caroline Hooper-Box came for a monitoring visit to Ukraine. She plans to see the implementation of community-led initiatives, supported by the joint UNDP/EU project “Community based approach to local development” (CBA), and other UNDP projects.
She has visited Korzhi village, Kyiv region, that is cooperation with the CBA since 2011. During this time, the village community implemented a project to improve energy saving in a local kindergarten. Thanks to installation of reinforced plastic windows, 135 children attending the kindergarten are now playing and studying in...
- 30 May 2016
On 27 May 2016, a round table on implementation of the urban component of the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA) took place in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. In particular, the discussion was focused on results of work and perspectives of development of associations of co-owners of multi-apartment buildings (ACMB) in the project’s partner cities in Donetsk region,
Present at the meeting were EU officials, Berend de Groot, Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, and Helga Pender, the EU Sector Manager for Crisis Response, as well as UNDP officials Blerta Cela, UNDP Deputy Country Director,...
- 27 May 2016
On 26 May 2016, joint UNDP/EU project “Community based approach to local development” (CBA) has organized a media day on sustainable local development for the journalists of the regional and city medias from Rivne and Lviv regions. This year’s media event was for the first time focused on the project’s urban component, in particular, development and results of community mobilization in the cities. The main focus of this event was cooperation between the city authorities and communities in the context of implementation of joint initiatives aimed at improving living conditions of the population of...
- 25 May 2016
Yesterday, on 24 may 2016, an official opening of the refurbished accommodation center for IDPs took place in Sofiyivka settlement, Dnipropetrovsk region. The major repair of the building, including window replacement, roof repair and finishing works has been done with support of the joint UNDP/EU project “Community based approach to local development”(CBA).
The accommodation center can host 70 persons. Four IDP families have already moved in. It is the fifth object repaired in partnership of the local authorities with UNDP. The repair costs amounted to 1,5 mln Hryvnias.
Present at the opening were Hlib Pryhunov, Head of...
- 19 May 2016
On 18-19 May 2016, an international Forum on “Shaping Smarter and More Sustainable Cities: Striving for Sustainable Development Goals” took place in Rome. This strategic event is aimed at stimulating countries to effective solving of the urban problems and introduction of environment friendly urban services based on technological innovation, including smart transportation system, smart heath care, smart energy and smart education as well as achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The event was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy and The...
- 19 May 2016
In the framework of recent student debates organized in Odessa under the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA), the participants from 18 Universities leant more about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and why they are crucial for regional and global development.
The students have not only learnt about the reasons behind the SDGs introduction but have been also briefed about each of 17 Goals and proposed activities to achieve those by 2030. Students as future experts and innovators were explained how their proactive participation may contribute to positive changes. They...
- 18 May 2016
On 17 May 2016, a winning team in All-Ukrainian student debates on sustainable development organized by the CBA Network of Partner Universities, has been announced. This year the debates were focused on discussions of Sustainable Development Goals.
Winner of the debates is the team of Donetsk National University currently relocated to Vinnytsia. Members of the winning team were awarded with tablet PCs. They were also invited to attend a summer school that will take place in Kamyanets-Podilsky city, Khmelnytsk region, this year.
The second place in the debates was earned by the team of Odesa Legal Academy that hosted this...
- 18 May 2016
On 17 May 2016, a delegation of four members of European Parliament has visited Lviv region where local community initiatives are being implemented with support of the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA). MPs, who are members of the Budgetary Control Committee responsible for controlling the spending of EU money, are visiting Ukraine to see how the EU aid allocated for supporting stabilization and reform process in Ukraine is being used on the ground.
Head of delegation Inge...
- 17 May 2016
Community of Kinski Rozdory village, Zaporizhya region, is already celebrating the Europe Day traditionally held in May. On 16 May 2016, the official handover of the agricultural equipment procured with support of the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA) for the local agricultural cooperative took place.
Present at the event were representatives of the oblast authorities, including Kostyantyn Bryl, Head of Zaporizhya Oblast State Administration, Hryhoriy Samardak, Head of Zaporizhya Oblast Council, as well as CBA regional coordinators, representatives of Association of amalgamated territorial...
- 16 May 2016
On 16-17 May 2016, 18 student teams came to Odesa to participate in All-Ukrainian debates on sustainable development. Debates, organized by the National Network of Partner Universities with support of the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA), are taking place for the fifth time. This year the vent gathered more than 70 participants. All of them passed through the semi-finals in their own universities.
The event was opened by Svitlana Slabinska, CBA Monitoring and Communication Specialist, and Vyacheslav Tuliakov, vice-rector on international relations at Odesa Law Academy.
This year debates...
- 28 April 2016
On 27 April 2016, a Resource center for Sustainable development was officially opened in Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University under the joint UNDP/EU project “Community-based approach to local development” (CBA).
Present at the opening event were Svitlana Slabinska, CBA Monitoring and Communication Specialist, Petro Saukh, Rector of Zhytomyr State University, Larysa Yanovych, vice-rector for education, coordinator of Zhytomur University resource center and CBA project coordinator in Zhytomyr region, faculty staff and students.
During this event, the participants learnt about UNDP project...