U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program "Steps for Specialists. Budget stabilization plan"
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program "Steps for Specialists. Budget stabilization plan"

Date: 02.05.2023

Author: Inna Sviatna

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Make more efficient spending of budget funds, improve your reactions to management challenges and establish cooperation with colleagues from other areas! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Programme will help you.

What is this program about?

On urgent response and stabilization of budgetary capacity; formation of action plans for effective use of resources and rational spending of budget funds; involvement of additional sources; assessment of the level of influence of external and internal factors and identification of possible reserves.

Who is it for?

For 100 officials elected through the open selection among local financial bodies of municipalities.

What is the uniqueness of this training program?

In the improvement of skills and abilities to respond effectively and efficiently to the challenges of managerial activity on the basis of real cases; opportunities to work out joint solutions while working in mini-groups on the formation of a plan of budget stabilization measures; exchange of experience and building partnerships with colleagues from all over Ukraine; an opportunity to ask questions to representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

What is the learning outcome?
  • Knowledge of the main approaches to the analysis of budgetary indicators in the municipality.

  • Developed skills and abilities to assess possible reserves, develop measures for effective use of resources and rational spending of budget funds.

  • Readiness to overcome the consequences of external factors and ensure the financial stability of the municipality.

  • Recommendations on budget stabilization.

"Steps for specialists. Budget Stabilization Plan" is a unique training program for employees of local financial bodies.

The duration is 6 weeks, beginning on June 1.

Participants who successfully complete the training will receive a certificate.

How to participate?

To participate in the selection, it is necessary to fill out the attached application and send it to the email address: regops.u-lead@giz.de by 18:00 on May 15, 2023, indicating "Budget Stabilization_Name of the municipality_Oblast" in the subject of the message.

You can find out the details of participation in the Study Program at the presentation event, which will take place on May 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., you can participate in it by following this link.

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08.11.2022
U-LEAD experts help municipalities draft local budgets for 2023
This was the topic of the info session that the team of the Regional Office of U-LEAD with Europe in the Cherkasy region recently organised for financial experts from the municipalities of the Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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31.10.2022
U-LEAD and tax service experts help the municipalities of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast to prepare for the new budget year
In wartime, it is important for municipalities to support the interaction of the local self-government and tax service bodies in the process of preparing draft local budgets for 2023.
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07.10.2022
U-LEAD launched a new waste management training initiative
Waste management is an important direction for local self-government bodies. For municipalities, this issue is becoming more and more relevant every year, requiring the development of a high-quality waste management system at the local level.
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05.10.2022
Municipality teams began the Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management training course from U-LEAD
Due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, many spheres of municipal life have suffered significant damage. The process of restoring and rebuilding territories requires huge financial investments, as well as relevant knowledge and skills from municipality representatives in this area.
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30.09.2022
The winning municipalities started training as part of the "Steps for Project Management Specialists" program
The educational program is designed to provide specialists of municipalities with basic knowledge and practical skills in the development and implementation of projects in the fields of education, culture, and social protection.
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21.09.2022
U-LEAD launches training course “Steps for project managers”
On September 20, a new initiative of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme was launched, the training course “Steps for Project Managers”.
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07.09.2022
A municipality in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is developing entrepreneurship with U-LEAD’s support
Throughout the year, small businesses in Zelenodolsk municipality were building their capacity at the meetings and workshops. These events were part of the municipality’s project “Developing Entrepreneurship in the Zelenodolsk Municipality”.
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12.11.2021
Chernihiv Oblast municipal starostas complete U-LEAD training cycle
Municipal starostas are responsible for establishing sustainable communication and lobbying district interests at a municipality level, which is an essential component of working with the local residents. How can this be done effectively? What are the existing successful practices and what steps need to be taken for the starostas to grow professionally?
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26.10.2021
Vinnytsia oblast communities to pay national budget uah353 mln in reverse subsidies in 2022
Next year the communities that exist in the region will pay UAH353 million worth of reverse subsidies to the national budget. The base subsidies, however, will be twice as big, exceeding UAH539 million.
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