U-LEAD assists municipal financial authorities in budgeting for 2024
U-LEAD assists municipal financial authorities in budgeting for 2024

Date: 08.12.2023

Author: Inna Sviatna

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This article provides our experts with practical recommendations for solving the most frequently asked problems by the participants of the training programme "Steps for Specialists. Formation and Approval of the Local Budget for 2024".

У жовтні 2023 року U-LEAD втілив Навчальну програму «Кроки для спеціалістів. Формування та затвердження місцевого бюджету 2024».

Її створили для підвищення рівня професійних компетентностей 100 представників місцевих фінансових органів громад з усіх регіонів України. Учасники вчилися використовувати методи й інструменти формування та затвердження місцевих бюджетів.

Курс погодило Національне агентство з питань державної служби, відтак за результатами професійного навчання посадовим особам місцевого самоврядування буде нараховано 1 кредит ЄКТС.

Під час інформаційних сесій учасники з перших рук отримали актуальну інформацію щодо особливостей формування місцевих бюджетів на 2024 рік, зокрема щодо запропонованих змін до Бюджетного кодексу України, обсягів та умов державної підтримки громад, а також набули практичних навичок із формування документів, які супроводжують бюджетний процес.

Для курсантів створили Методичні рекомендації із формування проєкту місцевого бюджету на 2024 рік, з яким можна ознайомитися за посиланням.

А у цій статті експерти ULEAD надають практичні рекомендації для вирішення проблемних питань, що їх найчастіше ставили учасники Навчальної програми.

Як планувати податок на доходи фізичних осіб у бюджетах громад на 2024 рік?

Ключовою новацією бюджету-2024 є переспрямування частину податку на доходи фізичних осіб з грошового забезпечення військовослужбовців із місцевих бюджетів до держбюджету. Тобто усі надходження за кодом 11010200 «Податок на доходи фізичних осіб з грошового забезпечення, грошових винагород та інших виплат, одержаних військовослужбовцями та особами рядового і начальницького складу, що сплачується податковими агентами» (а це не лише військові, але й поліція, ДСНС та інші) будуть спрямовані до державного бюджету, тому їх не слід передбачати під час підготовки проєкту рішення про місцевий бюджет.

Щодо складових при розрахунку планових надходжень ПДФО на 2024 рік, зокрема ПДФО, що сплачується із заробітної плати, то основними з них є фонд зарплати всіх працівників. З нього слід вираховувати ПДФО - 18%. Також варто врахувати суму ПДФО із соціальних пільг, якими користуються певні працівники (для того щоб цю суму вирахувати з визначеного обсягу ПДФО в сумі 18%). В розрахунку слід передбачити суму ПДФО від додаткового доходу, іншого ніж ЗП, і відняти ПДФО, що підлягає поверненню платнику з врахуванням податкової знижки. Отже в підсумку маємо наступну формулу: від обсягу ПДФО, що становить 18% від фонду заробітної плати віднімаємо ПДФО з соціальних пільг, додаємо ПДФО від додаткового доходу іншого, ніж ЗП за мінусом ПДФО, що підлягає поверненню платнику у зв’язку з нарахуванням податкової знижки. І вже з цього порахованого обсягу ПДФО ми вираховуємо 64%, які прогнозовано і плануємо в дохідній частині бюджету на 2024 рік.

Як буде індексуватися заробітна плата посадовців місцевого самоврядування в 2024 році?

Відповідно до ст. 38 Закону України «Про Державний бюджет на 2024 рік» встановлено, що обчислення індексу споживчих цін для індексації всіх видів доходів населення буде проводитися наростаючим підсумком, починаючи з 1 січня 2024 року.

Тобто базовим місяцем для індексації всіх видів доходів населення вирішили встановити січень 2024 року. У базовому місяці дохід не індексується, а індексація грошових доходів проводиться у випадку, коли величина індексу споживчих цін перевищила поріг індексації, який встановлюється в розмірі 103%.

Як підтримати військові частини із місцевих бюджетів?

Бюджетним законодавством, а саме «Прикінцевими та перехідними положеннями» Бюджетного кодексу України, встановлено декілька напрямів перерахування коштів з місцевих бюджетів до державного бюджету в умовах воєнного стану.

Відповідно до пункту 22-2 розділу VI «Прикінцеві та перехідні положення» Кодексу органи місцевого самоврядування або військові адміністрації можуть приймати рішення про перерахування коштів з місцевих бюджетів до державного бюджету. З метою його реалізації наказом Міністерства фінансів України від 20.09.2023 № 793 «Про затвердження складових Програмної класифікації видатків та кредитування місцевого бюджету» передбачено код Типової програмної класифікації видатків та кредитування місцевого бюджету (далі ТПКВК МБ) 9820 «Субвенція з місцевого бюджету державному бюджету на перерахування коштів в умовах воєнного стану або для здійснення згідно із законом заходів загальної мобілізації та з метою відсічі збройної агресії Російської Федерації проти України та забезпечення національної безпеки, усунення загрози небезпеки державній незалежності України, її територіальній цілісності».

Відповідно до пункту 22-5 Прикінцевих та перехідних положень Кодексу з метою відсічі збройної агресії російської федерації проти України, забезпечення національної безпеки, заходів територіальної оборони органи місцевого самоврядування (військові адміністрації з урахуванням норм Закону України «Про правовий режим воєнного стану») можуть включати до місцевих програм (крім заходів та робіт з територіальної оборони) також заходи з підтримки інших підрозділів сил безпеки і оборони. Виконавцями таких заходів можуть бути військові частини, інші підрозділи сил безпеки та оборони, Міністерство оборони України.

У разі визначення виконавцями заходів, передбачених такими місцевими програмами, розпорядників коштів державного бюджету (військові частини Сил територіальної оборони, інші підрозділи сил безпеки і оборони, які залучаються до виконання завдань територіальної оборони, територіальні центри комплектування та соціальної підтримки) видатки місцевих бюджетів передбачаються за кодом типової програмної класифікації видатків та кредитування місцевого бюджету pf ТПКВК МБ 9800 "Субвенція з місцевого бюджету державному бюджету на виконання програм соціально-економічного розвитку регіонів".

Кошти зараховуються на спеціальні реєстраційні рахунки розпорядників бюджетних коштів державного бюджету за кодом класифікації доходів бюджету 41010600 "Субвенція з місцевого бюджету державному бюджету на виконання програм соціально-економічного та культурного розвитку регіонів".

Як сформувати бюджетні запити і чи формується цей документ в процесі виконання бюджету?

Відповідно до ст. 2 БКУ «бюджетний запит» — документ, підготовлений головним розпорядником бюджетних коштів, що містить пропозиції до проєкту бюджету на плановий бюджетний період з відповідним обґрунтуванням щодо обсягу бюджетних коштів, необхідних для виконання покладених на нього функцій на середньостроковий період, на підставі відповідних граничних показників видатків бюджету та надання кредитів з бюджету. Водночас у п. 5 ст. 22 БКУ передбачено, що головний розпорядник коштів організовує та забезпечує на підставі Бюджетної декларації (прогнозу місцевого бюджету) та плану діяльності на середньостроковий період складання бюджетного запиту і подає його Міністерству фінансів України (місцевому фінансовому органу).

Бюджетний запит — це основа планування проєкту місцевого бюджету та складання в подальшому паспорту відповідної бюджетної програми. Типові форми бюджетних запитів для формування місцевих бюджетів затверджені Наказом МФУ №648 від 17.07.2015, останні зміни до якого внесені Наказом МФУ №336 від 07.08.2019 — тобто у поточному році форми бюджетних запитів для розпорядників місцевих бюджетів не змінювалися.

Таким чином, бюджетний запит — це документ, який застосовують на етапі планування бюджету. Не потрібно складати бюджетний запит при підготовці змін до рішення про місцевий бюджет протягом року.

Рекомендуємо головним розпорядникам бюджетних коштів визначати цілі відповідно до пріоритетів, визначених стратегічними та програмними документами громади, актами законодавства та іншими нормативно-правовими актами, планами діяльності головних розпорядників на середньостроковий період. Такі цілі мають:

  • бути спрямовані на досягнення певного результату;
  • оцінюватися показниками досягнення цілей.

Цілі мають давати розуміння кінцевого результату діяльності головного розпорядника у відповідній сфері або чітко визначали рух до покращення ситуації чи вирішення проблем. Не бажано під час визначення цілей допускати такі формулювання, як "реалізація державної політики", "забезпечення діяльності", "виконання зобов'язань".

Для кожної цілі державної політики рекомендується визначати показники її досягнення. Показники досягнення цілей варто визначати як інтегровані показники, що враховують результати, отримані за рахунок реалізації усіх або декількох бюджетних програм.

Що треба обов’язково оприлюднити в частині бюджетних документів в період правового режиму воєнного стану?

В умовах воєнного стану призупинені вимоги ч. 5 ст. 28 БКУ «Доступність інформації про бюджет». З огляду на це, під час війни може не здійснюватися:

  • обов'язкова публікація в газетах інформації про виконання місцевих бюджетів;
  • публічне представлення ГРК інформації про виконання бюджетних програм, у тому числі про досягнення цілей державної політики у відповідній сфері діяльності;
  • оприлюднення ГРК паспортів, бюджетних програм, звітів про їх виконання, результатів оцінки ефективності;
  • публічне представлення інформації про виконання місцевих бюджетів.

Разом з тим, відповідно до ч. 2-4, 6 ст. 28 БКУ обов’язковому оприлюдненню підлягають:

  • бюджетні запити на офіційних сайтах ГРК або в інший спосіб;
  • інформація про виконання місцевого бюджету;
  • рішення про місцевий бюджет та квартальні звіти про його виконання;
  • проєкт рішення про місцевий бюджет;
  • публічна інформація у формі відкритих даних.

Чи може сільський/селищний/міський голова вносити зміни до бюджету, якщо йому це делегує рада?

Бюджетний кодекс України регулює відносини, що виникають у процесі складання, розгляду, затвердження, виконання бюджетів, звітування про їх виконання та контроль за дотриманням бюджетного законодавства. Ним же регулюється відповідальність за порушення бюджетного законодавства, а також визначаються правові засади утворення та погашення державного і місцевого боргу.

При цьому, якщо іншим нормативно-правовим актом бюджетні відносини визначаються інакше, ніж у Бюджетному Кодексі, застосовуються відповідні норми цього Кодексу.

Відповідно до частини 7 та 8 статті 78 Бюджетного кодексу України, рішення про внесення змін до рішення про місцевий бюджет ухвалюється відповідною місцевою радою на підставі офіційних висновків місцевого фінансового органу про перевиконання чи недовиконання дохідної частини загального фонду, про обсяг залишку коштів загального та спеціального фондів (крім власних надходжень бюджетних установ) відповідного бюджету.

Факт перевиконання дохідної частини загального фонду місцевого бюджету визнається за підсумками першого півріччя та наступних звітних періодів з початку поточного бюджетного періоду на підставі офіційних висновків місцевого фінансового органу за умови перевищення доходів загального фонду місцевого бюджету (без урахування міжбюджетних трансфертів), врахованих у розписі місцевого бюджету на відповідний період, не менше ніж на 5 відсотків.

Факт недоотримання доходів загального фонду місцевого бюджету визнається на підставі офіційного висновку місцевого фінансового органу за підсумками квартального звіту в разі недоотримання доходів загального фонду місцевого бюджету, врахованих у розписі місцевого бюджету на відповідний період, більше ніж на 15 відсотків.

Рішення про внесення змін до рішення про місцевий бюджет можуть бути ухвалені Верховною Радою Автономної Республіки Крим, відповідною місцевою радою з урахуванням положень статті 52 Бюджетного кодексу України, в разі необхідності перерозподілу бюджетних призначень між головними розпорядниками бюджетних коштів (за наявності відповідного обґрунтування) та в інших випадках, передбачених Кодексом.

При цьому стаття 23 Бюджетного кодексу містить можливість здійснення перерозподілу бюджетних призначень:

  1. Якщо після прийняття рішення про місцевий бюджет повноваження на виконання функцій, завдань або надання послуг, на яке надано бюджетне призначення, передається відповідно до законодавства від одного головного розпорядника бюджетних коштів до іншого головного розпорядника бюджетних коштів, дія бюджетного призначення не припиняється і застосовується для виконання тих самих функцій, завдань чи послуг іншим головним розпорядником бюджетних коштів, якому це доручено.

    Перерозподіл бюджетних призначень у цьому випадку здійснюється за рішенням виконавчого органу (рекомендуємо тут керуватися статтею 52 Закону України «Про місцеве самоврядування в Україні» та здійснювати перерозподіл рішенням колегіального органу загальної компетенції — рішенням виконавчого комітету).
  2. У межах загального обсягу бюджетних призначень за бюджетною програмою, окремо за загальним та спеціальним фондами бюджету, за обґрунтованим поданням головного розпорядника бюджетних коштів здійснюється перерозподіл бюджетних асигнувань, затверджених у розписі бюджету та кошторисі, в розрізі економічної класифікації видатків бюджету, а також в розрізі класифікації кредитування бюджету — щодо надання кредитів з бюджету. Перерозподіл у цьому випадку здійснює місцевий фінансовий орган.
  3. У межах загального обсягу бюджетних призначень головного розпорядника бюджетних коштів перерозподіл видатків бюджету і надання кредитів з бюджету за бюджетними програмами, включаючи резервний фонд бюджету, а також за бюджетною програмою збільшення видатків розвитку за рахунок зменшення інших видатків (окремо за загальним та спеціальним фондами бюджету). Такий перерозподіл здійснюється виконавчим органом (виконавчим комітетом).

Отже, бюджетне законодавство не наділяє сільських/селищних/ міських голів повноваженням щодо внесення змін до бюджету, здійснення яких віднесено до виключної компетенції ради. Перерозподіл бюджетних призначень, в визначених статтею 23 БКУ випадках, здійснюються виконавчим комітетом та місцевим фінансовим органом і також не може здійснюватися сільським/селищним/міським головою, а зміни до бюджету вносяться тільки відповідною радою.

23.04.2024
Join the training program "Steps for Specialists. Project Cycle Management 2024" by U-LEAD with Europe!
Are you new to project management? Do you want to strengthen your skills in writing and implementing projects, introduce yourself to the latest approaches and methodology for elaborating project proposals, and analyse key mistakes that occur in the process of project preparation and implementation? Join the training program by U-LEAD with Europe!
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22.04.2024
New Training program: "Development of the Statute of the Municipality"
Do you want to normalize relations with the public and strengthen interaction with citizens? Do you have to regulate the tools of local democracy at the local level? Do you want to openly, transparently and effectively involve citizens in decision-making at the local level? Join the training program from "U-LEAD with Europe"!
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19.04.2024
Municipalities of the Sumy Oblast will develop local waste management plans
U-LEAD experts will help 16 municipalities of the Sumy region develop local waste management plans, carry out a strategic environmental assessment, harmonise local waste management plans between municipalities and coordinate them with the regional plan.
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19.04.2024
Local history, salt and oil: How municipal enterprises promote tourism in Lviv Oblast
Cuisine, history, art, entertainment and recreation are major tourist magnets. But in order to make them tourist attractions and generate revenue for the municipality, it is necessary to develop a strategy integrating services, logistics and marketing.
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19.04.2024
U-LEAD is inviting you to take part in the new Training program «Steps for Specialists. Healthcare Management in the Municipality»
It will help to introduce a systematic approach to strategic planning for the development of a network of healthcare facilities, improve coordination between owners of municipal healthcare facilities, governing bodies and management of healthcare facilities, ensure the provision of quality healthcare services.
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18.04.2024
The Ovruch municipality relies on project activities
To create a project management sector — this decision was made by the municipality of Ovruch which joined U-LEAD’s support programme “Creating a Project Office in the Municipality”.
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17.04.2024
Provide support and assistance: Local self-government authorities to implement veteran policy
Developing a comprehensive approach to support veterans and their families, creating a high-quality veteran policy, as well as arranging systematic work to provide services to veterans and their families at the appropriate level are the tasks that require significant human, financial and organisational resources from local self-government bodies. U-LEAD experts explained how to effectively implement this policy in the municipality.
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16.04.2024
We invite you to "Steps for specialists. Introduction of medium-term budget planning in municipalities"
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine will resume medium-term budget planning in 2024. Do you want to prepare a high-quality local budget forecast? Then U-LEAD with Europe is initiating a new training programme!
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16.04.2024
The new "Steps" train a client-oriented approach
90 employees of local self-government bodies from all over Ukraine will learn to be client-oriented in the provision of social services. Read more to find out why this approach is important and which basic premises started the training.
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09.04.2024
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training Program "Steps for Specialists. Organisation of access to public information in local self-government bodies"
Does your local authority receive a lot of requests for information and find it difficult to deal with them? Do you have any difficulties with the «three-fold test»? Are you not sure if information on your website is disclosed in accordance with the law? If you have these and other questions related to providing access to public information, we invite you to join our Training Program.
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08.04.2024
“Steps for Specialists. Human Resource Management”: a new opportunity for municipalities
U-LEAD has launched a new training programme, “Steps for Specialists. Human Resource Management”. The programme will help local self-government officials prepare for the development and creation of effective HR management services and the implementation of the Law “On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies” as amended.
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04.04.2024
U-LEAD explains the benefits of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy to local self-government bodies
U-LEAD continues a series of info sessions in cooperation with the EU project “Institutional Policy Reform for Smallholder Agriculture” (IPRSA). The latest session focused on rural development and the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.
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02.04.2024
“Steps for Specialists. Administrative Procedure”: results of the training programme
The comprehensive training program “Steps for Specialists. Administrative Procedure” developed and implemented by the U-LEAD with Europe Programme has come to an end. It gave us about 100 motivated representatives of municipalities and developed document templates for implementing the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative Procedure” in the operation of local self-government.
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02.04.2024
The war amplified the role of a starosta
At the relevant info session, heads of U-LEAD offices, experts, heads of municipalities and starostas discussed how the role of starostas had been amplified after the outset of the full-scale war, defined the powers of starostas under martial law and highlighted the municipal services encoded in their job duties.
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01.04.2024
Join the training program "Steps for Specialists. Communication of local self-government bodies"
How does the availability of a communication strategy affect the quality of information and the level of trust of residents in the authorities? How to take into account the specifics of certain social groups that have emerged because of the war and build the right communication with them? The answers to these and many other questions are in the new U-LEAD initiative!
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01.04.2024
Quality medical services in rural areas: experience of the Polytsi municipality
A municipality from the Rivne Oblast created its own Primary Healthcare Centre, even though according to experts’ recommendations, small rural municipalities are incapable of creating such facilities. They received assistance from experts from the local Regional Office of U-LEAD. The Centre already has several support packages from the National Health Service of Ukraine and is now self-sufficient.
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29.03.2024
Oksana Siliukova on internal communication in wartime: Timely communication is critical
Communication in wartime is all about security and providing the population with timely updates. Today, communication is not entertainment but a basic need, which often affects the safety and even the lives of the residents of municipalities. The head of the Regional Office of U-LEAD in the Kherson Oblast spoke about this in detail and shared her experience.
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28.03.2024
Project office: What is it supposed to be like?
What is a project office, and what is the purpose for municipalities to create it? What is it supposed to look like and which functions can it perform? Each municipality decides on the format and functions of this structure individually, depending on the resources, ambitions and needs.
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27.03.2024
Financial autonomy of educational institutions in the Zoria municipality
Financial autonomy in education can follow two different approaches: either each institution introduces the position of an accountant, or the municipality creates a special municipal institution that serves all educational institutions. The Zoria municipality, Rivne Oblast, chose the second option and shared its success story with other municipalities in the oblast at an experience exchange event held with the support of U-LEAD.
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25.03.2024
Joint municipal companies: join forces to get results
Where should joint municipal companies start? How to become profitable and how to benefit the municipality? How to interact with the founders and what services should they offer to businesses? U-LEAD experts got together with the teams that established joint municipal companies with the support of the Programme to answer these questions.
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21.03.2024
Why local authorities should support rural development: EU legislation and best practices
Rural areas make up more than 70% of the entire area of Ukraine. Their prosperity and development should be a priority for local authorities. One of the Wednesdays with U-LEAD events covered rural development standards in effect in the European Union and how local authorities and the state can benefit from them.
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20.03.2024
Voluntary civil defence units as an effective security tool
In the context of martial law, the local self-governments seek new opportunities to improve security. It is possible for municipalities to create VCDUs to assist other services. U-LEAD experts explain the way to do this.
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15.03.2024
U-LEAD will teach municipalities to develop and use public budgets
For five months, 16 teams from 10 oblasts of Ukraine will work on the implementation of the public budget in their municipalities. U-LEAD experts will help them with everything from the development of a package of documents to the selection of competition winners.
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14.03.2024
Changes in the Medical Guarantee Programme and how to use them for the benefit of patients and hospitals
U-LEAD experts told the participants of the info session about the expansion of the Medical Guarantee Programme and changes in the financing of services, the inspection of healthcare facilities by the National Health Service and the improvement of services for patients.
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13.03.2024
Municipal property: turning the burden of maintenance into income for the municipal budget?
As part of U-LEAD’s programme “STEPS for Specialists. Municipal Property Management”, specialised specialists will learn how to ensure effective management of municipal property, optimise the costs of its maintenance and receive income from it for the municipality budget.
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05.03.2024
Changes in the legislation on humanitarian aid: who is affected and how to proceed?
U-LEAD experts informed representatives of local self-government about important changes in the legislation regarding humanitarian and charitable aid, its import, accounting and use.
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01.03.2024
Filing declarations for employees of local self-government in 2024: deadlines, requirements and clarification
The declaration campaign for the 2023 reporting period is open until 31 March 2024. Income declarations must be submitted by local government employees, members of local councils and other declaration filers.
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29.02.2024
Hospital CEO appointment: from competition announcement to contract signing
The U-LEAD experts explained to the representatives of municipalities the algorithm of holding a competition for the position of the healthcare facility CEO and clarified the issue of part-time work and competition procedures during the martial law period.
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27.02.2024
It is not possible for municipalities to support IDPs solely by providing humanitarian aid
The Ministry of Social Policy has reported that in the third year of the full-scale war, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine hit almost 4.9 million people. Half of these people have no place to return to. The safer municipalities hosting these millions now face challenges. Nevertheless, mechanisms and tools exist to ensure that IDPs integrate into the municipality, becoming its “growth point”.
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27.02.2024
Cross-border cooperation projects for rural areas: seeking for partners and specifics of applications
The development of rural areas is a priority task for local self-government. Today, cross-border cooperation opens up new opportunities for Ukrainian municipalities.
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27.02.2024
Training Program "Steps for specialists. Implementation of the control and audit system in municipalities"
Do you want to minimize management risks? Protect resources from loss or misuse? To achieve the mission and development goals of the municipality in the most economical, efficient, and effective way?
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23.02.2024
Join the Training Program “Steps for Specialists. Arranging Social Services in Municipalities”
Complete this online training course and learn how to properly arrange and provide social services to your population.
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21.02.2024
The Ladan municipality and its bold and well-timed decisions
The story of the formation and development of a small but very ambitious and capable municipality that offers much to be learnt.
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21.02.2024
Public budget: plan for development and relieving social tension
U-LEAD seeks to increase the level of citizen involvement in the budget process. One of the instruments of such involvement is the public budget.
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19.02.2024
Local self-government employees must declare property located in the temporarily occupied territories
According to the updated Clarifications of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, the declaration filer must include in the declaration information about any real estate belonging to them and their family members, including any real estate located in the temporarily occupied territories.
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15.02.2024
Municipalities must assess the budget programme performance despite martial law
From 24 February 2022, the primary administrators of local budget funds operate under martial law. Despite this, the law requires an assessment of the performance of the previous year’s budget programmes and providing its results to local financial authorities.
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14.02.2024
1,500 participants study the rules of ethical behavior for work as Local self-government
The educational project is implemented by the RMTeam with the comprehensive support provided by the U-LEAD with Europe Programme and in partnership with the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine.
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05.02.2024
Communal property management: U-LEAD announces enrollment for the new Training Program
Make the work on communal property management more efficient in your local self-government body and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Program will help you.
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29.01.2024
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program «Development and implementation of local budget»
We are announcing a new initiative, thanks to which financial specialists of communities will learn how to implement and effectively use local budgets.
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09.01.2024
Three steps to food security in municipalities
In wartime, food self-sufficiency becomes a key issue for municipalities. This is relevant to both front-line territories and nominally rear regions. Ihor Ahibalov, Head of the Regional Office of U-LEAD with Europe in the Luhansk Oblast, talked about this in detail.
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22.12.2023
Pro.Communities: a safe educational environment
Report on a large-scale project that brought together almost 8000 educators, allowing 250,000 children to study in safer educational institutions.
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19.12.2023
Paid social services: Who should pay, what services are provided on a paid basis and how much do they cost?
Since 2020, the provision of social services has been transferred to the municipal level. Reasonably, the question of funds for payment of these services for certain categories of recipients arose. U-LEAD experts clarified the cases when social services may be provided on a paid basis and how their differentiated fees are calculated.
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15.12.2023
Despite the war, decisions on local budgets for 2024 are subject to mandatory publication!
What must be made public in terms of budget documents under martial law? When and where should the decision on the budget 2024 be made public? What to do if the municipality has lost access to its Internet resources, what are the alternative information platforms for publishing the decision?
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13.12.2023
Municipal Energy Plan: Necessity and challenges
The Experience Sharing Network on the development of municipal energy plans has been completed. The municipalities, together with U-LEAD experts, summarised the results and discussed the improvement of the methodology of the Ministry of Infrastructure.
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11.12.2023
Development of transparent processes and prevention of corruption risks in healthcare facilities
How to ensure transparent functioning of your hospital and what deserves special attention during anti-corruption changes — answers to these questions in analytical material from U-LEAD experts.
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07.12.2023
The training cycle of the “Steps for Specialists. Designing a Municipal Development Strategy” is complete
For seven months, teams of 70 municipalities from all over Ukraine worked on designing development strategies. In this, they were supported by U-LEAD experts.
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28.11.2023
“An internship in Poland provided insight into the changes in Ukraine after the acquisition of EU membership”
Anna Lutsenko, a representative of the Novyi Buh municipality, was selected for an internship in Poland, where she studied the Polish experience of transformations, division of responsibilities in municipalities and environmental protection.
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28.11.2023
Expert: Municipalities can allocate the free balance of the budget only to certain directions
The President of Ukraine signed Law No. 3428-IX “On Amendments to Section VI of the Budget Code of Ukraine on Ensuring the Support of the State’s Defence Capabilities and the Development of the Defence and Industrial Complex of Ukraine” dated 8 November 2023. This Law lists directions for the municipalities to allocate free local budget balances under martial law.
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21.11.2023
Energy projects in municipalities are long-term, complex, and demanding
For almost a year, the U-LEAD Program has been teaching municipalities how to implement energy security. At the final information sessions, the participants consolidated the skills of writing energy projects and submitting grant applications.
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20.11.2023
Interaction of local self-government with the volunteer community: pros, cons, pitfalls
Why is the volunteer movement popular and influential in some municipalities, while volunteer initiatives are barely noticeable in others? How can local self-government bodies find points of contact for effective cooperation with volunteer groups?
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20.11.2023
U-LEAD invites for participation in the educational programme “Steps for specialists. Administrative procedure”
On January 16, 2024, a new initiative from U-LEAD will start. Is is designed to help hundred of local self-government officials deepen their understanding of the Law of Ukraine "On Administrative Procedure", as well as to develop their skills and abilities.
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16.11.2023
Successes of the municipalities of Poltava Oblast in attracting investments
How to attract international investments to the municipality? In Poltava Oblast, specialists of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme teach this, and all 60 municipalities of the region are encouraged to cooperate. And the municipalities of Karliv and Nekhvoroshcha on a competitive basis won the opportunity to study at the program "Steps for specialists. Project cycle management".
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16.11.2023
The Bilenkiv municipality is engaged in the education of eco-conscious citizens
Despite the war, they care about the environment here and teach citizens to handle garbage with responsibility. The last bright promotion is a fashion show of clothes made from recycled materials.
#environment
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01.11.2023
Female Leadership School: Lectures, mentoring consultations and meetings to share experiences for municipality leaders
A project is launched, the participants of which are women who learn to support women in their municipalities, fight gender inequality and develop their own leadership.
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31.10.2023
How do dairy farming and public pastures shape food security?
U-LEAD has organised several events on this topic to improve the competence of municipalities in dairy farming. At these events, experts explained how this industry affects food security and the local economy.
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30.10.2023
How to appropriate abandoned property into municipal ownership: the possibilities of the Experience Exchange Network
The opportunities and support that municipalities will receive thanks to the participation of the Experience Exchange Network (Supporter Program) “Abandoned Property Management” were discussed during a promotional event at the base of the Vinnytsia regional office of the U-LEAD Programme.
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24.10.2023
Completion and results of the Programme “Steps for Specialists. Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies and Volunteer Associations”
At the final event of the training programme, the experts summed up the results, and the participants of the initiative shared the development of volunteer spaces in their municipalities.
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19.10.2023
Experience Sharing Network “Creating a Plan for Communication of Changes in the Municipality” had its final event.
U-LEAD’s initiative helped 48 municipalities develop effective communication tools and create plans for communication of changes.
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17.10.2023
U-LEAD invites you to join the new Experience Exchange Network “Abandoned Property Management”
Organize the work of your local council in the field of identification, accounting and acquisition into municipal ownership of abandoned property.
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29.09.2023
Teacher appraisals: details of the procedure
How exactly to carry out the appraisals of teaching staff in 2023/2024? What are the procedures for the scheduled appraisal as well as extraordinary appraisals initiated by the employee/manager? U-LEAD’s expert answers these questions.
#advice
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28.09.2023
Organisation of municipality-based mental health and rehabilitation service provision
This analytical material is devoted to the need and methods of mental health monitoring, finding and providing help.
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27.09.2023
Dismissal from the local self-government bodies under martial law
U-LEAD adviser clarifies the powers of employers, the rights of employees and the general provisions under which employment can be terminated in local self-government bodies.
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19.09.2023
9 steps for project cycle managers in project teams
On the first seminar of the new training program from U-LEAD "Steps for specialists: Project cycle management-2023" and about the nine steps into which our experts divided it.
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11.09.2023
Diagnostics of the local taxation system in Ukraine: analytical results
This extensive analytical report by our experts looks for ways to strengthen the financial capacity of local self-government bodies.
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29.08.2023
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the unique onboarding training program"Steps for Specialists. Entry to Professional Activity"
An intensive two-week program that contains answers to current questions of professional activity, is based on real cases and includes a theoretical and practical component
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25.08.2023
Can the municipality finance the needs of the military at the expense of local budgets? U-LEAD clarifies
At the event for Cherkasy municipalities, a hot topic was discussed: solving financial issues under martial law. The participants familiarized themselves with changes in the legislation in the spheres of financial and budgetary relations of the local government, worked out urgent issues of the implementation of the powers of the local government and discussed the powers to finance the needs of the military at the expense of local budgets.
#finances
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21.08.2023
More than 300 municipal agricultural enterprises were created in the municipalities to increase food security
Unfortunately, as a rule, they cannot take advantage of grants from the state, and this situation needs to change. It is also necessary to develop small businesses in order to process the received raw materials into products.
#food security
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21.08.2023
The war wrecks local budgets of municipalities of the Kherson oblast
U-LEAD experts analysed the budgets of 49 municipalities in the region over the period of 6 months of 2023: although some municipalities have more than met their targets, the overall situation is grim.
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11.08.2023
An employee of a local self-government body is a blood donor: how not to violate their rights?
U-LEAD experts provided clarification on donor guarantees to employees of local self-government bodies who voluntarily donate blood and its components. These include an additional day of rest and leave on the day of examination and donation. What to do if the employee must be present at the workplace on the day of blood donation?
#legislation
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09.08.2023
Capacity of mid-level medical practitioners in Ukraine is underutilised
U-LEAD experts held an information session where they compared the qualifications and duties of Ukrainian nurses with their colleagues from Poland and Finland.
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09.08.2023
U-LEAD invites applications for "Steps for Specialists. Project cycle management - 2023"
Learn to form a goal, tasks and results, plan a project budget and present it to potential donors! As part of this training program, you will be able to develop your project idea into a full-fledged project proposal.
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08.08.2023
Communal property management in health care sphere: U-LEAD Programme announces call for applications for a new Municipal Experience Exchange Network (Support Program).
Joint communal non-profit enterprises: from the initiative to the start of effective work! Establish cooperation with other municipalities, create a joint utility non-profit enterprise for the development of your minicipalities! The new Support Program from "U-LEAD with Europe" will help you with this.
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07.08.2023
Communal property management in municipal development sphere: U-LEAD Programme announces call for applications for a new Municipal Experience Exchange Network (Support Program).
Joint communal enterprises: from the initiative to the start of effective work! Establish cooperation with other municipalities, create a joint utility enterprise for the development of your municipalities. The new Support Program from "U-LEAD with Europe" will help you with this.
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08.08.2023
Active volunteer environments are a must in municipalities
Participants of U-LEAD’s training programme “Steps for Specialists. Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies and Volunteer Associations” told why this interaction is so important, shared their impressions of the course and expressed gratitude to colleagues and organizers.
#training programmes
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02.08.2023
First aid training
We invite municipality educators to participate in training on first aid for sudden cardiac arrest and life-threatening conditions.
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01.08.2023
U-LEAD teach municipality representatives to build internal and external communication
“U-LEAD with Europe” continue to work with municipalities over a quality communication system. For this purpose, a series of educational events called “Interaction for Changes” was launched.
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01.08.2023
Mental health care as an essential element of the medical system in municipalities
Discover how mental health affects economic performance, why it is crucial for municipalities to establish a mental health care system for their residents, what future benefits are expected, and the principles to guide the process.
#health care
#advice
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27.07.2023
Stabilisation of the local budget: The Vilnyanska municipality experience
As a result of participating in the U-LEAD with Europe's Budget Stabilisation Plan training programme for financiers, the Vilnyanska municipality of Zaporizhzhia Oblast managed to increase budget revenues for the first half of 2023 by 2.5% of the targets.
#local budgets
#recovery
#war
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27.07.2023
U-LEAD expert: Forming a network of lyceums at the municipal level should be started as early as this summer
Networks of high school institutions should be completed by 1 September 2027. The participants of the info session “Municipal Educational Activities in the Summer” learned the necessary steps for the founders of municipal lyceums, forecasts and risks, as well as best practices.
#advice
#education
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26.07.2023
The Law No. 3050: Expert explains changes for local self-government bodies/military administrations on setting individual tax exemptions
The Law No. 3050 "On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and Other Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Exemption from Environmental Tax, Land Payment and Real Estate Tax Other Than a Land Plot for Destroyed or Damaged Real Estate" has recently come into force. What impact does it have on local self-government bodies and what are the new powers of municipalities?
#legislation
#environment
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25.07.2023
Developing a strategic environmental assessment: practical advice for municipalities
Why is a strategic environmental assessment of state planning documents such as municipal development strategies important? How has the recently-launched Unified National Environmental Impact Assessment Registry improved this procedure?
#environment
#advice
#planning
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18.07.2023
Development of a medical care quality system in municipalities
Medical care in Ukraine cannot be called the best. In this material, our experts speak frankly about the non-recognition of medical errors and the risks of treatment. If the municipality wants to seriously improve the quality of its health services, how to properly evaluate this quality and what are the important stages on the way to its improvement?
#health care
#advice
#analytics
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17.07.2023
Andrii Bohdan, Mayor of Horodnia: To plan and reduce energy costs is to save budget funds
Why does the municipality need a Municipal Energy Plan? How to save on energy sources already today? How do energy-efficient innovations get adopted from the municipal infrastructure into everyday life? Find out the answers in this quick interview with Andrii Bohdan, Head of the Horodnia City Council in the Chernihiv Oblast.
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#energy security
#local budgets
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14.07.2023
On the simplified procedure for local taxes and fees for the period of martial law
The participants of the information session, held by U-LEAD in partnership with the Southern Interregional Department of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine, learned about the peculiarities of regulatory policy during the war, the possibility for local councils to adopt acts under a simplified procedure, as well as the pitfalls of such indulgences.
#finances
#war
#advice
#legislation
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11.07.2023
Things to know about archives and the document nomenclature in 2023
The participants of the information session, held by U-LEAD in partnership with the State Archives of Mykolaiv Oblast, learned about the peculiarities of archival affairs and record keeping in municipalities.
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#legislation
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11.07.2023
U-LEAD helps municipalities to understand public procurement for budget funds
Read our material about public procurement for budget funds, authorised persons and municipalities' work with experts from the Institute for Budgetary and Socio-Economic Research (IBSER).
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10.07.2023
Land audit in municipalities by U-LEAD with Europe: sharing a step-by-step algorithm
Read about the audit, its meaning, importance and implementation tools in the material from U-LEAD experts.
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06.07.2023
Facilitating IDP business relocation: economically empowered municipalities
This article is about the organisation of IDP business development work in municipalities and the benefits of such cooperation, opportunities for IDPs, as well as for municipal residents and war veterans to start their own businesses, as well as about government and international grant assistance in this process.
#war
#internally displaced persons
#business
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04.07.2023
How to deal if a local government employee stayed in the temporarily occupied territory and was forced to obtain a Russian passport?
U-LEAD experts provided explanations on personnel issues related to the work of local self-government under occupation.
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#legislation
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23.06.2023
48 municipalities to develop municipal energy plans supported by U-LEAD experts
Follow our article to learn about the competitive selection to participate in the network for these plans' development, the winners and their opportunities from cooperation with U-LEAD.
#news
#training programmes
#energy security
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21.06.2023
U-LEAD with Europe jointly with tax authorities explains peculiarities of taxes and fees payment under martial law to municipalities of Kharkiv Oblast
During the joint information session, the U-LEAD with Europe Regional Office and the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Kharkiv Oblast discussed changes to the tax legislation under martial law and the ability of local self-government representatives to ensure the flow of their own resources to local budgets.
#war
#legislation
#finances
#local budgets
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21.06.2023
What annual leave can a local self-government employee expect in 2023?
Participants of the U-LEAD information session learned about the rules for granting annual leave under martial law, restrictions, refusals, compensation and legislative regulation of this process. You can also find out!
#lsg
#legislation
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23.06.2023
How to build an efficient system for management and implementation of EU funds – lessons from Poland
Read analytical material about the pre-accession for joining the EU in the fields of Decentralisation, Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments.
#advice
#international cooperation
#analytics
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15.06.2023
Social dormitories: How municipality may provide IDPs with housing
The participants of the informational session, organised by the U-LEAD with Europe Programme, found out about the transformation of ordinary housing into social one and the conditions for internally displaced persons to receive it.
#internally displaced persons
#war
#reconstruction
#advice
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14.06.2023
Role of Regional Departments of Health at the current stage of medical reform
Read our experts’ analytical article to find out more about the competencies, duties, functions, past and future of the Regional Departments of Health.
#health care
#legislation
#advice
#analytics
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13.06.2023
New Guidelines from U-LEAD: accounting and reporting in municipalities
Programme experts have developed Guidelines for Accounting and Reporting in Municipalities for more efficient accounting and proper display of calculations in financial reporting.
#finances
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#accounting
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06.06.2023
The second wave of the Experience Sharing Network “Development of Programmes for the Integration of IDPs into Municipalities” launched
Read more to find out about the opportunities provided by the Experience Sharing Network “Development of Programmes for the Integration of IDPs into Municipalities” and the benefits that municipalities will receive from the development of the IDP Integration Programme.
#steps for specialists
#training programmes
#internally displaced persons
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02.06.2023
U-LEAD helps municipalities stabilise budget processes in wartime
Over the course of six weeks, 100 employees of local financial bodies will learn how to manage municipal resources more effectively, analyse and identify reserves and propose steps to stabilise local budgets, and U-LEAD experts and the experience of other municipalities will help them in this.
#local budgets
#lsg
#finances
#steps for specialists
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02.06.2023
New “Steps for Specialists” launched to help build cooperation between authorities and volunteers
120 people from 19 oblasts of Ukraine were chosen to participate in the new training programme “Steps for Specialists. Cooperation between Local Self-Government and Volunteer Associations” implemented by U-LEAD. Over the course of six weeks, the participants will learn the tools of effective communication between local self-government bodies and volunteers, as well as develop the skills of their application in various contexts.
#steps for specialists
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31.05.2023
A U-LEAD expert answers questions about the duration of the educational process, returning students and grading them
Completion of the 2022-2023 academic year, grading students who studied in two different schools, how the final grades are calculated — read the article to find out about all this and more.
#education
#war
#advice
#schools
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30.05.2023
Expert: Despite the war, municipalities must release public information as per the laws
Read more to learn about the balance between transparency and security, requirements for local self-government to release information under martial law and the use of the “three-fold test” in this process, as well as how the municipalities can determine whether to restrict access to the information.
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#legislation
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30.05.2023
Experience Sharing Network “Development of the Municipal Safe Environment Programme” has been launched
Over the course of four months, 24 municipalities, together with U-LEAD experts, will develop solutions for organising safe environments in their territories. This experience will become a road map for the implementation of safety measures for other municipalities.
#news
#lsg
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26.05.2023
The training programme “Steps for Specialists. Municipal Property Management” has been launched
Over 6 weeks, its participants will receive relevant expertise on the management of municipal property of the municipality and learn about the peculiarities of this process under martial law and how to dispose of and use the municipal property effectively.
#steps for specialists
#training programmes
#lsg
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25.05.2023
U-LEAD invites to participate in a new initiative –Experience Exchange Network “Development of the Program for the Integration of IDPs into the Municipality”!
This Network is an opportunity to get expert support in learning the main approaches and methodology for developing IDPs integration programs, developing the skills of establishing interaction and coordinating efforts of all stakeholders, and especially in developing IDPs integration programs with due account of the municipality’s needs.
#internally displaced persons
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23.05.2023
24 municipalities will exchange experience in creating a safe space
U-LEAD with Europe sincerely congratulates 24 municipalities-winners of the competitive selection for participation in the experience exchange network on creating a safe space.
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#lsg
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22.05.2023
Municipalities establish cooperation with the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine with the support of U-LEAD with Europe
The Programme helped their representatives to discuss potential avenues of interaction. The key directions of the cooperation should be economic security and an increase of revenues to local budgets.
#economy
#local budgets
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19.05.2023
Practical advice for employers when using e-services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine
U-LEAD with Europe held an info session where the participants learned about the innovations of the e-services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the features of the e-sick leave service, learned about typical errors when filling out e-documents and clarified how to settle sick leave.
#advice
#legislation
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17.05.2023
Municipalities can improve their energy efficiency now
Participants of the training course “Municipal Energy Security” learned about practical solutions, recommendations and trends of energy consumption.
#energy security
#advice
#news
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15.05.2023
The war affects education: What is the educational and psychological damage?
How to properly end the most difficult school year in our history, and should local self-government compensate children for lost opportunities?
#war
#education
#advice
#schools
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11.05.2023
U-LEAD launched a new communication format between the National Health Service of Ukraine and the founders of healthcare facilities
The participants of the “Dialogues with the National Health Service of Ukraine” discussed the further stages of the transformation of the health care system, the functioning of healthcare facilities and the provision of services in the conditions of a full-scale war.
#news
#health care
#advice
#communications
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04.05.2023
48 municipalities are working on creating effective internal control and audit systems
With the help of U-LEAD, finance teams are preparing documents that will meet all up-to-date budget legislation requirements.
#news
#local budgets
#training programmes
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03.05.2023
Development of Municipal Energy Plans: U-LEAD announces open call for the support programme.
From November 2024, the MEP will become a mandatory municipal document. U-LEAD offers support and expert guidance to municipalities selected in an open competition to develop this Plan. Municipalities will begin the development in June and present their MEPs at the national level in October.
#training programmes
#announcements
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#energy security
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02.05.2023
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program "Steps for Specialists. Budget stabilization plan"
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.
#training programmes
#steps for specialists
#local budgets
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26.04.2023
Evacuation of the population: municipalities must have a set of documents ready
Read an interview with a member of the U-LEAD Working Group on Civil Protection and Public Safety about the requirements to the local self-government bodies for the arrangement of evacuation measures.
#advice
#lsg
#news
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10.04.2023
Training programme “Steps for Specialists. Staffing Issues in Local Self-Government under Martial Law” has been launched
Participants from 100 municipalities from all over Ukraine, selected on a competitive basis, will spend the next 8 weeks in comprehensive training.
#news
#training programmes
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25.04.2023
Updated initiative “Steps for Specialists. Designing a Municipal Development Strategy” is launched
U-LEAD is reviving the Municipal Development Strategy Programme, which was suspended due to the outbreak of full-scale war.
#news
#training programmes
#development strategy
#steps for specialists
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24.04.2023
Communal property management: U-LEAD announces enrollment for the new Training Programme
Make the work on communal property management more efficient in your local self-government body and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Programme will help you.
#training programmes
#lsg
#steps for specialists
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18.04.2023
Expert support of municipalities in the development of a municipal energy plan — selection of participants has begun
U-LEAD is launching a four-month support program for municipalities that want to develop a quality Energy Plan with expert support.
#announcements
#training programmes
#news
#energy security
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14.04.2023
Safety Experience Sharing Network: presentation of the competitive selection
What is this Network and how to participate in it? What are the requirements for participants and what should they expect? Fill out the application for competitive selection by April 30 and show your results and achievements as early as September.
#lsg
#announcements
#training programmes
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12.04.2023
Introduction of the minimum tax liability will increase revenues to municipal budgets
U-LEAD adviser explains how the new Law No. 1914 affects the Tax Code, changes for agricultural land tenants and how to pay the minimum tax liability correctly.
#news
#legislation
#advice
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06.04.2023
Invitation for local self-government officials: Experience Sharing Network “Development of the Municipal Safe Environment Programme”
Learn how to improve safety and pool resources to create an appropriately safe environment, who are safety stakeholders and what kind of impact ensuring a safe environment of the municipality can have on its social and economic development.
#lsg
#announcements
#training programmes
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06.04.2023
Accounting for humanitarian aid in relocated municipalities
Ihor Ahibalov talks about the lack of a legal framework and regulations to be followed when receiving and distributing humanitarian aid.
#legislation
#advice
#international support
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05.04.2023
48 municipalities joined the Network to learn proper communication
Participants are learning models of communication strategies and creating individual plans.
#communications
#training programmes
#news
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05.04.2023
Organising a network of cultural centres: from the basic to the highest levels
U-LEAD taught the officials of the local self-government of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast how to establish a network of this kind of institutions, multitasking and seeking funding in wartime.
#culture
#advice
#decentralisation
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03.04.2023
"IDPs - are our people!" - online visit to Nekhvoroshcha
Visit a municipality that has a strategic approach to working with IDPs.
#internally displaced persons
#war
#training programmes
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30.03.2023
In 2022, 14 municipalities of the Zhytomyr oblast received almost EUR 1,000,000 in aid from U-LEAD
These were mainly packages with equipment and materials for stabilising the energy system and assisting in housing IDPs.
#news
#training programmes
#finances
#local budgets
#emergency aid
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29.03.2023
Why do municipalities need energy policies?
A series of educational and advisory events on energy security continues.
#energy security
#advice
#war
#news
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27.03.2023
U-LEAD announces the selection among officials of local self-government bodies to participate in the experience exchange Network
The topic of the Network: Activities of working groups on the creation of internal control and audit systems in municipalities"
#news
#training programmes
#announcement
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23.03.2023
The “Laboratories of Creative Dialogue” project was launched in the Chernihiv oblast
Local self-government and municipal residents rediscover communication with the help of U-LEAD
#news
#steps for specialists
#communications
#community dialog
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21.03.2023
The Programme “Steps for Specialists. Organising Work with IDPs – 2023” has been launched and is in full swing
Participants from the Vinnytsia oblast talk about their experiences.
#training programmes
#internally displaced persons
#news
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21.03.2023
Stage 2 of the training programme “Steps for Specialists. Mobility” has been launched
U-LEAD is committed to training municipalities in writing mobility-related project proposals.
#news
#training programmes
#mobility
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21.03.2023
In 2022, the municipalities of the Chernihiv oblast received almost EUR 1 million in aid from U-LEAD
Equipment and materials to stabilise the energy infrastructure and assist in the housing of IDPs were the most expensive.
#news
#training programmes
#finances
#local budgets
#emergency aid
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20.03.2023
12 municipalities will improve their waste management systems
The project is part of the second stage of the training programme “Steps for Specialists”.
#waste management
#news
#training programmes
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16.03.2023
Protecting workers and preventing fines
These are the tasks set by the State Labour Service for municipalities in March.
#legislation
#advice
#business
#enterpreneurship
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15.03.2023
How can local self-government bodies use information from electronic data posted on the website of the National Health Service of Ukraine?
This is required during strategic planning and operational decision-making in health care.
#health care
#advice
#lsg
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15.03.2023
How can a municipality form its energy security policy?
U-LEAD talks about infrastructure modernisation and launching the municipality’s own energy generation.
#energy security
#advice
#news
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14.03.2023
Certification of local self-government officials under martial law
U-LEAD experts discussed its procedure.
#war
#advice
#legislation
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08.03.2023
With U-LEAD’s support, municipal officials are changing their approach to landscaping
Solidarity of residents, new jobs, ensuring comfortable and safe living in the locality. These are the results of quality management of landscaping in a municipality.
#advice
#land improvements
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07.03.2023
Municipalities must work on forming food reserves in cooperation with military administrations
Creating these reserves is a new challenge of martial law, a special period for local self-government and public authorities.
#food safety
#advice
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06.03.2023
HR work in LSG: U-LEAD announces new recruitment for a new training program
Make work with personnel in your LSG more effective and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts!
#training programmes
#lsg
#announcement
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03.03.2023
Nine communication tools for working with internally displaced persons
Communication is an important aspect of the social integration of IDPs into community life. To help with building it, U-LEAD held a series of events and engaged experts for clarification.
#advice
#communications
#internally displaced persons
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02.03.2023
Business Support Centres explained by U-LEAD
The Programme helps municipalities understand the main steps for setting them up.
#business
#advice
#enterpreneurship
#news
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01.03.2023
Assessing the effectiveness of budget programmes: procedure during martial law
This topic was discussed at the event “Implementation of Passports of Budget Programmes: Reporting and Performance Assessment” held by U-LEAD for the municipalities of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Cherkasy oblasts.
#local budgets
#war
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28.02.2023
A series of educational and advisory events on energy security in municipalities launched
Experts will help analyse their energy potential, determine goals for increasing the level of energy security and navigate the expediency of renewable energy projects.
#energy security
#advice
#war
#news
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27.02.2023
U-LEAD announces selection for the training program in municipality communication
How are residents' protests and the absence of a communications specialist in the municipality connected? Why is a communication strategy no less important than a development strategy? What is a communication plan and how to make one? The participants of the Experience Sharing Network "Creating a communication plan for changes in the municipality" will learn about all this, and will also prepare their communication plan for changes in the community in practice.
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13.02.2023
How to stabilise the municipal budget system? Tips from U-LEAD
Finance professionals of 40 municipalities from all over the country gained practical skills in developing and implementing measures to stabilise the financial situation of municipalities.
#finances
#news
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31.01.2023
U-LEAD trains municipalities to create budget programme passports under martial law
The Programme experts are committed to providing advisory support in various areas of municipal life in wartime.
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30.01.2023
Working with IDPs: U-LEAD announces new recruitment for Steps for Specialists
Make work with internally displaced persons in your municipality more effective and establish cooperation with colleagues from other fields! U-LEAD’s new training programme will help you with this.
#training programmes
#internally displaced persons
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18.01.2023
U-LEAD helps the municipality in Odesa to create a favourable business environment
Maintaining and improving the business climate remains an important priority for municipalities even in the face of war. A fair square project was developed in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi municipality.
#news
#steps for specialists
#business
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12.01.2023
Support in formulation and development of reconstruction projects – new opportunity from U-LEAD with Europe
Ukrainian municipalities are facing major challenges because of a full-scale invasion of Russian Federation.
#steps for specialists
#planning
#reconstruction
#announcement
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28.12.2022
Municipality in Odesa region was able to save a quarter of a million hryvnias through participation in the U-LEAD project
Having received guidance and advice, as well as practical knowledge under the Budget Stabilisation Plan project implemented by U-LEAD with Europe, the finance professionals of the Marazliivka municipality (Odesa region) were able to cut local budget spending by UAH 250,000.
#municipality
#local budgets
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23.12.2022
U-LEAD experts explain what to do if you lose your passport, driver’s license and other identification documents
Due to war and other extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances, everyone can lose their ID.
#document management
#advice
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22.12.2022
U-LEAD experts clarified financing healthcare facilities in 2023 to municipal professionals
How to ensure the financial stability of a health care institution? What should be the financial plan and what is necessary for profitability?
#health care
#advice
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20.12.2022
Organisation of the process of debris management in municipalities: first steps to be taken
U-LEAD with Europe Programme helps municipalities to overcome daily negative consequences of the aggression of the russian federation (rf). The issue of debris management requires special attention among many other consequences and challenges.
#waste management
#war
#advice
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19.12.2022
Updates in the Regulation of Land Relations — Explained by U-LEAD Experts
The new law, among other things, restores land auctions for the transfer of agricultural land plots for use and partially restores the possibility of free privatisation for real estate owners.
#land reform
#news
#advice
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07.12.2022
«Vision Zero» concept helps minimize the number of road accidents in municipalities
In this material, we explain a simple algorithm for analyzing the safety situation on the roads of your municipality. We also provide a list of means that will help improve traffic safety.
#road safety
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01.12.2022
How can municipalities recover documents lost due to the war?
U-LEAD experts answer this question.
#advice
#document management
#war
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26.11.2022
Municipal professionals from the Odesa and Zaporizhzhia oblasts learn best food security practices from their neighbours
U-LEAD experts help them develop programmes to increase resilience and self-sufficiency in wartime.
#food security
#war
#advice
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24.11.2022
Municipalities can turn abandoned properties into business spaces
U-LEAD experts prove the necessity of such transformations and analyse successful cases.
#advice
#business
#internally displaced persons
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09.11.2022
U-LEAD teaches financial autonomy to municipal educational institutions
An info session on this was held for the municipalities of the Kharkiv region. Accounting for autonomous educational institutions and the peculiarities of labour relations with employees of educational institutions under martial law were also discussed.
#education
#finances
#advice
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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.
#local budgets
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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.
#news
#local budgets
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31.10.2022
U-LEAD experts help municipalities develop food security programmes
The U-LEAD with Europe Programme is committed to providing comprehensive help to municipalities to overcome the challenges caused by the war.
#war
#advice
#food security
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27.10.2022
Municipalities of Zakarpattia are promoting cycling with support of U-LEAD
In recent years, municipalities have been actively developing bicycle infrastructure and promoting cycling. The U-LEAD with Europe Programme provides all the necessary methodological support for this.
#cycling infrastructure
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26.10.2022
U-LEAD teaches how to restore lost documentation and set up effective document flow in municipalities
The issue of restoring document flow and retrieving the documents themselves will be relevant for municipalities that were under occupation and those that suffered from shelling.
#advice
#document management
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25.10.2022
U-LEAD explains ins and outs of remote work to municipalities
Martial law introduced many changes in the activities of local self-government bodies, especially regarding labour relations.
#working issues
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24.10.2022
U-LEAD experts train municipal starostas on information security and public outreach
Critical thinking and quality public outreach are important skills for a starosta (head of a village) to have in wartime.
#starostas
#advice
#communications
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20.10.2022
Waste management in wartime: tips for municipalities (INFOGRAPHIC)
The war affected and changed the municipalities of Ukraine. Many Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes, which caused a change in the load on critical infrastructure in most municipalities. Municipal waste management is no exception.
#waste management
#advice
#war
#internally displaced persons
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12.10.2022
U-LEAD experts explained the procedure for changing the toponyms to the municipalities of the Ukrainian South
Considering the historical situation in which Ukrainian society finds itself today, municipality representatives often face the issue of changing the names of streets, boulevards, squares and other toponyms.
#advice
#legal issues
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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.
#waste management
#news
#training programmes
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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.
#spatial planning
#training programmes
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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.
#training programmes
#news
#project management
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28.09.2022
Land lease e-contract. How does the lessor — the local council — work with this tool?
A U-LEAD expert Andrii Pohorilyi examines closely the process of executing a contract of land lease from the perspective of the lessor, i.e. a local self-government body.
#advice
#analytics
#land lease
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27.09.2022
U-LEAD experts help local self-governments turn abandoned properties into municipal assets
Shelters and temporary housing arranged in sports facilities, schools, municipal care centres as well as dormitories give people fleeing war a roof over their heads. However, they are not suitable for long-term residence. That is why municipalities are looking for opportunities to increase their housing stock.
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#accomodation
#internally displaced persons
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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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16.09.2022
Municipalities of the Dnipropetrovsk region were presented with a road map for work with IDPs
The road map for internally displaced persons is one of the tools to help integrate this population category into the municipality.
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09.09.2022
Safe educational environment: students can change the education format during the school year
Learning during wartime is a challenge for teachers and students. However, creating a safe educational environment is one of the main tasks for those involved in organising the educational process as well as local self-government bodies.
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#schools
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08.09.2022
Project management for municipalities during the war: terms and conditions of applications for international support have been changed
U-LEAD continues to provide expert support to municipalities regarding the use of international technical assistance tools. This includes attracting additional resources for infrastructure reconstruction and population support during the war.
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#international support
#project management
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12.09.2022
Wartime energy security: municipalities must meet four main targets as they prepare for the heating season
In addition to helping the population prepare for winter and developing a plan to find future resources for heating, there should be actions in place aimed at maximally reducing heat consumption in municipal facilities at minimal costs and providing buildings with alternative energy sources in case of emergencies.
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#heating season
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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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#training programmes
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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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16.11.2021
Surviving Crises at Community Level – U-LEAD Experts’ Tips
Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk oblast community leaders have participated in a workshop Managing Crises at a Community Level held at the facilities of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme Kirovohrad Oblast Regional Office.
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26.10.2021
Organizing Community Development – Zaporizhia Oblast Starosta’s Experience
Organizing the work of starosta and the areas of his or her responsibility were among the issues Iryna Nedobuha, starosta of the Komysh-Zoria Village Council, Zaporizhia oblast, told about at a workshop Organizing the Performance of Oversight Functions by the Starosta, which took place within the framework of a U-LEAD with Europe Programme training course entitled Steps for Starostas 2021.
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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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