U-LEAD is inviting you to take part in the new Training program «Steps for Specialists. Healthcare Management in the Municipality»
U-LEAD is inviting you to take part in the new Training program «Steps for Specialists. Healthcare Management in the Municipality»

Date: 19.04.2024

Author: Shvets Vitalii

Photo: "Freepik"

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.

How to introduce a systematic approach to strategic planning for the development of a network of healthcare facilities? How to improve coordination between owners of municipal healthcare facilities, governing bodies and management of health care facilities? How to ensure the provision of quality healthcare services? How to establish effective communication in the management decision-making process?

The answers to these and many other questions can be found in the new U-LEAD with Europe initiative "Steps for Specialists. Healthcare Management in the Municipality"!

What is the program all about?

A comprehensive training program aimed at increasing the level of professional competence in managing the municipal health care system, organizing the provision of affordable and quality health care services, improving the efficiency of management of municipal health care facilities, applying tools and techniques for effective communication and eliminating conflict situations in the provision of health care services.

Why do this program?

The participants of the training program will:

  • learn the basic principles of community health management;
  • explore case studies of real-life situations;
  • get to know the experience of other communities that have successfully implemented initiatives for the provision of health care services;
  • establish contacts and cooperation with colleagues from other regions of Ukraine.

When?

Beginning on May 14, 2024. Duration: 7 weeks.

Who can take part in the program?

The teams (3 people in each group) from 30 local communities with a population of up to 50 thousand people, who are not located in the temporarily occupied territory and the territory of active hostilities, who are motivated to improve their professional competencies in health care management, have technical capabilities (microphone, camera) to participate in online events, and are ready for active learning and teamwork.

The team should include: a local government official responsible for health care, heads/deputy heads of municipal health care facilities.

How to take part?

To participate in the selection, please fill out the attached application form and send it to the email address: regops.u-lead@giz.de until 18:00 on May 1, 2024, indicating in the subject line "Steps_Health_Municipality_Oblast" in MS Excel format. You can attend the presentation event on April 24, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. to learn more about how to participate in the training program.

You can join the online presentation by clicking here.

Let's step together towards success!

The U-LEAD with Europe Team.

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What is Integrated Medical Care and to what extent does the state of health of citizens really depend on the health care system? The answers to these questions are in the analytical material from our experts.
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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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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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06.10.2023
October 17 – final event “Hromada 4.0” acceleration program
On 17 October 2023, the participating municipalities will present digital solutions for improving municipal management, increasing cyber security, and business development.
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06.10.2023
Prospects for small hospitals in the healthcare reform context (part 1)
Analytical material about the problems of our health care, which date back to the USSR, hospitals, the existence of which is not appropriate, and about the reform of the health care system, which should cope with all this.
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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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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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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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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?
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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.
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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
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.
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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?
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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.
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19.06.2023
The infrastructural stage of the healthcare reform: biggest concerns of municipalities
Find out more about the concerns of local self-government in the field of health care and their urgent questions in this article.
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#lsg
#question - answer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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27.04.2023
Interaction of LSGs and volunteers: enrolment to the new U-LEAD Training Program starts
Are there volunteer initiatives and associations in your municipality, but you don't know how to interact with them effectively? Do you want to improve cooperation with volunteers so that their activity continues after our Victory, but do not understand how to establish communication? Join the U-LEAD training program and build partnerships with volunteers!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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14.04.2023
Municipalities from six oblasts will be eligible for the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine 2021-2027 programme
A large cross-border cooperation programme will finance their Environment and Healthcare projects with EU funding.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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#finances
#local budgets
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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"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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#finances
#local budgets
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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”.
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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.
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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!
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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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31.01.2023
The time of digital changes: a new opportunity for digitalisation of Ukrainian municipalities
The international organization SocialBoost together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and under support of U-LEAD with Europe Programme is launching acceleration programme for municipalities which will help to develop and implement digital transformation projects.
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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.
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20.01.2023
11 relevant grant opportunities for municipalities in the field of recovery and development
The U-LEAD with Europe Programme is committed to its efforts to provide expert support to municipalities regarding project activities and assistance in attracting international funds for the recovery and development of territories in wartime.  Our experts are open to cooperation with municipalities and ready to provide assistance in the process of drawing up and submitting a project application.
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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.
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17.01.2023
A mobile medical team operates in Kuty municipality
The Kuty municipality in the Ivano-Frankivsk region was awarded a grant and received a modern ambulance. The ambulance for the Kuty City Hospital was handed over by the Representative Office of Médecins du Monde – Greece. Experts of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme helped Kuty municipality prepare the grant application.
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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.
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03.01.2023
Planning the activities of healthcare facilities for 2023: experts answer common questions
In the fourth quarter of 2022, U-LEAD with Europe organised and held a number of online events that highlighted the latest changes in the process of reforming the healthcare system in Ukraine.
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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?
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19.12.2022
Invitation for municipalities: new methods of conflict resolution and strengthening of cohesion 
Participate in the project aimed at strengthening dialogue as an important tool of local self-government to take into account the needs of various groups of local residents, business representatives, public organisations, as well as internally displaced persons living in the municipality.
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22.11.2022
U-LEAD experts are working with municipalities on a new stage of healthcare reform
The reform introduces thorough, large-scale transformation of the healthcare system. U-LEAD with Europe trains professionals from municipalities of the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts to work in rapidly changing conditions.
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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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01.11.2021
Healthy Community as the Heads’ Primary Goal
This article is about the important and often unconscious need of each of us – maintaining one's own health
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