Open dialogue: Local self-government reform: 10 years on the march. Challenges → meanings → future
Press center UCMC announce
Speakers:
⦁ Oleksiy Kuleba, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
⦁ Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
⦁ Mathieu Maury, Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (online)
⦁ Oleksandr Kubrakov, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development (under agreement)
⦁ Olena Shulyak, head of the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning
⦁ Vitaliy Bezhin, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Structure
⦁ Larysa Bilozir, People's Deputy of Ukraine, head of the subcommittee on administrative services and administrative procedures
⦁ Alina Zahoruyko, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Head of the Subcommittee on Elections, Referendums and Other Forms of Direct Democracy
⦁ Vyacheslav Rublev, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Regional Policy and Local Budgets
⦁ Andriy Sadovy, Lviv City Mayor, Chairman of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine (online)
⦁ Viktor Mykyta, Head of the Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration, Head of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine (online)
⦁ Oleksandr Korinnyi, Mayor of Novoukrayinka, Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities
⦁ Ivan Slobodianyk, Executive Director of the All-Ukrainian Community Association
⦁ Tetyana Yehorova-Lutsenko, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Council, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils
⦁ Oleh Synehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
YuriY Hanushchak, Director of the Institute of Territorial Development
⦁ Anatoly Tkachuk, Director on science and development of the Civil Society Institute
⦁ Ihor Koliushko, Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms (online)
⦁ Viktor Tymoshchuk, Expert, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms (online)
⦁ Maksym Latsyba, Head of the Civil Society Development Program at the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research
⦁ Olena Boiko, expert
⦁ Moderator - Vyacheslav Nehoda, Head of the Office of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine
Venue:
Рress center of Ukraine Crisis Media Center, 2 Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv
Увага! У разі оголошення повітряної тривоги відвідувачі заходу можуть скористатися укриттям, що знаходиться у підвальному приміщенні Українського Дому
Key issues for discussion:
– Does Ukraine need to rethink the reforms of local self-government and territorial organization of power, decentralization of power?
– What is the conceptual vision of the content and stages of the reform, taking into account its outcomes and current challenges?
– How to preserve decentralization principles and ensure the effectiveness of local self-government in times of war?
– Do we need an updated conceptual document on building good democratic governance in Ukraine?
– What regulatory and legal decisions during martial law are priorities for strengthening the capacity of local self-government, its responsibility for quality services and the legality of its decisions?
– How to improve organizational and legal mechanisms of interaction among executive bodies, in particular city state administrations and local self-government bodies?
– How to improve communication between central executive bodies, associations, civil society in developing the policy of changes?
– How to improve coordination of international technical assistance projects and programs to support the development of capable local self-government?
