“It is of the upmost importance that we, as mayors, join forces to ensure that our administrations are accountable and transparent, in order to increase the trust of citizens in their elected representatives” affirmed Sergii Chernov, Vice President of the Congress, at the opening session of the regional seminar on “Local public ethics: from vision to action” organised by the Congress in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 21-23 June 2016. Volodymyr Prokopiv, Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Kyiv City Council and member of the Congress (Ukraine) stressed that “In the current climate we, as local elected representatives, have to make clear strides towards ensuring that citizens’ expectations are met and that close attention is paid to ethical behaviour and transparency, in both public and private spheres”.

Speech by Sergii Chernov
Programme of the seminar