Final conference and award ceremony of the Contest “Best practices of local self-government” 2018 took place on 18 December 2018 in Kyiv.
34 local, district and regional authorities were awarded for beacon initiatives in:
- Promoting local and regional development based on own strategies and resources;
- Creating safe habitat (including law enforcement, ecological, road and industrial safety, fire protection, homeless animals).
- Ensuring inclusive regional and local development (promoting equal opportunities for citizens’ participation, involvement of vulnerable groups in decision making).
Mr Hennadiy ZUBKO Deputy Prime Minister – Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing, Mr Viacheslav NEHODA First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Mr Serhiy KUDLAIENKO, Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government, the leaders of local self-government associations, experts and other senior officials took active part in the conference and encouraged dissemination of best practice in Ukraine.
The ceremony was organised by the Ministry of Regional Development in the framework of the Council of Europe Programme “Decentralisation and local government reform in Ukraine”. The Best practice contest has been implemented in Ukraine on annual basis since 2012, with the Ministry playing a leading role, in partnership with the Ukrainian local government associations.
