UNDP in Ukraine

Mission of the Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme (MGSDP) of UNDP/Ukraine is to develop a participatory and transparent mechanism to sustainable development and demonstrate the effectiveness of public private partnership for improved governance to resolve local problems.

 

Address: 01021, Kyiv, 24/7 Instytutska Str., of. 4. Phones: tel./fax +38 (044) 253-50-68, 253-51-77, 253-76-63 Web-site: http://msdp.undp.org.ua e-mail: mgsdp.info@undp.org.ua Project Manager: Iryna Skaliy UNDP Senior Programme Manager: Oksana Remiga

Duration: 01.04.2004 - 31.12.2012

WHAT IS THE SITUATION?

Ukraine is going through a period of transition. Building upon lessons and valuable practices of the past, it is heading towards achieving sound social, economic and ecological dimensions.

Over 60% of the Ukrainian population lives in cities with potential opportunities for employment and conducive living. But they face many difficulties amidst these opportunities. These difficulties are reflected in social, economic and ecological problems that have a deep influence on quality of life, such as quality of environment, quality of health and educational services, access to public and municipal services, and obstacles to economic development and job creation. Responsibility to ensure delivery of services for quality living conditions lies mainly with the municipalities, which are constrained by experience, skills and resources in tackling these problems within a decentralized environment.

HOW ARE WE CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION?

UNDP Project “Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme” aims at building capacity for political participation of the local communities and municipalities into decision making process and using this capacity for multi-stakeholders cooperation and multi-sectoral interventions geared towards strengthening of urban/ social/ economic/ environmental governance ultimately leading to sustainable development.

To this end, the Project uses social mobilisation tool, and contributes to strengthening decentralisation process.

Each partner municipality establishes a Municipal Support Unit (MSU) to implement local level activities. MSU mobilises local communities to create community-based organisations founded on elements of good governance and sustainable development.

The Programme provides training and seed capital to implement local community projects  under a partnership arrangement. The partners such as the municipality, the beneficiaries themselves, or public sector contribute resources as a back up to the seed capital. The plans are implemented by the partner on a self-help basis. Implementation work and quality is monitored through a participatory monitoring system.

Roundtables, conferences, workshops and other tools are used to raise public awareness on sustainable development. Assessment studies and process documentations are carried out periodically to take stock of experience gained and utilize findings for policy recommendations.

The Annual and Quarterly Progress Reports, Documents and Publications of the Project “Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme” of UNDP in Ukraine for 2004-2009 are available here.  

HOW WILL UKRAINE BENEFIT?

Capacity built at the local level, with support of the Programme, will enhance the quality of municipal governance and create an environment that enables local stakeholders to jointly address local development problems.

Programme activities are implemented with technical and financial support from the Programme by local partners. As a result, the infrastructure built and the experience gained in the process will remain with them contributing to improvement in their living quality on sustained basis.

The lessons learned will contribute to continued improvements in the local/national policies/legal framework.

OUR PARTNERS

The Project has 28 partner municipalities and settlements (in alphabetical order) as of 1 November 2009:

Bakhchysaray (AR Crimea)

Dzhankoy (AR Crimea)

Dolyna (Ivano-Frankivsk Region)

Galych  (Ivano-Frankivsk Region)

Gola Prystan' (Kherson Region)

Іvano-Frankivsk (Ivano-Frankivsk Region)

Kagarlyk (Kyiv Region)

Kalynivka (Vinnytsia Region)

Kirovske (Donetsk Region)

Krasnogvardiyske (AR Crimea)

Lviv (Lviv Region)

Mykolayiv (Mykolayiv Region)

Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Vinnytsia Region)

Novovolynsk (Volyn Region)

Novoozerne (AR Crimea)

Novograd-Volynskyi  (Zhytomyr Region)

Nyzhnegorskyi (AR Crimea)

Pervomayske (AR Crimea)

Rivne

Rubizhne (Lugansk Region)

Saky  (AR Crimea)

Scholkine (AR Crimea)

Tulchyn  (Vinnytsia Region)

Ukrayinka (Kyiv Region)

Voznesensk (Mykolayiv Region)

Yevpatoria (AR Crimea)

Zuya (AR Crimea)

Zhytomyr (Zhytomyr Region)

OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS:

Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on State Building and Local Self-Government

Ministry of Housing and Municipal Economy of Ukraine

Ministry of Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine

Academy of Municipal Management (Kyiv)

Institute of Chemical Technologies (Rubizhne)

National University of Water Economy and Management of Natural Resources (Rivne)

OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS:

Canadian International Development Agency

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ukraine.

OUR FUNDING:

Budgetary provision for UNDP/MGSDP from all sources/partners for 2009 amounts to USD 1,474,980. Sources include UNDP, Canadian International Development Agency, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ukraine and partner municipalities.

For more information on the Project's activities, please, visit our web-site: http://msdp.undp.org.ua/