Journalists of three more oblasts (Zhytomyr, Rivne and Volyn) have discussed local self-governance reform during the training “Reforms on Decentralization in Media” supported by Swiss-Ukrainian project “Decentralization Support in Ukraine” (DESPRO)
On June 25,
The training lecturers were represented by authors and promoters of decentralization-oriented reform: Anatoliy Tkachuk (Research and development director, Civil Society Institute, Advisor to Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of regional development, construction, housing and communal services of Ukraine), Yuriy Hanushchak (Director of Territorial Development Institute and ideologist of administration and territorial reform) and Ihor Abramyuk, expert analyst of Civil Society Institute. All of them work as experts in the Swiss-Ukrainian project “Decentralization Support in
In particular, Anatoliy Tkachuk tried to answer some questions related to decentralization of authority, while emphasizing the fundamental importance of journalists’ active participation in informing the public about the reform of local self-government and territorial authority organization. "The reform is needed in order for
Thus, the trainees had the opportunity to hear the information first hand: they addressed the developers of the Concept of local self-government reformation and territorial organization of power in
Event organizers – DESPRO and the Association of Small Towns of