The DESPRO Represented the First Ukrainian Register Comprising Consolidated Cartographic Materials and Monitoring of Political Subdivisions in the Internet
From now on, all information pertaining to the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine will be stored at one information resource.
On 1 March, in the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Utilities of Ukraine, during the first session of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Regional Development the geoportal "Administrative-Territorial System of Ukraine" was presented.
Actually, from now on, all information about the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine is brought together on one information resource. It contains the information about political subdivisions, topography, population centres, motor roads and railways, statutory information regarding changes in the administrative-territorial system, long-term plans for the formation of territory of communities, certificates of income and expense of communities, the amalgamated territorial communities, number of educational institutions and other social facilities, budget, amount of subsidies or subvention, etc.
Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko emphasised that the geoportal "Administrative-Territorial System of Ukraine" would comprise the data base on the current condition and long-term plan of the administrative-territorial system of our country. "This is the first on-line platform in the country's history where a maximum amount of information will be collected, which information will be available to all," he said.
In the course of creation of the "Administrative-Territorial System of Ukraine" geoportal, international practices of geoinformation portals implementation were reckoned, all information pertaining to the administrative-territorial system was integrated into the cartographic base in accordance with all international standards. The geoportal is subject to updating and monitoring in terms of changes in the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine and operates in two languages - Ukrainian and English.
The geoportal has been developed by State Enterprise "Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping" under the instruction of Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko, with the participation of the Ministry of Regional Development, and under the auspices of the "Decentralisation Support in Ukraine" DESPRO Swiss-Ukrainian project.
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The geoportal has been developed by State Enterprise "Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping" under the instruction of Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko, with the participation of the Ministry of Regional Development, and under the auspices of the "Decentralisation Support in Ukraine" DESPRO Swiss-Ukrainian project.