Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support to Ukraine project DESPRO and UNDP "Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development" project in Ukraine (hereinafter - UNDP/MGSDP) established inter-project task force on solid waste (hereinafter - SW) management. The first joint task force meeting was held in c.Dolyna of Ivano-Frankivsk region on September 22, 2010.

A roundtable discussion on gender aspects of implementing community development projects in Ukraine was held in Kyiv on August 27, 2010. It was initiated by the Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support to Ukraine Project DESPRO. The main goal of the roundtable was to identify effective approaches to the implementation of local projects in decentralized service provision that would obligatory take into account ensuring equal opportunities for men and women.

6 August 2010. Launching ceremony has held in Mayaky village of Tultchyn Rayon, Vinnytsya oblast. From now 260 household will benefit the decentralized water supply service

Representatives of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), the UNDP’s Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme (MGSDP/UNDP) and the Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support to Ukraine Project, DESPRO, met on July 19, 2010. The purpose of the joint meeting was the development of a training course on decentralization and effective local self-government for local government officials and specialists in local government development.

The Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support Project in Ukraine, DESPRO, has established an Expert and Advisory Council of the project. Leading experts in local self-government, regional development, state administration, information technology and other areas were invited to participate in the Council.

The Project Information and Monitoring System (PIMS) is an electronic online database of planned, ongoing and completed activities and sub-projects of the Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support Project in Ukraine, DESPRO. PIMS is linked to the project objectives defined in the project document. It ensures the accumulation of information to be transformed into knowledge and experience; vertical and horizontal contact between users; transparency and control over project management; and the production of statistics and report data.

The knowledge management system (KM system) in the sector of decentralization and local government is an integrated, systematic approach to defining, managing and disseminating knowledge among local government officials and civil servants at different levels for the reform of public authorities in Ukraine, thereby enhancing the quality of government services to the population. The aim of the system is to strengthen the institutional capacity of local governments and local state administrations as well as to collect in one place information and knowledge in the area of decentralization and reform of the system of authority. Civil servants at all levels, representatives of local government bodies, self-governing community-based organizations, NGOs, think tanks, universities and specialized educational institutions, international agencies and the media are among those envisioned as being the users of the KM system. The system should complement the current system of professional training for civil servants and take into account existing experience.

The round-table "Needs and possibilities of solving solid waste management problems in the cities of Ukraine" was held in Ivano-Frankivsk on May 27-28, 2010.

National round-table "Prospects for reforming of the local self-government in Ukraine" was carried out with the support of the Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support to Ukraine project DESPRO in c.Kyiv on May 27, 2010.

Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn supports the need for elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by open party lists and return to the majority system for elections to the local self-governments.
V. Lytvyn spoke for introduction of the appropriate amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, while opening the parliamentary hearings on the issue: "Reforming the legislation of Ukraine on local elections taking into account interests of local communities” on May 12, 2010.