Maintaining the Momentum of Decentralisation in Ukraine by OECD

Author:OECD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Governance/Transport/Urban, Rural and Regional Development
ISBN: 9789264301436
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Box 2.19. Inter-municipal co-operation in Poltava oblast

Poltava oblast leads the way in inter-municipal co-operation (IMC) in Ukraine. By July 2017 it was the site of 34 of the country’s 81 signed IMC (42% of total) and by mid-August 2017 accounted for 52 of the country’s 92 IMC (56% of total). Poltava regional representatives attribute this success to a number of factors, primary among which is Poltava Oblast Council’s support and co-ordination. For example, the oblast council held a contest where one entry category was dedicated to IMC projects, with the winner receiving UAH 600 000 (Ukrainian hryvnia). It also supports innovation by looking for new topics and ways to use IMC. Of the 34 projects, 15 are in waste management – a sector where IMCs are traditionally strong. However, Poltava also has IMC agreements for ensuring Internet availability in each small community, which is the most complex type of agreement, as well as arrangements in infrastructure and roads and environmental concerns. Management and how IMC are organised are also critical to success. Poltava is seeing IMC capacity extend beyond local self-governments as they report that three rayon have developed co-operative agreements, and there is also some co-operation between Poltava and Kyiv.

Source: Comments by representative from Poltava oblast during OECD seminar in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 18 July 2017; Ministry of Regional Development (2017d), “Register of contracts on inter-municipal co-operation between amalgamated territorial hromadas” (in Ukrainian), www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/reestr-01.07.2016.pdf (accessed 1 July 2017); www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/reestr-21.08.2017.pdf.

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