ІІ Local Self-Governance ForumLviv, March 27-28, 2014

"Dnister" Hotel, Mateyka Street, 6

Programme

DAY I — March, 27

8:15 – 9:00 Registration. Morning coffee

«Panorama» hall (9th floor)

9:00 - 9:15 Opening

Andriy SADOVYY, Lviv City Mayor

Pavlo SHEREMETA, Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine

Iryna SEKH, Head of Lviv Regional State Administration

9:15 - 10:55 Panel discussion — Local self-governance reform

Presentation: Anatoliy TKACHUK, Director on research and development of the Civil Society Institute, Expert of the Council of Europe, Councillor of Vice-Prime Minister - Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal ServicesParticipants:

Anatoliy TKACHUK, Director on research and development of the Civil Society Institute, Expert of the Council of Europe

Andriy SADOVYY, Lviv City Mayor

Hryhoriy SKOPNENKO, Head of the Department for Communications with Local Authorities and Local Governments of the apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Jan TOMBINSKI, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine

Ginka CHAVDAROVA, Executive Director of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria, Expert of the Council of Europe Programme «Strengthening the capacity of local authorities in Ukraine»

Yuriy VILKUL, Mayor of Kryvyi Rih, President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities10:55 – 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 — 11:20 Video adress of Roger Myerson, 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics

11:20 – 12:40 Panel discussion — Civil society and local self-governance

Presentation:Alfonso ZARDI, Head of Democratic Institutions and Governance Department of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Participants:Alfonso ZARDI, Head of Democratic Institutions and Governance Department of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Guido BELTRANI, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Ukraine

Sorin IONITA, Research Director of the Expert Forum of Romania, Expert of the Council of Europe Programme «Strengthening the capacity of local authorities in Ukraine»

Adam ADUSZKIEWICZ, President of the Board of the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (the Republic of Poland), Expert of the Council of Europe Programme «Strengthening the capacity of local authorities in Ukraine»

Violeta MOSKALU, Professor of State Governance of Lorraine University (France), Expert of the Council of Europe Programme «Strengthening the capacity of local authorities in Ukraine»

Viktor TARAN, Director of the Center for Political Studies and Analytics, Expert of the Council of Europe Programme «Strengthening the capacity of local authorities in Ukraine»

Brad WOODSIDE, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities

12:40 – 13:30 Meeting with the Diplomats. Briefing

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Representative of Polish Counsulate, Representative of Canada Ambassy, Representative of French Ambassy

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

«Panorama» hall (9th floor) «Oleksander» hall (1st floor)

14:30 – 16:10Panel discussion — Formation and state support for local self-government economic policy

Panel discussion — Implementation of the urban development policy by the local self-government bodies

Presentation:Iryna KULYNYCH, Director of the Economic Policy Department of Lviv City Council

Andriy PAVLIV, Director of Urban Development Department of Lviv City Council

Participants:Pavlo SHEREMETA, Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine

Hanna ONYSHCHENKO, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine

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ІІ Local Self-Governance Forum 2014

DAY II — March, 28

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Iryna VERESHCHUK, Rava-Ruska City MayorAndriy PAVLIV, Director of Urban Development Department of Lviv City Council

Iryna KULYNYCH, Director of the Economic Policy Department of Lviv City Council

Iris GLEICHMANN, Municipal Development and Rehabilitation of the Old City of Lviv, GIZ

Ted TRELLER, Principal and Partner at Lochaven Management Consultants Ltd., Local Economic Development Adviser to the MLED Project, Canada

Stefan GABI, German CIM-Expert

Helena PAYONKEVYCH, Head of the Legal Department of Lviv City Council

16:10 – 16:30 Перерва на каву

«Panorama» hall (9th floor) «Oleksander» hall (1st floor)

16:30 – 17:45Panel discussion — E-Governance and digital technologies development

Panel discussion — Financial capacities of the local self-dovernment

Презентація:Andriy MOSKALENKO, Director of the City Mayor’s Administration Department of Lviv City Council

Oleh ISHCHUK, Director of the Financial Policy Department of Lviv City Council

Учасники: Toomas SEPP, City Secretary, Tallinn Oleksandr SHLAPAK, Minister of Finance of Ukraine

Oleksiy SKRYPNYK, CEO of ELEKS Software Ltd.Oleh ISHCHUK, Director of the Financial Policy Department of Lviv City Council

Taras KYTSMEY, Founder of Softserve Viktor ANUSHKEVYCHUS, Ivano-Frankivsk City Mayor

Andriy MOSKALENKO, Director of the City Mayor’s Administration Department of Lviv City Council

Oleksandr SLOBOZHAN, Expert of the AUC Analytical Center

Viktor SHCHADEY, Acting Mayor of UzhgorodDenis GAIOVY, Principal Banker of the Department of Municipal and Ecological Infrastructure, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

17:45 – 18:30 Forum’s Resolution

18:30 – 19:30 Dinner

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8:15 – 9:00 Registration. Coffee break

«Panorama» hall (9th floor)

9:00 – 9:30 Opening

Andriy SADOVYY, Lviv City Mayor

Brad WOODSIDE, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Mayor of Fredericton, Province of New Brunswick, Canada

Petro KOLODIY, Head of Lviv Oblast Council

Theme 1 — Ukrainian experience in implementing local economic development. Interagency cooperation in the local and regional development process

9:30 – 9:50Anatoliy TKACHUK, Director on research and development of the Civil Society Institute, Expert of the Council of Europe — «The main directions of reforming regional and local development system in Ukraine»

9:50 – 10:10Valeriy PYATAK, Deputy Head of Lviv Oblast Council — «Modern approaches to regional development planning and promotion»

10:10 – 10:25Vasyl KASHEVSKYI, MLED Project Consultant on Strategic Planning — «Concerning interests of local communities in terms of elaboration of the Development Strategies for Lviv Oblast»

10:25 – 11:45Representatives of the cities — «Experience of the projects realization in local economic development within the City development strategies implementation»

Lviv: Oleksandr KOBZAREV, Director of the City Institute

Chervonograd: Ihor CHUDIYOVYCH, Mayor of Chervonograd

Nikopol: Anzhela BLYZNYUK, Deputy of Nikopol City Council

Novyi Rozdil: Volodymyr TUZ, Mayor of Novyi Rozdil

Zhydachiv: Volodymyr LEVKO, Mayor of Zhydachiv

Dnipropetrovsk: Nataliya CHERNYSHOVA, Head of the International Relations Office of Dnipropetrovsk City Council

Kryvyi Rih: Andriy NAGORNYI, Director of Krivyi Rih City Institute

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 - 12:20Oleg VOITOVYCH, Local Economic Development Specialist, MLED Project —

«Training strategy for local economic development specialists»

12:20 – 12:40Representative of DTEK Company — «Stimulating local economic development through the mechanism of corporate social partnership (experience of DTEK)»

12:40 – 13:10Dominik PAPENHEIM, Sector Manager Regional and Local Development, Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine, Colin MADDOCK, Team Leader, the EU Project «Support to Ukraine’s Regional Development Policy» — «EU initiatives for support of regional development policy in Ukraine»

13:10 – 13:30 Summing-up

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Тheme 2 — Practices of solving development problems with the participation of citizens

Oksana REMIGA, Senior Programme Manager of UNDP Ukraine’s Local Development — «Communities participation in solving local development problems»

Sergiy TSYBYTOVSKYY, Head of the Legal Policy Department, Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils — «Resource Centre for Sustainable Local Development as a platform for managing and knowledge exchange on local development»

Valentina DARNOPYH, Executive Director of Association of «E-Governance Cities of Ukraine» — «Knowledge Management Portal «We develop E-Governance» — a platform for experience exchange and innovation in local governments»

Vitaliy ZAGAYNYY, Deputy Head of Lviv Regional Branch of the Ukraine City Association — «Guidelines for effective monitoring of municipalities administrative services deliverance»

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 17:00 Theme 3 — Transparency of the local governments functioning

Anna VOLOSHYNA, Senior Analyst, Transparency International Ukraine — «Regional authority and fighting corruption. What can be done?»

Ruud MEIJ, Senior Advisor, Philosopher at the Nijmegen University and Amsterdam, Founder of Governance & Integrity Nederland — «Making morally right governmental decisions»

Galyna BORDUN, Head of Human Resources Bureau of Lviv City Council — «Transparency and Openness of self-governance through personnel»

17:00 Forum Closure

All materials of II Self-Governance Forum will be available and constantly updated after the event at the website of City Institute http://www.city-institute.org

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