Post on 29-May-2015
Fostering Sustainable Local Development
in Tulchyn municipality, Ukraine
Valerii VesnianyiTulchyn City Mayor
15,8 thousand residents Small district-subordinated municipality One of historic centres of Ukraine UNDP partner since 2007 Typical municipal problems: poor condition
of housing infrastructure, passive population, low income families, social hardships
Tulchyn municipality
Inter-Municipal Cooperation for
Solid Waste Management, water supply
Mobilizing local communities for
joint projects
Participatory Planning and
Decision-Making
Raising Public Awareness on
Human Development
Agenda
Ways of Fostering Sustainable Development in Tulchyn
Participatory planning and decision-making Department for supporting community initiatives
created within the structure of the municipality Major task - to engage citizens into the local
decision-making and support their projects Public hearings, consultations, participation of the
officials in community meetings to learn their needs
Six community projects worth USD 110 thousand Introduction of the cost-sharing principle:
- 18% shared by the community organizations, - 43% by the city council, - the rest contributed by UNDP
Mobilizing local communities for joint projects
Using cost-sharing principle 10 projects related to water supply were implemented (50% -city council and 50% -CBOs)
1. Verification of community
against selection criteria
2. Development of project
application
3. Project approval
4. Project implementation
5. Projectfollow-up actions
5 stages of community projects implementation
Mobilizing local communities for joint projects
4 projects were related with energy efficiency of the public schools’ premises
Mobilizing local communities for joint projects
Rehabilitation of water spring for rational usage of water resources
Construction of the street water supply system by the local
community
Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Integrated approach to municipal SWM
Report on the development of alternative integrated MSW treatment in Tulchyn target region developed and approved by partners
The Strategy on integrated approach in solid waste management in Tulchyn target region adopted by Tulchyn district state administration
Pilot initiative to test the system of separate collection of domestic waste in multi-apartment houses in Tulchyn where condominiums are organized
Awareness campaign “Less garbage- better life”
Billboards
PostersMedia events Lessons
Lectures
Master classes
Elements of e-governance introduced
Contacts of all elected officials
All regulatory acts of the city councils
Online surveys on important issues
“Ask the Mayor” section
Establish strong dialogue with the citizens by all means (face-to-face meetings, online interaction, specialised department for cooperation with the communities)
Gain trust of the communities by developing their capacities and providing seed grants to their initiatives
Engage the prepared communities into the higher level initiatives to solve bigger development problems at the municipal level
Enhance this cooperation by the awareness campaigns on the important agenda of local development
Conclusions: how to make the local development work
Thank you!
Tulchyn City CouncilVinnytsya region, Ukraine
1 Lenina St.,Tulchyn
Tel.: 38(04335) 2-2240http://tulchyn-rada.org.ua/