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/