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According to Vinnytsia City Council, the “Programme for Business Competitiveness of Vinnytsia’s Small and Medium Enterprises 2017−2020”, which has been adopted this year, is bound to become a major breakthrough among similar business programs nationwide.

A strategic plan for Kolomyia’s development has been successfully finished. The document was created by Kolomyia City Council with the support of PLEDDG Project. The final document contains more than a hundred pages and covers a period of 10 years until 2027. By 2027, Kolomyia is envisaged to become a regional economic and tourist center of the Subcarpathian region with a high quality sustainable urban environment. Those two goals were assigned top priority in a new development strategy .

PLEDDG Project tries to ensure that environmental aspects are incorporated into all PLEDDG activities, from planning to implementation of each initiative and project undertaken within the framework of PLEDDG. The incorporation of environmental aspects is aimed at ensuring sustainable development of Project’s partner cities. PLEDDG Project, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Ukraine, has initiated strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of the Khmilnyk Subregion Tourism Development Strategy. On May 10, 2017, a meeting of the Working Group on SEA for Khmilnyk Subregion Tourism Development Strategy took place in Khmilnyk City Council

PLEDDG Project together with Vinnytsia City Council invited creative and active local residents to join the meeting and share ideas for Vinnytsia’s brand and its promo project

On March 7, Kyiv City State Administration hosted a meeting between the President of FCM, Clark Somerville, the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk PLEDDG experts, and Vitali Klitschko, the Head of Association of Ukrainian Cities. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the prospects for cooperation between Ukraine and Canada, possibility of exchange of experience and learning from Canadian best governance practices, establishing communication channels between the community and the government, promoting cooperation between twin cities of Kyiv and Toronto

Exclusive interview with a Canadian diplomat of Ukrainian descent. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, visited Prykarpattia to meet with local residents and have a first-hand view of the implementation of PLEDDG Project, which is implemented by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by Global Affairs Canada. Learn more about Roman Waschuk’s trip to Prykarpattia here

From ideas to real projects. PLEDDG project and the Association of Ukrainian Cities are conducting a series of seminars on project management for local governments officials

Thanks to funding from Canadian government, Poltava residents will have the chance to translate their ideas about how to improve city life into real projects

PLEDDG experts met with the President of Zaporizhia Chamber of Commerce to discuss development of an Action Plan as part of a Zaporizhia SME Development Program, the elaboration of which is facilitated by PLEDDG Project.

On January 31, 2017, the Working Group on Zaporizhia Development Strategy gathered to discuss current progress. During the meeting, PLEDDG consultants presented materials for Zaporizhia Development Strategy and Draft Report on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)