Success stories

In early 2020, representatives of the Everything Is Possible Charitable Foundation in Melitopol began creating a social inclusion enterprise that produces garments with the backing of PLEDDG. The chosen line of activity of the enterprise could not be more relevant in the current situation in Melitopol

Effective democratic governance involves public reporting to community members by local governments on various aspects of their activities. With the aforementioned in mind, the Local Budget Transparency Assessment Methodology was developed in 2017. PLEDDG immediately joined in the process of assessing the openness of local governments

The Kremenchuk ASC is arguably one of the best in Ukraine. Its practices have been considered the yardstick for its peers in other cities and regions to compare themselves to. PLEDDG helped establish the Kremenchuk ASC and has been facilitating its growth for years

A quarter of all Ukrainian sweet cherries are grown in the Zaporizhia region, with more than half of local cherry orchards located in Melitopol District. Official registration of the appellation of prosuct`s origin was finalized in September 2020, which means that the Melitopol sweet cherry has become an international brand – the first Ukrainian fruit entitled to recognition in the European Union

Traditional mass media are rapidly transforming in Ukraine much like elsewhere in the world, as online resources — and social networks in particular — are expanding their share of the media market. Yet radio still remains hugely popular, with more than 90% of Ukrainians relying on nationwide radio stations and over 22% on regional radio stations for news coverage in 2019 . Previously, the decades old, legacy wired radio network used to account for a substantial share of radio broadcasts received by households in Ukraine, but demand for wired broadcasts shrunk once and for all in the face of rapidly evolving new technologies.

PLEDDG developed the AUC Regional Office Development Strategy after analyzing the organizational structure of the regional offices of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), with the intention of defining a new and more effective role for ROs in promoting the development of cities. The Luhansk Regional Office of the AUC provided the most stellar performance of all the pilot regions supported by PLEDDG

Participatory budgets have been implemented in 15 Ukrainian partner cities with the support of the PLEDDG project. One of them is the City of Berdyansk where a portion of the city’s funds is annually directed toward the funding of community initiatives that have been selected through an open and transparent competitive process

In June 2018, Yaremche launched the project titled “Introducing Principles of Openness and Transparency as a Guarantee of Dialogue Between Government and the Public”, which was initiated by the executive committee of the City Council and implemented under the auspices of PLEDDG’s Democratic Governance and Development Initiatives Support Fund. The main achievements of this initiative include a fully refurbished hall for the Yaremche City Council and installation of the Rada Holos electronic voting system

Under the auspices of PLEDDG, Horishni Plavni implemented an integrated and effective mechanism for communications between executive authorities of the city council and utility services on the one hand and city residents on the other

Two women in Ivano-Frankivsk have established an exclusive company called Franko Snail. Co-founders Alla Nahirna and Victoria Kozubash were motivated to launch their business project and bring their idea to life after completing the “Success in Business” training course