Success stories

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

With the support of PLEDDG Vinnytsia-based young people with disabilities have acquired professional skills at inclusive workplaces and new opportunities for self-realization and development. The initiative provided a uniting force and support for people with disabilities and their families

The success of the continued development of territorial communities in Ukraine and transformational processes largely depend on human resources, in terms of both their professionalism and worldview, to work under the new conditions. The PLEDDG Project consistently helps partner cities to competently build cooperation between different levels of government, and strengthens the potential of the municipal sector in Ukraine.

The Training and Production Centre is growing dynamically and helping to solve problems of unemployment and low economic cap of vulnerable groups of women in Poltava. With the assistance of PLEDDG