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From 3 to 5 June 2025, a working visit of the expert group from the “Local-Level Education” component of the Polaris Programme took place in the Kobleve rural territorial hromada, Mykolaiv oblast. The visit was carried out at the invitation of the Kobleve Village Council with the aim of monitoring ...

On 5 June, an online focus group titled “Professional Development Centres for Teachers as a Key Tool for Advancing Professional Excellence” was held on the initiative of the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme. The event brought together 15 participants from Professional Development Centres (PDCs) r ...

On 30 May and 2 June, the Polaris Programme “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” organised a two-day online training titled “Ethics of Interaction and Communication with Veterans in the Provision of Administrative Services at ASCs”. The training gathered 30 participants – staff members of A ...

On 28–29 May in Ternopil, the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme hosted a two-day training titled “The Role of the Starosta in a Hromada: Tools for Strengthening Institutional Capacity”. The event brought together nearly 50 representatives of partner hromadas from across Ukraine – including starost ...

The integration of tax-related administrative services into Administrative Services Centres (ASC) is a highly relevant issue, given the significant reduction in the number of territorial offices of the State Tax Service and the growing demand for these services from residents.

On 28 May, a regional forum titled “Gymnasium of the Future: Key Vectors of Development” took place in the Velyka Omelyana hromada, Rivne oblast. The event brought together heads of education departments, directors of existing and prospective gymnasiums, educators, and experts from three oblasts – R ...

On 27 May, in the city of Lutsk, the Polaris Programme “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” held a roundtable with political leaders of Ukraine’s national associations of local self-government bodies

The Polaris Programme, “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine,” has launched a new partnership with 10 hromadas under the “Local Engagement” direction, following an inaugural meeting held in Kyiv on 22–23 May.

On 26 May, the Committee on State Building, Local Governance, Regional Development and Urban Planning held a presentation of the study “Oversight Functions of Starostas”, prepared at its request by the Swedish-Ukrainian programme Polaris “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” and the NGO DE ...

Within the framework of the Swedish-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Forum, on May 20, 2025, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) and Luleå (Sweden) officially became partner cities. The partnership was made possible by the initiative Cities4Cities, which is part of the Polaris programme. "The part ...

On 22 May in Lubny, Poltava region, the forum “New Ukrainian School: Educational Horizons of the Lubny Hromada” brought together nearly 50 participants – educators, representatives of local self-government, experts from the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), the New Ukrainian School Implementa ...

On May 20-21, Sweden hosted the Second Swedish-Ukrainian Forum on Municipal Partnerships

On 20 May, experts from the Swedish-Ukrainian Programme Polaris “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” paid a working visit to the Bobrovytsia hromada in Chernihiv oblast. The purpose of the visit was to deepen partnership, exchange experience, and deliver a practical training for community s ...

On 14 May, the Ukrainian government published a set of procedures regulating the preparation, submission, and implementation of public investment projects and programmes, approved earlier on 28 February 2025.

The updated Dashboard consists of six modules, each serving a distinct analytical function.

On May 15, the SALAR International initiative Cities4Cities presented a model for effective partnership building at two events at the Committee of the Regions: a political meeting of the European Alliance for the Reconstruction of Ukraine and a Partnership Forum. 

The Polaris Programme has launched a three-level MS Excel course (basic and advanced) for 30 staff members of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

On 13 May, the team of the Swedish–Ukrainian programme Polaris – Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine paid a working visit to Mykolaiv Oblast and met with the team of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration and its Head, Vitalii Kim.

The goal of the reform is to create a transparent, unified system for managing public investments at all levels of government.

On 7–8 May, the town of Stryi in Lviv Oblast hosted the educational recollections “Upper Secondary School Reform: Challenges, Responses, Actions”, organised by the Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine Polaris Programme in partnership with the Department of Education of the Stryi City Council. ...

On May 6, Ivano-Frankivsk hosted an information session of the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme "Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine". The event brought together over 100 representatives of local governments, oblast administration leadership, and Polaris experts. The purpose of the meeti ...

On 1–2 May 2025, the final meeting of the fifth cohort of the training platform for Administrative Service Centre (ASC) Leaders, implemented by the Polaris Programme, took place in Lviv. For two months, 31 participants from 19 oblasts of Ukraine completed an intensive training programme covering per ...

With support from the Polaris Programme, local self-government bodies will gain additional opportunities to strengthen resident engagement in local decision-making

30 квітня 2025 року Програма Polaris провела семінар «Забезпечення довгострокового демократичного лідерства» для членів Правління Всеукраїнської Асоціації об’єднаних територіальних громад

The Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme "Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine" invites hromadas to partner under its “Administrative Services” sphere. The Programme supports hromadas in providing residents with accessible, convenient, and high-quality services. The team of this sphere, with ...

On 29 April, the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme held an information session for hromadas of Dnipro Oblast. More than 90 representatives of local self-government and oblast authorities took part in the in-person event. Participants learned about the support and development opportunities the Prog ...

On 24–25 April, the Sweden-funded Polaris Programme – Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine hosted the forum “The Role and Impact of Regional Associations on the Progress of the Decentralisation Reform and Recovery Processes in Ukraine”.

Within this partnership, support will be provided to rural hromadas, aiming to improve the effectiveness of their domestic violence prevention and response systems

On 17 April, experts from the Polaris Programme visited Skvyra urban territorial hromada in Kyiv oblast— a hromada that has progressed from modelling starosta districts and defining their powers to conducting a CAS audit and ensuring real access to administrative services in remote settlements. It i ...

At the heart of the discussion – the reform of upper secondary education: its challenges, risks, the need for broad consultation, and the role of hromadas in shaping a fair and accessible education network.