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On 4-5 February 2025, a working visit of experts from the Polaris Programme, Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine, took place in Adzhamska hromada. The purpose of the visit was to audit the activities of the Administrative Service Centre (ASC) to support its further development and ...

On 5 February, a meeting was held to discuss cooperation between the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme "Support for Multilevel Governance in Ukraine", the Rivne Regional Military Administration (RMA), and local communities in shaping a comprehensive vision for the development (including the establ ...

Hromadas from across all 12 oblasts most affected by the full-scale invasion, including urban, settlement, and rural ones, have participated in the open call

On 29 January, the first webinar titled "Community Educational Network: Community Needs and Legislative Requirements" was hosted by experts of the Polaris Programme: Oleh Fasolia, Serhii Dyatlenko, and Vyacheslav Dolid. Nearly 400 educators participated in the event, and the Q&A session generate ...

On 24 January, a working meeting took place with the participation of Oleh Fasolia, lead of the education team of the Polaris Programme, Yaroslav Raboshuk, Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, and Mykhailo Honchar, an education expert.

Representatives of the Polaris Programme held a meeting with the leadership of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration: Head of the RMA, Vyacheslav Nehoda, and First Deputy Head, Stepan Kuibida

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We provide expert and technical support to hromadas to plan comprehensive recovery efforts and identify projects tailored to their needs, aimed at stimulating local development both during and after the war. Applications are open from 18 December 2024 to 27 January 2025 (inclusive).

Tony Levitas, Senior Research Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University (USA) and an expert with the Polaris Programme, participated in the Bucha Forum “Reforms. Decentralisation. European Integration”

During the opening of the Municipal Partnership Forum in Lviv, Martina Quick, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, spoke about the main areas of support for local government

The event was attended by leadership of local self-government, heads of relevant structural divisions of the Oblast Military Administration, representatives of the Rayon Military Administrations, and the Regional Development Agency of the Zhytomyr Oblast

On 19 November, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025"

Zlatopil and Burlöv met through the Cities4Cities | United4Ukraine initiative in early 2024 and signed a partnership agreement in September

The implementation of support for the Programme is gaining momentum – experts are visiting hromadas to conduct initial consultations, the first training sessions have begun, and preparations for the next stages of cooperation are underway

Save the date: November 26, 1 PM Swedish Time
Duration: 1,5-hour
Format: Online, Zoom


Once upon a time... Polaris began its journey, uniting efforts to strengthen local self-governance and recovery in Ukraine, opening new opportunities for sustainable change

On October 24, the "U-LEAD with Europe" Programme, in partnership with the "Polaris: Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine" Programme, held a panel discussion on the impact of reallocating PIT to the taxpayer’s place of residence

The visit was organized by the Cities4Cities | United4Ukraine initiative, which is a part of the Programme "Polaris: Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine”

The nationwide selection process for cooperation with the Programme "Polaris: Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine" was conducted in two stages from 17 September to 14 October 2024

Local self-government associations traditionally take on the responsibility of representing the positions and protecting the interests of their members. These associations hold the potential to actively promote equal participation of women in decision-making and policy development at the local level ...

15 out of 58 Hromadas Recommended for Polaris Programme Partnership in the First Round of Expert Support for “Strengthening the Starosta Institution”

Modern technologies and communication tools play a key role in the interaction between local government bodies and community residents. High-quality and timely information dissemination through social media has become an important tool that allows local governments to not only convey information qui ...

On October 3, 2024, Kyiv hosted the presentation of the Polaris Programme “Support to Multilevel Governance in Ukraine”, funded by the Swedish government through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by SALAR International, a part of the Swedi ...

The Polaris Programme invites ASC managers who want to develop their professional competencies to attend training and exchange of experience within the ASC's Management Platform.

On October 3, 2024, SALAR International officially launched the Polaris Programme, aimed at supporting Ukraine's multilevel governance, decentralisation, and recovery from 2024 to 2028. The event in Kyiv brought together Ukrainian and Swedish officials, municipal leaders, local government associatio ...

The Swedish-Ukrainian Programme "Polaris: Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine" invites hromadas to partner under the “Education at Local and Regional Levels” sphere

The Swedish-Ukrainian Programme "Polaris: Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine" invites hromadas to partner in the area of Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Starosta Institution