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The Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme, "Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine," invites hromadas to join as partners in the "Engaging Residents at the Local Level" initiative.

Experts from the Polaris Programme “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” continue their field visits to local hromadas, providing advisory and educational support to starostas. On 19–20 February, the Polaris team visited the Buchach, Zboriv, and Skalat territorial hromadas in the Ter ...

On 28 February, the Polaris Programme team held a working meeting with representatives of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration. Participants included Ihor Tsekhanovskyi, Director of the Department for International Cooperation and Regional Development, Andrii Hrachov, Director of the Depar ...

The Polaris Programme – Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine, in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities, has launched a series of interregional forums dedicated to key aspects of hromada development. Financial sustainability of local self- ...

For rural hromadas seeking to be effective in preventing and combating domestic violence.

The procurement coordinator will be part of the support team. The role is mainly to coordinate the Programme’s procurements for material support to hromadas. Applications are accepted until March 15, 2025

This open call is for experts within the fields of recovery and spatial planning, capacity development in the context of recovery, environment, local economic development, data management and analysis and any other field related to local and municipal recovery

On 11 February 2025, the Lubny hromada in the Poltava region hosted the “School Network Optimisation” simulation game, developed by Polaris Programme experts to model effective solutions for education development.

The policy coordinator will be part of the programme management team. Deadline for applications: 5 March 2025

On 25 February, an open webinar titled "Cooperation Between Local Self-Government Authorities and Civil Society Organisations for Implementing Development and Recovery Projects" will take place.

The Information Management/GIS Expert will be part of the thematic Locally-led Recovery team and will work under guidance of SALAR International’s local and international Team Leaders. Deadline for applications: 25 February 2025

The European Integration and Local Governance Expert is a position within the thematic team “International Municipal Cooperation”. Deadline for applications: 9 March 2025

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

Avfall Sverige and SALAR International announce a vacancy for the position of "Communications Specialist". Deadline for applications: 15 January 2025

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The policy coordinator will be part of the programme management team. Deadline for applications: 15 January 2025

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).

This assignment is for the Inception and Implementation stages of the Locally-Led Recovery component

The Hromada Capacity Development Officer of the Locally-Led Recovery team, is an extremely important link in the process of recovery of war-affected hromadas

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