UCIPR experts presented the draft model Charter for a territorial community to the working group under the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.
The first meeting was chaired by Oleksiy Ryabykin, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine and attended by representatives of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Development Oksana Pavliuk, Mykola Rubchak and the expert community.
Experts of our organization Maksym Lukinyuk, Maksym Latsyba, and Oksana Vashchuk-Ohdanska presented a draft model Charter for a village, town or city territorial community. This document is aimed at supporting communities that are just starting to implement participatory tools or update existing charters in accordance with the Law №3703-IX "On Democracy at the Local Self-Government Level".
The working group members reviewed the draft Charter, provided generalized comments on the structure of the document, and shared their thoughts on its content.
The next step of the working group is to develop comprehensive methodological recommendations, which will include a model charter of the territorial community, changes to the regulations of the local council, and explanations for military administrations of communities.
It should be noted that the working group was created as part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Civil Society Development for 2021-2026, as well as in accordance with the Roadmap "Functioning of Democratic Institutions" approved following a bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the European Commission as part of the official screening for compliance of Ukrainian legislation with EU law.
We thank our partners for the professional and constructive discussion: Oleksiy Orlovskyi Tetiana Durnieva, Oleksii Kolesnikov, Viktoriia Koltun, Volodymyr Miakhkokhod Nina Natalenko, Iryna Pocherniak, Oleksandr Solontai, Serhii Sharshov.
The work on the draft model Charter for a village, town or city territorial community is being carried out within the framework of the project "Widespread introduction of the latest tools for public participation through the implementation of Law No. 3703-IX "On Democracy at the Local Government Level"" with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.
The discussion of the Draft Charter represents the position of the UCIPR and does not necessarily reflect the position of the International Renaissance Foundation.
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