Final Round Table of LARGIS II Project
"Assistance to Regional Development Policy in Ukraine"


Thursday, 25 May 2006

 
 
 
LARGIS II Project, funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), closes up its activity in Ukraine in May 2006 and the final round table is in a way a report on activity which was performed for almost a year jointly with the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine (the Regional Policy Department).
LARGIS II Project is a continuation of LARGIS I Project "Local and Regional Government Institutional Strengthening" (DFID), which was completed in December 2002.
The purpose of the round table was to present the package of new instruments elaborated in order to foster sustainable regional development in Ukraine: the State Strategy for Regional Development; the Methodology for Defining and Ranking of Depressed Regions and Territories; the Model Regional Contract and the Procedure of Contractual Principles Implementation in Relationships between the National Executive Authorities and the Local Self-Government Bodies; the Draft Institutional and Technical Procedures for Preparation, Assessment, and Distribution of the State Capital Investment Grants; and the Model of a Regional Development Agency.
The participants of the Final Event of the Project were the representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the LARGIS II Project Team; the British Department for International Development (DFID), the donor of the Project; Ukrainian and international experts; and the representatives of other organizations and projects.
The round table was divided into two parts. The first part included presentations of the Project results in each of its components. The presentations were made by the representatives of the Ministry of Economy and the Ukrainian experts. During the second part there was a discussion, where the experts of the Project provided their comments and conclusions on the Project results from the perspective of European experience.
The round table was chaired by Dr. Adrian Campbell, LARGIS II Project Director (U.K.).
After the experts' speeches the Project members and the guests took part in an informal discussion of the round table issues.
All the participants of the round table were provided with the materials describing the results of LARGIS II Project implementation. The materials are also posted on the website of the Project.
 
 
List of Participants
Programme for the Round Table
Photos of the Final Round Table
 
Power Point Presentations:
State Strategy for Regional Development till the Year 2015 - The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Methodology for Defining and Ranking of Depressed Regions and Territories - Markiyan Datsyshyn
State Capital Investment Grants - The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Regional Development Contracts - The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
The Role of Regional Development Agencies in Implementation of the State Regional Policy in Ukraine - Myroslava Lendel