coll. - Maintaining the Momentum of Decentralisation in Ukraine

This report was produced by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) of the OECD led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, in partnership with the Global Relations Secretariat of the OECD, led by Andreas Schaal.

The project was implemented in the context of the OECD-Ukraine Memorandum of Understanding. It was made possible thanks to the financial contribution of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine and the Governments of the Czech Republic, Flanders (Belgium) and the Republic of Poland.

The report was coordinated and edited by Maria-Varinia Michalun, Policy Analyst, under the supervision of Dorothe Allain-Dupr, Head of the Unit for Decentralisation, Public Investment and Subnational Finance in the Economics, Statistics and Multi-level Governance Section of CFE. Chapter 1 was written by Antoine Comps and Jibran Punthakey. Chapter 2 was written by Maria-Varinia Michalun. Chapter 3 was written by Isabelle Chatry. Chapter 4 was drafted by Jibran Punthakey with input from Antoine Comps. The report benefited from significant contributions from Jrn Grvingholt, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute/Deutsche Institut fr Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) for Chapter 2 and Rosario Macario, Professor, CERIS, Insituto Superior Tcnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal for Chapter 4. Valuable research and translation was provided by Lyudmyla Tautyeva, and equally valuable comments, input and support on the report and report process were received from Luke Mackle, Gabriela Miranda, Joaquim Oliveira Martins and William Tompson (OECD). In Ukraine, operational, logistical and administrative support was provided by Mykhailo Semchuk, and interpretation and translation provided by Liudmilla Taranina.

The OECD would like to thank the Ukrainian authorities at the national and subnational levels for their co-operation and support during the review process. Special thanks are due to Mr. Hennadiy Zubko, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services, for his commitment to the project, and to the First Vice-Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing, and Communal Services, Mr. Vyacheslav Nehoda, and his team, for their collaboration. Thanks are also due to representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Ecology, Cabinet of Ministers, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (SSSU), the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and the Presidential Administration of Ukraine for accepting to meet with the OECD team and share valuable information during the missions. Special thanks go to the representatives of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, the Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities, and the Ukrainian Association of Rayon and Oblast Councils for their participation in the seminars and the study visits, and for their support in hosting OECD seminar.