We aim to identify ways to strengthen funding and financing mechanisms for regional development, increase the fiscal capacity of municipalities, measure subnational performance, and build subnational capacity to implement reconstruction and recovery projects. The work is part of the OECD Ukraine Country Programme 2023-2027 and is undertaken in cooperation with Ukraine’s Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development.
Supporting Regional and Municipal Reconstruction and Recovery in Ukraine
Since 2014, the OECD has worked with Ukraine to strengthen regional and municipal governance. Before 2022, the work focused on how regional development and decentralisation reforms can enhance public service delivery, economic development, and citizen well-being across the country. In the wake of Russia’s large-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, the work has primarily focused on supporting subnational reconstruction and recovery.
About
Our mission
Our work aims to strengthen the ability of all levels of government to design, implement, fund finance, monitor and evaluate subnational reconstruction and recovery projects. It intends to support the implementation of Ukraine’s State Regional Development Policy and enhance the fiscal capacity of Ukraine’s municipalities to contribute to place-based reconstruction and long-term development.
How it works
The work features a carefully sequenced series of workshops, masterclasses, and policy papers on the following four topics:
- Funding and financing Ukraine’s State Regional Policy
- Reinforcing the fiscal capacity of Ukraine's subnational governments
- Implementing Ukraine’s updated regional development, reconstruction and recovery strategies
- Monitoring and evaluating subnational development policy and projects and service delivery
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The post-2014 decentralisation reforms resulted in the merging of over 10 000 local councils into 1 469 larger municipal formations.
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In response to a 2021 OECD questionnaire 59% of surveyed municipalities indicated that the post-2014 decentralisation reforms improved their capacity to design a development strategy.
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Funding for regional and local development tripled in real terms between 2015 and 2019.
Get in touch
For more information, please contact Maria Varinia Michalun (varinia.michalun@oecd.org)