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QUARTERLY REPORT for the Policy for Ukraine Local Self-Governance (PULSE) Project JANUARY – MARCH, 2018 NINTH QUARTER OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION QUARTERLY REPORT for the Policy for Ukraine Local Self-Governance (PULSE) Project TABLE OF CONTENTS List of abbreviations 4 Resume 5 Chapter 1. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE REPORTING PERIOD 5 Chapter 2. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 7 Expected Result 1: Decentralisation enabling legislation reflects local government input 7 1.1. Local government officials participate in sectoral legislation drafting 8 grounded on the European sectoral legislative principles 1.1.1. Preparation and approval of strategies for sectoral reforms 8 1.1.2. Preparation of sectoral legislation 15 1.1.3. Legislation monitoring 18 1.1.4. Resolving problem issues and promotion of sectoral reforms 18 1.2. Local governments and all interested parties are actively engaged and use 21 participatory tool to work on legislation and advocating for its approval 1.2.1 Support for approval of drafted legislation in the parliament: tools for interaction with the VRU 21 1.2.2 Support to approval of resolutions and directives of the Cabinet of Ministers: tools to interact with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 29 1.3. Local governments improved their practice and quality of services because 37 of the sound decentralised legislative basis for local governments 1.3.1. Legal and technical assistance 37 1.3.2. Web-tools to increase the efficiency of local government activities 37 1.3.3. Feedback: receiving and disseminating 38 Expected Result 2: Resources under local self-governance authority increased 39 2.1. Local self-governance resources are increased ensuring local government 40 financial autonomy 2.1.1. Tools to increase own resources of local governments 40 2.1.2. Dissemination of best practices and replication of experience 43 2 January – March, 2018 Ninth quarter of Project implementation 2.2. Tools for local government to access additional financial resources are in place and 45 utilised 2.2.1. Capacity building for local government officials 45 2.2.2. Promotion of access to resources 46 Expected Result 3: Capacity of stakeholders increased 47 3.1. Local governments and stakeholders are informed and capable of carrying out 47 new roles and responsibilities flowing from decentralisation reform 3.1.1. Capacity building for local officials at the local level 47 3.1.2. Capacity building for local officials at the oblast and rayon level 58 3.1.3. Training librarians and communicators of reforms 58 3.1.4. Training NGO representatives 59 3.2. Communication and outreach of decentralisation reform is enhanced 59 3.2.1. Creating communication channels for central authorities outreach and messaging on decentralisation reform progress in various sectors 60 3.2.2. Strategic messaging through different media 60 3.3. Increased public awareness of reform successes and trust in local governments 70 3.3.1. Supporting Offices for Reform Implementation Support 70 3.3.2. Promotion of reform successes 71 Chapter 3. IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEMS AND BARRIERS 72 Chapter 4. SUCCESS STORIES 74 Chapter 5. COOPERATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS 88 Chapter 6. SUGGESTED PLAN OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMING QUARTER 93 Annexes 94 3 QUARTERLY REPORT for the Policy for Ukraine Local Self-Governance (PULSE) Project LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ATO – Anti-Terrorist Operation AUC – Association of Ukrainian Cities AUC RO – Regional Office of the Association of Ukrainian Cities CAS – Center for Administrative Services CMU – Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine CTC – consolidated territorial community EU – European Union HEE – Higher Educational Establishment HMU – housing and municipal utilities sector IKC – independent knowledge check ITA – international technical assistance KSSA – Kyiv City State Administration LED – Local Economic Development LGC – local government caucus (Parliamentary Inter-Faction Local Government Support Group MFD – Multi Functional Device MFR – Municipal Fiscal Register MFU – Ministry of Finance of Ukraine MLSP – Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine MOHC – Ministry of Health Care MPES – Ministry of Public Education and Science of Ukraine NAPA – National Academy for Public Administration NCS – National Construction Standard NEURCU – National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine NGO – non-governmental organisation NJSC – National Joint-Stock Company NRDF – National Regional Development Fund NSS – National Social Standards NSSN – National Social Standards and Norms OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OSA – Oblast State Administration PIT – Personal Income Tax PPP – public-private partnership RSA – Rayon State Administration RSG – Reform Support Group TAB – EU Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Budgeting Process at the Local Level in Ukraine Project TIB – Technical Inventory Bureau UAROC – Ukrainian Association of Rayon and Oblast Councils USAID – U.S. Agency for International Development UTG – Unified Tariff Grid UWNGO – Ukraine-Wide Non-Governmental Organisation 4 January – March, 2018 Ninth quarter of Project implementation RESUME PULSE is working to develop a proper legal framework for decentralisation reform in Ukraine, ensuring that local governments contribute to decentralisation policy development and implementation, increase resources under local government authority and improve local government's ability to effectively use them, and enhancing the capacity and raising the professional level of key reform stakeholders involved. This report provides information on the Project implementation in January - March 2017. The main achievements are presented in Chapter 1. The list (schedule) of events is presented in Annex A. The list of sub agreements concluded by the AUC with its sib-partners is provided in Annex В. Chapter 1. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS x PULSE Project experts prepared 17 draft regulatory and legal documents; x The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Cabinet of Ministers approved 6 draft regulatory and legal documents of great importance for local governments prepared with the participation of PULSE Project experts; x PULSE Project experts prepared 35 expert opinions for draft regulatory and legal documents sent by central state executive authorities to the AUC for concurrence; x PULSE Project experts prepared 7 expert opinions on regulatory and legal documents currently pending consideration in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; x PULSE Project experts participated in 22 meetings of 8 parliamentary committees; x AUC representatives participated in 11 working session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and 26 meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers committees; x In the course of the discussion of draft agendas of the Cabinet of Ministers and its committees, PULSE Project experts monitored 880 draft regulatory and legal documents, in particular, 79 draft laws, 45 – decrees of the President of Ukraine, 661 – resolutions and directives of the CMU, 114 expert opinions on draft laws, legislation implementation plans, etc. The draft regulatory and legal documents PULSE Project experts worked with included 401 (45.6%) documents dealing with local government issues; x The Project conducted 12 meeings of Regional Policy Dialogue Platforms in 12 oblasts with the participatioin of 19 National Deputies of Ukraine; x In the first quarter of 2018, the PULSE Project assisted the establishment of 63 CTCs comprising 254 territorial communities. Of these CTCs, 40 communities have their initial elections scheduled for April 29, 2018, with 23 CTCs waiting for the CEC decision; x In the first quarter of 2018, assisted in the annexation of 8 territorial communities of the existing 7 villages and town CTCs. Currently, these communities are waiting for the snap elections; • PULSE Project regional consultants provided 2,291 consultations on legal and financial issues, this contributing to the process of consolidation of territorial communities. Experts of the AUC Center for Analysis and Legislation Drafting provided 107 consultations o organisational and legal issues of local government activities; x The Project continued training within the framework of three distance learning courses on the Prometheus platform on the following topics: «Preparation and Implementation of Community Development Projects», «Effective Budget Process in Local Governments», and «Setting up Local Economic Development Institutions». All these courses demonstrated high popularity. All in all, 5 QUARTERLY REPORT for the Policy for Ukraine Local Self-Governance (PULSE) Project from the beginning of these courses, 7,705 took the training, with 1,426 persons receiving their certificates; x The Project conducted 19 expert workshops for representatives of rayon and oblast councils. 380 persons participated in the training; x IREX, the sub-partner of the Project, offered 1 small grant to a pilot community carried over from the previous quarter, to conduct public awareness and public participation activities; x The IREХ/PULSE team conducted a competition for small grants with the participation of 50 pilot PULSE Project communities to conduct public awareness and public outreach activities about the decentralisation reform; x The IREХ/PULSE team during coordination meetings in communities provided consultations on various issues to 118 members of Reforms Support Groups (RSG) in 11 communities; x PULSE Project press clubs are active in all oblasts of Ukraine. In the reporting quarter, thanks to the library press clubs, printed