U.S.-Ukraine Community Partnerships for Local Government Training and Education Project Award No. 121-A-00-97-00149-00 FINAL REPORT October, 2007 Prepared for United States Agency for International Development Regional Mission for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Office of Democratic and Social Transition Prepared by U.S.-Ukraine Foundation 1701 K Street, N.W. Suite 903 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 223-2228 Fax: (202) 223-1224 E-mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………… 3 CPP PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS…………………………………………………………. 4 PROJECT COMPONENTS………………………………………………………. 5 I. U.S.-Ukraine Partnerships………………………………………………………... 5 Artemivsk-Omaha, NE…………………………………………………............ 7 Berdiansk-Lowell, MA…………………………………………………………. 8 Cherkasy-Des Moines, IA……………………………………………………… 9 Kalush-Little Rock, AR……………………………………………………….... 10 Kamianets-Podilsky-Athens, GA………………………………………………. 11 Kharkiv-Cincinnati, OH………………………………………………………... 12 Komsomolsk-Ithaca, NY……………………………………………………….. 12 Krasnodon-Birmingham, AL………………………………………………….... 14 Nikopol-Toledo, OH……………………………………………………………. 14 Pervomaisk-Kansas City, MO………………………………………………….. 15 Romny-Lognview, TX………………………………………………………….. 15 Rubizhne-Louisville, KY……………………………………………………….. 16 Slavutych-Richland, WA……………………………………………………….. 17 Svitlovodsk-Springfield, IL…………………………………………………….. 17 II. Cluster Partnerships Model-Best Practices…………………………………….... 18 Partnerships – Lessons Learned……………………………………………………………. 21 III. Regional Training Centers (RTC) Activity: Overview…………………….......... 27 RTC Network Training Summary…………………………………………….... 30 Practical Management for Local Government Officials Course……………….. 36 Appendix 2 - List of Seminars Conducted by RTCs…………………………... 37 IV. Publications…………………………………………………………………............ 52 Partnery/Partners……………………………………………………………….. 52 Aspekty Samovryaduvannya/Thinking Locally………………………………... 54 Books, Guides and Manuals……………………………………………………. 56 Synergy Activities…………………………………………………………………………... 59 Background and Main Activities……………………………………………….. 59 Other Trainings and Internships………………………………………………… 65 Appendix 3 - Open World 2006/2007 Finalists………………………………… 69 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………….. 69 APPENDIX I - LIST OF THE CPP PROJECT’S U.S. VOLUNTEERS……………… 71 2 U.S.-UKRAINE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRAINING AND EDUCATION Final Report INTRODUCTION U.S.-Ukraine Community Partnerships Project for Local Government Training and Education (CPP) Award No. 121-A-00-97-00149-00 has completed its 10-year contract on July 14, 2007. This report aims to provide an overview of the CPP project and lessons learned over the 10-year program that focused its efforts on reforming local government in Ukraine. The Community Partnerships Project was created to fill a critical need in Ukraine for public administration education and training for local governments, and since its inception has become a proven and veritable force to assist Ukrainian local government’s transformation into the bedrock of a democratic society. The CPP project built upon other Ukrainian local government projects that the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has administered since 1995, including an NED- funded local government assessment and a Pew Foundation-supported project providing training to Ukrainian city governments. The project’s guiding principles included: Promoting sustainable and replicable innovations in municipal administration; Establishing mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships to promote improved local government practices; Creating a network of progressive local officials that support each other in their efforts to reform their governments; Developing a “critical mass” of individuals and institutions working for change in Ukraine; Providing a forum through CPP publications for discussions on issues relevant to local government concerns; Offering individual city consultations on such topics as Economic Development, Communications, Housing and Communal Services, Transportation, Budget and Finance, Citizen Participation, Strategic Planning, and Public-Private Partnerships; Training a new generation of municipal government personnel through trainings, workshops, seminars, exchanges and interaction with their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe. 3 CPP PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Slavutych Kuznetsovsk Kovel Sarny Volodymyr- Korosten Romny Volynsky Irpin Chervonohrad Kyiv Pryluky Dubno Korostyshiv Okhtyrka Vyshneve Ostroh Slavuta Boryspil Lubny Trostianets Lviv Boyarka Netishyn Ukrainka Shepetivka Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Skvyra Kaharlyk Kharkiv Vynnyky Iziaslav Zolotonosha Myrhorod Okhtyrka Khmilnyk Hrebinky Kaniv Cherkasy Koziatyn Kupyansk Horodok Korsun-Shevchenkivsky Dolyna Kalush Bohuslav Lozova Siversk Zhmerynka Kremenchuk Kobeliaky Rubizhne Baranyntsi Smila Toporivtsi Barvinkove Artemivsk Mukacheve Komsomolsk Kostiantynivka Kam`yanets-Podilsky Kam`yanka Svitlovodsk Debaltseve Khust Oleksandriya Ternivka Chernivtsi Kirovske Rakhiv Dniprodserzhynsk Zhdanivka Shakhtarsk Snizhne Pervomaisk Torez Donetsk Zelenodolsk Nikopol Yuzhnoukrayinsk Dokuchayevsk Voznesensk Vuhledar Tokmak Nova Odesa Ukraine Mykolayiv Nova Beryslav Berdiansk Kakhovka Kakhovka Melitopol Partner City 42 Kherson Hola Prystan Member of Mayors` Club 76 Armyansk Krasnoperekopsk Partner City & Regional Training Center 5 Dzhankoy Nyzhzhniohirsky Yevpatoriya Sudak "A Marshall Plan of the Mind" - Walter Nunn, CPP Coordinator, Little Rock, AR - 46 Ukrainian cities developed strategic plans - 18 Ukrainian cities participated in one-on-one partnerships with U.S. cities - 24 Ukrainian cities participated in cluster partnerships with U.S. Cities - 100+ of Ukrainian trainers in local government recruited and trained - 76 mayors have joined Mayors’ Club registered as an NGO - 233 Ukrainian local government officials trained in 18 U.S. Partner cities - 324 U.S. local government experts provided training in Ukraine as volunteers - 40,000+ Ukrainian local and regional government officials trained in 5 RTCs - 2,314 cities, towns, and villages participated in various CPP trainings - Over 40 local government officials from neighboring Belarus, Moldova and Russian participated in RTC trainings - Countless NGO and business representatives attended training seminars at CPP Regional Training Centers (RTCs). - 7,500 copies of monthly municipal bulletin “Partnery/Partners” (87 issues since 1997) - 5,500 copies of local government journal “Aspekty Samovriaduvannya/Thinking Locally” - 17 books published on local government, strategic planning, economics and democracy 4 PROJECT COMPONENTS Four main components of the CPP project will be discussed in the final report: U.S.-Ukraine city partnerships, cluster partnerships, Regional Training Centers (RTC) and publications. The management of the CPP project is confident that precisely through these four unique approaches, serious attempts at local government reform were made possible. I. Partnerships established Partnerships established Partnership established in 1997 in 1998 in 1999 Artemivsk-Omaha, NE Cherkasy-Des Moines, IA Berdiansk-Lowell, MA Donetsk-Louisville, KY Kharkiv-Cincinnati, OH Kamianets-Podilsky-Athens, GA Kalush-Little Rock, AR Kherson-Tucson, AZ Lviv-Philadelphia, PA Krasnodon-Birmingham, AL Komsomolsk-Ithaca, NY Romny-Longview, TX Mukachevo-Burlington, VT Nikopol-Toledo, OH Rubizhne-Flint, MI Pervomaisk-Kansas City, MO Slavutych-Richland, WA Svitlovodsk-Springfield, IL By establishing community partnerships, the project sought to produce mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships that have continued to promote improved local government practices beyond the life of the project. By working in a significant number of cities distributed across Ukraine, the CPP project aimed at creating a network of progressive local governments supporting each other in their advancements within a less than supportive political environment. 5 The success of the CPP project has been pivotal to the democratic developments that have followed in Ukraine in recent years, many of which would have been impossible if not for the fact that needs articulated at the local level were reaching the establishment in Kyiv and demanding more open, transparent and responsive governance. Beginning in 1997, the partnerships were established to offer a sustainable connection between a U.S. and a Ukrainian community through which the partners could work practitioner-to- practitioner to target, discuss and address a specific problem within the Ukrainian community. This allowed for systemic and fundamental changes to take place. Each partnership had 2-3 year work plan tailored to the need of an individual Ukrainian city. The goal of the workplans required a specific timetable and implementation strategy. The CPP project set out to establish 18 partnerships between U.S. and Ukrainian communities in three phases over the first three years of the project. Thirteen partnerships were established in the first two phases, and the five final partnerships joined the project in 1999. In 2000, a no-cost extension of Phase 2 of the CPP project started. A number of partnerships supported financially was reduced to 14 due to financial constraints. Partnerships not selected to receive continued funding - as well as other cities that have been active participants in the CPP project through involvement with RTC activities - continued to benefit from CPP publications, RTC trainings, and eligibility to participate in the project’s regional meetings and conferences. With the project on its way