Training Programme "Steps for Specialists. Project cycle management 2025". Registration is open.
Training Programme "Steps for Specialists. Project cycle management 2025". Registration is open.

Date: 11.08.2025

Author: Nataliia Zaitseva, Iryna Hryhorashyk

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To the attention of municipalities – save the date and join a five-week Training Programme “Steps for Specialists. Project cycle management 2025” created by U-LEAD with Europe. Registration is open till 26 August 2025.

To the attention of municipalities – join a five-week Training Programme “Steps for Specialists. Project Cycle management 2025” created by U-LEAD with Europe. Registration is open till 26 August 2025.

Are you new to project management? Do you want to strengthen your knowledge and skills in project design and implementation, learn about modern approaches and methodologies for developing project proposals, and analyze common mistakes made during project preparation and execution?

Join the training programme “Steps for Specialists: Project Cycle Management” (the Training Programme) by U-LEAD with Europe!

What is it?

The Training Programme is aimed at building a solid understanding of the project cycle and the specifics of managing projects in the public sector. The Training Programme focuses on methods for project implementation, practical tools for project management, and the development of competencies necessary for the effective design and implementation of local and regional development projects.

Benefits for participants

As part of the Training Programme the Participants will:

  • Get acquainted with the regulatory and legal framework related to project planning and implementation, as well as with the principles of project management.
  • Learn tools for project management and idea generation.
  • Develop practical skills in working with project documentation.

When?

An intensive 5-week Training Programme will take place from 16 September to 16 October 2025.

Who can participate?

  • Local self-government officials responsible for project activities.
  • Individuals with up to 1 year of experience in project management.
  • Applicants representing municipalities with up-to-date Development Strategies and populations of up to 50,000 residents.
  • Applicants delegated by the head of the municipality to participate in the Training Programme (confirmed by a signed nomination/support letter from the head of the municipality).
  • Applicants who have not previously participated in earlier editions of the "Steps for Specialists: Project Cycle Management" training programme organized by U-LEAD with Europe.

75 participants will be selected (one representative per municipality).

A municipality may nominate several candidates, but only one most relevant participant will be selected.

How to apply?

To take part in the selection process, please fill in the attached application form (in MS Excel format), attach a nomination/support letter signed by the head of the municipality (in free form), and send both documents to: regops.u-lead@giz.de by 18:00 on 26 August 2025. The application is in MS Excel format and a letter signed by the head in PDF format.

Please indicate in the subject line: “Project Cycle Management_[Name of the Municipality]_Oblast”

Please note: Applications missing any of the two required documents will not be considered.

More information about the training programme will be provided during the Presentation Event on 20 August 2025, at 10:00, which can be joined via the following link: PRESENTATION EVENT ON 20.08.2025

 

 

 

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This unique onboarding program will teach about the legal basis of local self-government and everything necessary to comfortably enter the professional activity and carry it out effectively.
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22.07.2024
Join Training Program "Steps for Specialists. Reconstruction projects in municipalities"!
Join the Program that will help you to train competent specialists for high-quality planning and implementation of reconstruction projects in municipality.
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22.07.2024
Return of medium-term budget planning: municipalities’ financial managers received support from U-LEAD experts
More than 660 municipal officials learned about preparation for medium-term planning of local budgets for 2025–2027 and received guidance and advice from experts. They talked about the formation of the local budget forecasts and how to organise this process using the LOGICA Information and Analytical System.
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19.07.2024
U-LEAD implemented a support programme for municipalities on public budget development and implementation
At the final seminar, participants made an intermediate summary and discussed their achievements, challenges and further goals.
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12.07.2024
30 municipalities are being trained as part of the “Steps for Specialists. Remuneration of Local Self-Government Employees”
These Steps are an intensive online training course for officials in charge of accounting and HR in local self-government.
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10.07.2024
U-LEAD launches interactive online course "Business Friendly Municipality: from Challenge to Project Idea"
The course will provide municipalities with practical tools for generating quality project ideas in the field of entrepreneurship support and development. The course will be especially relevant for those municipalities that already understand the benefits of cooperation and support for local businesses and their crucial role in local economic development.
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09.07.2024
Grant opportunities in culture, energy and healthcare
The U-LEAD with Europe Programme is committed to its efforts to provide expert support to municipalities regarding project activities and assistance in attracting international funds for recovery and development.
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08.07.2024
Access to public information in local self-government bodies: how to set it up efficiently?
Even though the Law “On Access to Public Information” has been in effect for more than a decade, its implementation is still fraught with many difficulties. What are these difficulties and how to ensure the sustainable and capable performance of local self-government bodies in this direction? This was discussed at the final event of STEPS, the training programme by U-LEAD with Europe.
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02.07.2024
The training programme “Steps for Specialists. Local Self-Government Communication” has come to an end
U-LEAD completed a training programme for local self-government officials, designed to increase their professional knowledge and competence in communication. The final event of the initiative focused on effective communication approaches and building success stories.
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21.06.2024
We invite you to the Launch event of the initiative “Rebuilding a Better Ukraine via the New European Bauhaus Academy (NEB Academy Hub Ukraine)”.
This initiative will engage local stakeholders and Ukrainian experts to understand the needs of the rebuilding efforts, current knowledge on different approaches to construction, and to develop a business model for local a NEB Academy Hub.
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10.06.2024
U-LEAD with Europe launches an online course "Spatial planning in a territorial community"
The online course is tailored for a diverse audience, including representatives of local self-government bodies such as city councils and mayors' offices, experts who assist communities with spatial planning, and community members interested in local planning processes.
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10.06.2024
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the training program "Steps for Specialists. Remuneration of Labor in LSG"
Would you like the specifics of calculating and paying salaries, as well as other incentive and compensation payments to be simple, clear and logical for you? Do you want to create the decent conditions for remuneration? Is your goal to make effective decisions on the usage of budget funds? Then join the new training program!
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05.06.2024
The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is selecting municipalities to join the project on the creation of micro- and smallholders
The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is launching a project that will affect the development of the rural population and territories. Only 15 municipalities will be selected to participate in the IPRSA pilot project.
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05.06.2024
U-LEAD invites to participate in a new comprehensive support programme ”Development of a network of authorised representatives of local self-government bodies to support rural development of municipalities”
Find out how municipalities can organise the activities of local self-government bodies and increase their level of knowledge to support the rural development of communities.
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03.06.2024
The training programme for local self-government bodies “Project Cycle Management” was launched for the fourth time
Participating municipalities of the fourth wave of U-LEAD’s “Steps for Specialists. Project Cycle Management” embarked on an online training course. At the first seminar, they talked about the main changes in education, new formats and offline classes, as well as obtaining accreditation from the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service.
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30.05.2024
Client-oriented approach and service management in the social sector: experience of the municipalities of the Poltava Oblast
Participants of the U-LEAD training programme “Steps for Specialists. Organising Social Services in Municipalities” learned about best practices of municipalities in the Poltava Oblast.
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20.05.2024
We invite you "Corruption and Integrity: Changing the Paradigm"
Join a conversation with Yevhen Hlibovytskyi about corruption from the point of view of historical and cultural dimensions, anti-corruption, integrity and ethics.
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23.04.2024
Join the training program "Steps for Specialists. Project Cycle Management 2024" by U-LEAD with Europe!
Are you new to project management? Do you want to strengthen your skills in writing and implementing projects, introduce yourself to the latest approaches and methodology for elaborating project proposals, and analyse key mistakes that occur in the process of project preparation and implementation? Join the training program by U-LEAD with Europe!
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22.04.2024
New Training program: "Development of the Statute of the Municipality"
Do you want to normalize relations with the public and strengthen interaction with citizens? Do you have to regulate the tools of local democracy at the local level? Do you want to openly, transparently and effectively involve citizens in decision-making at the local level? Join the training program from "U-LEAD with Europe"!
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19.04.2024
U-LEAD is inviting you to take part in the new Training program «Steps for Specialists. Healthcare Management in the Municipality»
It will help to introduce a systematic approach to strategic planning for the development of a network of healthcare facilities, improve coordination between owners of municipal healthcare facilities, governing bodies and management of healthcare facilities, ensure the provision of quality healthcare services.
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16.04.2024
We invite you to "Steps for specialists. Introduction of medium-term budget planning in municipalities"
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine will resume medium-term budget planning in 2024. Do you want to prepare a high-quality local budget forecast? Then U-LEAD with Europe is initiating a new training programme!
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16.04.2024
The new "Steps" train a client-oriented approach
90 employees of local self-government bodies from all over Ukraine will learn to be client-oriented in the provision of social services. Read more to find out why this approach is important and which basic premises started the training.
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09.04.2024
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training Program "Steps for Specialists. Organisation of access to public information in local self-government bodies"
Does your local authority receive a lot of requests for information and find it difficult to deal with them? Do you have any difficulties with the «three-fold test»? Are you not sure if information on your website is disclosed in accordance with the law? If you have these and other questions related to providing access to public information, we invite you to join our Training Program.
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08.04.2024
“Steps for Specialists. Human Resource Management”: a new opportunity for municipalities
U-LEAD has launched a new training programme, “Steps for Specialists. Human Resource Management”. The programme will help local self-government officials prepare for the development and creation of effective HR management services and the implementation of the Law “On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies” as amended.
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08.04.2024
U-LEAD invites to participate in the new Support Program "Development of the public health system in the municipality"
Would you like to have a systematic approach to public health promotion in your municipality? Do you want to develop local public health documents according to the needs of the municipality? Do you need to establish intersectoral cooperation to support health? Join the U-LEAD with Europe Support Programme "Development of the public health system in the municipality"!
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02.04.2024
“Steps for Specialists. Administrative Procedure”: results of the training programme
The comprehensive training program “Steps for Specialists. Administrative Procedure” developed and implemented by the U-LEAD with Europe Programme has come to an end. It gave us about 100 motivated representatives of municipalities and developed document templates for implementing the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative Procedure” in the operation of local self-government.
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01.04.2024
Join the training program "Steps for Specialists. Communication of local self-government bodies"
How does the availability of a communication strategy affect the quality of information and the level of trust of residents in the authorities? How to take into account the specifics of certain social groups that have emerged because of the war and build the right communication with them? The answers to these and many other questions are in the new U-LEAD initiative!
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15.03.2024
U-LEAD will teach municipalities to develop and use public budgets
For five months, 16 teams from 10 oblasts of Ukraine will work on the implementation of the public budget in their municipalities. U-LEAD experts will help them with everything from the development of a package of documents to the selection of competition winners.
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13.03.2024
Municipal property: turning the burden of maintenance into income for the municipal budget?
As part of U-LEAD’s programme “STEPS for Specialists. Municipal Property Management”, specialised specialists will learn how to ensure effective management of municipal property, optimise the costs of its maintenance and receive income from it for the municipality budget.
#municipal property
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01.03.2024
"Building sustainable municipalities — what does it take?"
U-LEAD with Europe is honored to invite you to join our practical discussion on "Building sustainable municipalities". Let's rebuild Ukraine and make it prosperous — together!
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#international cooperation
#intermunicipal cooperation
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27.02.2024
Training Program "Steps for specialists. Implementation of the control and audit system in municipalities"
Do you want to minimize management risks? Protect resources from loss or misuse? To achieve the mission and development goals of the municipality in the most economical, efficient, and effective way?
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23.02.2024
Join the Training Program “Steps for Specialists. Arranging Social Services in Municipalities”
Complete this online training course and learn how to properly arrange and provide social services to your population.
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21.02.2024
Public budget: plan for development and relieving social tension
U-LEAD seeks to increase the level of citizen involvement in the budget process. One of the instruments of such involvement is the public budget.
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15.02.2024
Municipalities must assess the budget programme performance despite martial law
From 24 February 2022, the primary administrators of local budget funds operate under martial law. Despite this, the law requires an assessment of the performance of the previous year’s budget programmes and providing its results to local financial authorities.
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05.02.2024
Communal property management: U-LEAD announces enrollment for the new Training Program
Make the work on communal property management more efficient in your local self-government body and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Program will help you.
#steps for specialists
#municipal property
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29.01.2024
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program «Development and implementation of local budget»
We are announcing a new initiative, thanks to which financial specialists of communities will learn how to implement and effectively use local budgets.
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13.12.2023
Municipal Energy Plan: Necessity and challenges
The Experience Sharing Network on the development of municipal energy plans has been completed. The municipalities, together with U-LEAD experts, summarised the results and discussed the improvement of the methodology of the Ministry of Infrastructure.
#energy security
#advice
#steps for specialists
#training programmes
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08.12.2023
U-LEAD assists municipal financial authorities in budgeting for 2024
This article provides our experts with practical recommendations for solving the most frequently asked problems by the participants of the training programme "Steps for Specialists. Formation and Approval of the Local Budget for 2024".
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07.12.2023
The training cycle of the “Steps for Specialists. Designing a Municipal Development Strategy” is complete
For seven months, teams of 70 municipalities from all over Ukraine worked on designing development strategies. In this, they were supported by U-LEAD experts.
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28.11.2023
Expert: Municipalities can allocate the free balance of the budget only to certain directions
The President of Ukraine signed Law No. 3428-IX “On Amendments to Section VI of the Budget Code of Ukraine on Ensuring the Support of the State’s Defence Capabilities and the Development of the Defence and Industrial Complex of Ukraine” dated 8 November 2023. This Law lists directions for the municipalities to allocate free local budget balances under martial law.
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20.11.2023
U-LEAD invites for participation in the educational programme “Steps for specialists. Administrative procedure”
On January 16, 2024, a new initiative from U-LEAD will start. Is is designed to help hundred of local self-government officials deepen their understanding of the Law of Ukraine "On Administrative Procedure", as well as to develop their skills and abilities.
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16.11.2023
Successes of the municipalities of Poltava Oblast in attracting investments
How to attract international investments to the municipality? In Poltava Oblast, specialists of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme teach this, and all 60 municipalities of the region are encouraged to cooperate. And the municipalities of Karliv and Nekhvoroshcha on a competitive basis won the opportunity to study at the program "Steps for specialists. Project cycle management".
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30.10.2023
How to appropriate abandoned property into municipal ownership: the possibilities of the Experience Exchange Network
The opportunities and support that municipalities will receive thanks to the participation of the Experience Exchange Network (Supporter Program) “Abandoned Property Management” were discussed during a promotional event at the base of the Vinnytsia regional office of the U-LEAD Programme.
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24.10.2023
Completion and results of the Programme “Steps for Specialists. Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies and Volunteer Associations”
At the final event of the training programme, the experts summed up the results, and the participants of the initiative shared the development of volunteer spaces in their municipalities.
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06.10.2023
October 17 – final event “Hromada 4.0” acceleration program
On 17 October 2023, the participating municipalities will present digital solutions for improving municipal management, increasing cyber security, and business development.
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19.09.2023
We invite municipalities to online consultations on social protection!
The Partnership for Every Child and the U-LEAD with Europe Programe will hold online consultations on the organization of the social protection system, social work, provision of social services and child protection.
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19.09.2023
9 steps for project cycle managers in project teams
On the first seminar of the new training program from U-LEAD "Steps for specialists: Project cycle management-2023" and about the nine steps into which our experts divided it.
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11.09.2023
Diagnostics of the local taxation system in Ukraine: analytical results
This extensive analytical report by our experts looks for ways to strengthen the financial capacity of local self-government bodies.
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29.08.2023
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the unique onboarding training program"Steps for Specialists. Entry to Professional Activity"
An intensive two-week program that contains answers to current questions of professional activity, is based on real cases and includes a theoretical and practical component
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21.08.2023
The war wrecks local budgets of municipalities of the Kherson oblast
U-LEAD experts analysed the budgets of 49 municipalities in the region over the period of 6 months of 2023: although some municipalities have more than met their targets, the overall situation is grim.
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09.08.2023
U-LEAD invites applications for "Steps for Specialists. Project cycle management - 2023"
Learn to form a goal, tasks and results, plan a project budget and present it to potential donors! As part of this training program, you will be able to develop your project idea into a full-fledged project proposal.
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08.08.2023
Communal property management in health care sphere: U-LEAD Programme announces call for applications for a new Municipal Experience Exchange Network (Support Program).
Joint communal non-profit enterprises: from the initiative to the start of effective work! Establish cooperation with other municipalities, create a joint utility non-profit enterprise for the development of your minicipalities! The new Support Program from "U-LEAD with Europe" will help you with this.
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07.08.2023
Communal property management in municipal development sphere: U-LEAD Programme announces call for applications for a new Municipal Experience Exchange Network (Support Program).
Joint communal enterprises: from the initiative to the start of effective work! Establish cooperation with other municipalities, create a joint utility enterprise for the development of your municipalities. The new Support Program from "U-LEAD with Europe" will help you with this.
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08.08.2023
Active volunteer environments are a must in municipalities
Participants of U-LEAD’s training programme “Steps for Specialists. Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies and Volunteer Associations” told why this interaction is so important, shared their impressions of the course and expressed gratitude to colleagues and organizers.
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02.08.2023
First aid training
We invite municipality educators to participate in training on first aid for sudden cardiac arrest and life-threatening conditions.
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27.07.2023
Stabilisation of the local budget: The Vilnyanska municipality experience
As a result of participating in the U-LEAD with Europe's Budget Stabilisation Plan training programme for financiers, the Vilnyanska municipality of Zaporizhzhia Oblast managed to increase budget revenues for the first half of 2023 by 2.5% of the targets.
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17.07.2023
Andrii Bohdan, Mayor of Horodnia: To plan and reduce energy costs is to save budget funds
Why does the municipality need a Municipal Energy Plan? How to save on energy sources already today? How do energy-efficient innovations get adopted from the municipal infrastructure into everyday life? Find out the answers in this quick interview with Andrii Bohdan, Head of the Horodnia City Council in the Chernihiv Oblast.
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11.07.2023
U-LEAD helps municipalities to understand public procurement for budget funds
Read our material about public procurement for budget funds, authorised persons and municipalities' work with experts from the Institute for Budgetary and Socio-Economic Research (IBSER).
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21.06.2023
U-LEAD with Europe jointly with tax authorities explains peculiarities of taxes and fees payment under martial law to municipalities of Kharkiv Oblast
During the joint information session, the U-LEAD with Europe Regional Office and the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Kharkiv Oblast discussed changes to the tax legislation under martial law and the ability of local self-government representatives to ensure the flow of their own resources to local budgets.
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06.06.2023
The second wave of the Experience Sharing Network “Development of Programmes for the Integration of IDPs into Municipalities” launched
Read more to find out about the opportunities provided by the Experience Sharing Network “Development of Programmes for the Integration of IDPs into Municipalities” and the benefits that municipalities will receive from the development of the IDP Integration Programme.
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#training programmes
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02.06.2023
U-LEAD helps municipalities stabilise budget processes in wartime
Over the course of six weeks, 100 employees of local financial bodies will learn how to manage municipal resources more effectively, analyse and identify reserves and propose steps to stabilise local budgets, and U-LEAD experts and the experience of other municipalities will help them in this.
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02.06.2023
New “Steps for Specialists” launched to help build cooperation between authorities and volunteers
120 people from 19 oblasts of Ukraine were chosen to participate in the new training programme “Steps for Specialists. Cooperation between Local Self-Government and Volunteer Associations” implemented by U-LEAD. Over the course of six weeks, the participants will learn the tools of effective communication between local self-government bodies and volunteers, as well as develop the skills of their application in various contexts.
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26.05.2023
The training programme “Steps for Specialists. Municipal Property Management” has been launched
Over 6 weeks, its participants will receive relevant expertise on the management of municipal property of the municipality and learn about the peculiarities of this process under martial law and how to dispose of and use the municipal property effectively.
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25.05.2023
U-LEAD invites to participate in a new initiative –Experience Exchange Network “Development of the Program for the Integration of IDPs into the Municipality”!
This Network is an opportunity to get expert support in learning the main approaches and methodology for developing IDPs integration programs, developing the skills of establishing interaction and coordinating efforts of all stakeholders, and especially in developing IDPs integration programs with due account of the municipality’s needs.
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22.05.2023
Municipalities establish cooperation with the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine with the support of U-LEAD with Europe
The Programme helped their representatives to discuss potential avenues of interaction. The key directions of the cooperation should be economic security and an increase of revenues to local budgets.
#economy
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04.05.2023
48 municipalities are working on creating effective internal control and audit systems
With the help of U-LEAD, finance teams are preparing documents that will meet all up-to-date budget legislation requirements.
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03.05.2023
Development of Municipal Energy Plans: U-LEAD announces open call for the support programme.
From November 2024, the MEP will become a mandatory municipal document. U-LEAD offers support and expert guidance to municipalities selected in an open competition to develop this Plan. Municipalities will begin the development in June and present their MEPs at the national level in October.
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02.05.2023
U-LEAD invites you to participate in the new Training program "Steps for Specialists. Budget stabilization plan"
Make more efficient spending of budget funds, improve your reactions to management challenges and establish cooperation with colleagues from other areas! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Programme will help you.
#training programmes
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27.04.2023
Interaction of LSGs and volunteers: enrolment to the new U-LEAD Training Program starts
Are there volunteer initiatives and associations in your municipality, but you don't know how to interact with them effectively? Do you want to improve cooperation with volunteers so that their activity continues after our Victory, but do not understand how to establish communication? Join the U-LEAD training program and build partnerships with volunteers!
#announcements
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10.04.2023
Training programme “Steps for Specialists. Staffing Issues in Local Self-Government under Martial Law” has been launched
Participants from 100 municipalities from all over Ukraine, selected on a competitive basis, will spend the next 8 weeks in comprehensive training.
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25.04.2023
Updated initiative “Steps for Specialists. Designing a Municipal Development Strategy” is launched
U-LEAD is reviving the Municipal Development Strategy Programme, which was suspended due to the outbreak of full-scale war.
#news
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24.04.2023
Communal property management: U-LEAD announces enrollment for the new Training Programme
Make the work on communal property management more efficient in your local self-government body and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts! The new U-LEAD with Europe Training Programme will help you.
#training programmes
#lsg
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18.04.2023
Expert support of municipalities in the development of a municipal energy plan — selection of participants has begun
U-LEAD is launching a four-month support program for municipalities that want to develop a quality Energy Plan with expert support.
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14.04.2023
Safety Experience Sharing Network: presentation of the competitive selection
What is this Network and how to participate in it? What are the requirements for participants and what should they expect? Fill out the application for competitive selection by April 30 and show your results and achievements as early as September.
#lsg
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14.04.2023
Municipalities from six oblasts will be eligible for the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine 2021-2027 programme
A large cross-border cooperation programme will finance their Environment and Healthcare projects with EU funding.
#announcements
#international cooperation
#grant
#investment
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06.04.2023
Invitation for local self-government officials: Experience Sharing Network “Development of the Municipal Safe Environment Programme”
Learn how to improve safety and pool resources to create an appropriately safe environment, who are safety stakeholders and what kind of impact ensuring a safe environment of the municipality can have on its social and economic development.
#lsg
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30.03.2023
In 2022, 14 municipalities of the Zhytomyr oblast received almost EUR 1,000,000 in aid from U-LEAD
These were mainly packages with equipment and materials for stabilising the energy system and assisting in housing IDPs.
#news
#training programmes
#finances
#local budgets
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27.03.2023
U-LEAD announces the selection among officials of local self-government bodies to participate in the experience exchange Network
The topic of the Network: Activities of working groups on the creation of internal control and audit systems in municipalities"
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23.03.2023
The “Laboratories of Creative Dialogue” project was launched in the Chernihiv oblast
Local self-government and municipal residents rediscover communication with the help of U-LEAD
#news
#steps for specialists
#communications
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21.03.2023
In 2022, the municipalities of the Chernihiv oblast received almost EUR 1 million in aid from U-LEAD
Equipment and materials to stabilise the energy infrastructure and assist in the housing of IDPs were the most expensive.
#news
#training programmes
#finances
#local budgets
#emergency aid
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06.03.2023
HR work in LSG: U-LEAD announces new recruitment for a new training program
Make work with personnel in your LSG more effective and establish cooperation with colleagues from other oblasts!
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01.03.2023
Assessing the effectiveness of budget programmes: procedure during martial law
This topic was discussed at the event “Implementation of Passports of Budget Programmes: Reporting and Performance Assessment” held by U-LEAD for the municipalities of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Cherkasy oblasts.
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13.02.2023
How to stabilise the municipal budget system? Tips from U-LEAD
Finance professionals of 40 municipalities from all over the country gained practical skills in developing and implementing measures to stabilise the financial situation of municipalities.
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31.01.2023
The time of digital changes: a new opportunity for digitalisation of Ukrainian municipalities
The international organization SocialBoost together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and under support of U-LEAD with Europe Programme is launching acceleration programme for municipalities which will help to develop and implement digital transformation projects.
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31.01.2023
U-LEAD trains municipalities to create budget programme passports under martial law
The Programme experts are committed to providing advisory support in various areas of municipal life in wartime.
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20.01.2023
11 relevant grant opportunities for municipalities in the field of recovery and development
The U-LEAD with Europe Programme is committed to its efforts to provide expert support to municipalities regarding project activities and assistance in attracting international funds for the recovery and development of territories in wartime.  Our experts are open to cooperation with municipalities and ready to provide assistance in the process of drawing up and submitting a project application.
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18.01.2023
U-LEAD helps the municipality in Odesa to create a favourable business environment
Maintaining and improving the business climate remains an important priority for municipalities even in the face of war. A fair square project was developed in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi municipality.
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12.01.2023
Support in formulation and development of reconstruction projects – new opportunity from U-LEAD with Europe
Ukrainian municipalities are facing major challenges because of a full-scale invasion of Russian Federation.
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28.12.2022
Municipality in Odesa region was able to save a quarter of a million hryvnias through participation in the U-LEAD project
Having received guidance and advice, as well as practical knowledge under the Budget Stabilisation Plan project implemented by U-LEAD with Europe, the finance professionals of the Marazliivka municipality (Odesa region) were able to cut local budget spending by UAH 250,000.
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19.12.2022
Invitation for municipalities: new methods of conflict resolution and strengthening of cohesion 
Participate in the project aimed at strengthening dialogue as an important tool of local self-government to take into account the needs of various groups of local residents, business representatives, public organisations, as well as internally displaced persons living in the municipality.
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08.11.2022
U-LEAD experts help municipalities draft local budgets for 2023
This was the topic of the info session that the team of the Regional Office of U-LEAD with Europe in the Cherkasy region recently organised for financial experts from the municipalities of the Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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04.11.2022
NACP presents research on corruption risks in kindergartens and schools
On November 9, 2022, the presentation of the results of the study "Strategic analysis of corruption risks in preschool and general secondary education" will take place. The event starts at 11:00.
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31.10.2022
U-LEAD and tax service experts help the municipalities of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast to prepare for the new budget year
In wartime, it is important for municipalities to support the interaction of the local self-government and tax service bodies in the process of preparing draft local budgets for 2023.
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26.10.2021
Vinnytsia oblast communities to pay national budget uah353 mln in reverse subsidies in 2022
Next year the communities that exist in the region will pay UAH353 million worth of reverse subsidies to the national budget. The base subsidies, however, will be twice as big, exceeding UAH539 million.
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