Local Governments in Ukraine: constraints and opportunities for peace and democracy

The Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) supports local democracy in Ukraine through municipal partnerships, training and research. In this talk we will have a conversation among scholars and local government officials in Ukraine to provide insights on:

How are local governments affected by the current situation?
How are local governments adapting to meet the needs of their citizens?
What are the barriers and opportunities that they experience for peacebuilding from below?
This seminar is jointly organised by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD), the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), and Malmö Association of Foreign Affairs.

Panelists:

Valentina Poltavets, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities

Ulyana Pak, elected city councillor in Lviv

Kristina Levyska, Deputy Director of Department of Humanitarian Policy, city of Kamjanets-Podilskyj

Mariia Tyshchenko, PhD, Associate professor Kyiv National Economic University, director of the NGO “PORUCH” and mentor of ICLD training programme.

Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics

Yana Brovdiy, Officer, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

Final remarks: Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, Local Government Information Unit (LGIU)

Moderator: Tymofii Brik, PhD, assistant professor at Kyiv School of Economics and director of the Center for Sociological Research – Decentralization and Local development studies