Draft bill #11412 of July 17, 2024 

Cosponsors: a group of 15 MPs from the Servant of the People, Holos, and Batkivshchyna factions and the Trust group with Oleksandr Aliksiichuk as the first signatory 

Status: send for review to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on State Administration, Local Governance, Regional Development, and Urban Planning 

Who is affected: territorial communities and the Ministry for the Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure 

Summary: 

  • a new form of cooperation between territorial communities will be introduced: the creation of agglomerations 
  • public discussion regarding proposals on cooperation between territorial communities will become optional 
  • while martial law or a state of emergency is declared, it will be allowed to hold public discussions on cooperation proposals online 
  • if one of the parties refuses to participate before the approval of the draft cooperation agreement, a commission will have the option to prepare a new draft agreement 
  • the restrictions imposed by the law on cooperation between communities during martial law and six months after it ends will not be mandatory for agreements related to: 
    • support for the security and defense sector 
    • elimination of the consequences of armed aggression 
    • protection of the rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons 
    • rehabilitation of service members, veterans, and their family members 
  • it will be allowed to extend the term of the cooperation agreement without public discussion 
  • the Ministry for the Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure will conduct quarterly monitoring of cooperation based on the following indicators: 
    • number of cooperation projects by forms of cooperation 
    • number of cooperation projects by sectors of the economy 
    • number of territorial communities participating in cooperation 
    • number of terminated cooperation agreements 
    • number of cooperation agreements whose contractual obligations are not fulfilled 
  • a new basis for terminating cooperation will be introduced: changes to the administrative division that result in all cooperation entities merging into one territorial community. 

What is right: the bill will improve cooperation between territorial communities and thus promote the development of local self-governance. 

Additional information: 

Research on the prerequisites for the resilience and sustainable recovery of local self-governance by the Centre of United Actions: Communities of war. Resilient and Capable.