The analysts of the Center of United Actions have prepared a brochure “Success Stories: How the Center of United Actions Helps Communities Become Stronger” – highlighting successful reforms at the local level in the fields of education, culture, healthcare, and household waste management.

The brochure outlines the path to implementing changes – from data collection and surveys to the development of new local policies and solution projects. This experience will be interesting and useful for communities that want to govern better but may not know where to start with reforms.

Representatives of local self-government will find in the brochure insights into:

  • What type of data is indispensable for reforms, how to gather and analyze it.
  • How to effectively implement new legislation in the areas of culture, education, healthcare, and household waste management.
  • What should local communities take into account during the decisions-making process.

What successes have communities achieved?

  • Buchach city community in Ternopil region not only managed to preserve adequate funding for culture but also continued reforms in the midst of war. Local self-government attracted grants and introduced paid cultural services. As a result, cultural hubs have heating, libraries have new books, and the cultural center even managed to repair its shelter. The Lyubeshiv community in Volyn has developed future-oriented solution projects for the cultural sector.
  • Thanks to optimization, Korets city community in Rivne region reorganized four schools. With the saved funds, they organized free transportation for students to institutions with better material and technical facilities and a larger community. The Sokal city community decided on school reorganization, and the Pustomyty city community formed a vision for the reform of educational institutions and will soon be able to take salient decisions.
  • Mykolaiv city community in Lviv region successfully separated primary and secondary levels of medical care and introduced an electronic patient appointment system. This significantly improved the quality of medical services for community residents.
  • Rozhyshche city community in Volyn and the Velyka Dymerka village community in Kyiv region implemented more efficient policies for household waste management. The latter did so after the Russian occupation, when piles of waste from destroyed buildings and enterprises remained on the battlefield.

To formulate recommendations for the collaboration handbook with communities, analysts conducted 55 interviews with stakeholders and surveyed nearly 3,500 community residents.

More information on collaboration is available in the brochure “Success Stories: How the Center of United Actions Helps Communities Become Stronger“.