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Support for starostas: applications from hromadas closed

Applications from hromadas to participate in partnership cooperation to improve the quality of services in starosta districts have been closed

We received 63 applications from 21 oblasts, including 26 urban hromadas, 16 settlement hromadas, and 21 rural hromadas. The largest number of applications came from hromadas of the Lviv Oblast - 23. In total, about 2 million people live in the hromadas that submitted applications. The largest is the Lviv city hromada with 783,065 residents. In the hromadas that submitted applications, 451 starosta districts were formed (on average - 7 starosta districts each), with 783,682 residents.

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Further selection of hromadas will take place in two stages:

1) Preliminary - ranking based on the completed questionnaires according to the criteria:

  • Population of the territorial hromada- up to 100,000 residents;
  • The number of people located within starosta districts;
  • Number of starosta districts;
  • Negative impact from the consequences of the war (liberated hromadas);
  • Status of the mountainous territory;
  • Availability of an ASC in the territorial hromada.

2) Primary - interviews with the leadership of the pre-selected hromadas on the motivation to implement changes to improve the quality and accessibility of administrative services in starosta districts.

Representatives of central executive authorities and Project experts will be involved in the selection committee.

It is planned that about 12 hromadas will be selected for further support. The final selection results will be published on the project website by 5 June 2023 (inclusive).