KYIV. April 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) before 2019 will design concepts for integrated development of Poltava, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi cities with participation of local authorities, the company said in a press release.
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development jointly with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will provide some EUR 6 million for these purposes.
The integrated development concepts will renew and unite all best practices in planning activities of cities in the economic, energy, transport, recreation, environment protection and other areas. The use of taxpayers’ funds will be optimized to develop the city environment.
Head of Integrated Urban Development Project in Ukraine Mathias Brandt said that Ukrainian, German and Swiss experts and all interested public representatives will be involved in designing the concept. Local authorities will be able to get broader access to the sources of financing national and international programs.
The concepts for Vinnytsia and Poltava could be approved in October-December 2017. A team of experts are synchronously working to improve qualification of employees in city councils.
