78 newly elected mayors attend practical management course (05/07/06)

78 newly elected mayors attend practical management course

U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

KYIV - For 78 of Ukraine's newly elected mayors, the first training they received in their new capacities was a 16-hour certified course in "Practical Management for Newly Elected Mayors." During the week of April 8-15, the course was conducted in Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Cherkasy and Kherson.

The "Practical Management for Newly Elected Mayors" course, administered by the Community Partnerships Project (CPP) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provides knowledge about effective management and helps develop practical skills, which are of utmost importance for mayors starting their first terms in office. The course was jointly developed by experts from the Community Partnerships Project and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government in Athens, Ga.

The participants of the training - among them the mayors of Lviv and Svitlovodsk, Drohobych and Oleksandria, Debaltsevo and Kakhovka - noted that this training was open, practical and timely. In total, 82 local government officials from 17 regions of Ukraine attended the training.

Additional training is being planned for newly elected mayors from the Donetsk, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Approximately 60 percent of all mayors of Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages were replaced in the 2006 elections.

In addition to training, the event provided newly elected mayors with the opportunity to meet with their more experienced colleagues - Ukrainian mayors who have already proven their reputation within their communities. The newly elected mayors were given friendly advice by Oleksander Popov, the mayor of Komsomolsk, Poltava Oblast; Oleksander Mazurchak, the mayor of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast; and Volodymyr Udovychenko, the mayor of Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast.

The "City Mayors Guide," published by CPP with financial support from USAID, was presented to the participants of the course. This practical guide, tailored for mayors elected in the 2006 elections, consists of topical sections based on those priority objectives that all newly elected mayors will face during their first months in office.

Over the past nine years, the USAID-funded Community Partnerships Project, administered by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, has worked with over 40,000 local government officials and 1,600 communities in Ukraine.

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