Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development Vyacheslav Nehoda and Minister of Finance and Regional Policy of Poland Grzegorz Puda held a joint meeting in Warsaw.

The parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation between agencies in the field of local self-government development, in particular in the context of further implementation of local government reform after Ukraine’s victory in the war.

Separately, the parties discussed issues of support for Ukrainian refugees accepted by Polish cities. The parties also focused on the urgent needs of Ukrainian municipalities, which ensure the livelihood of their settlements during the war, care for internally displaced persons, organize territorial defense and help municipalities liberated from occupation and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It should be recalled that Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development Vyacheslav Nehoda is on a visit to Poland at the invitation of the Jerzy Regulski Foundation for the Development of Local Democracy. During the visit, he met in Warsaw with representatives of municipalities cooperating with Ukrainian cities, in Łódź he took part in the conference “Local government in the face of political and civilizational challenges”.