The conference “Decentralisation, land management and development of hromadas” will be held in Kyiv on 14 December 2017. The event is organised by the USAID “Agriculture and Rural Development Support” (ARDS) Project jointly with the All-Ukrainian Association of Village and Settlement Councils.

The purpose of the event is to disseminate the best practices and universal innovative solutions for the effective use and protection of land in the framework of decentralisation, as well as to discuss new opportunities for the development of hromadas with investors’ involvement.

The following speakers are expected to participate in the event:

• Hennadii Zubko, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine
• Ostap Semerak, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
• Maksym Martynyuk, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
• Susan Kosinski Fritz, USAID Mission Director to Ukraine
• Vyacheslav Nehoda, First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine
• Serhiy Kubakh, Land Management Expert, USAID “Agriculture and Rural Development Support” Project
• Mykola Poyedynok, Head of Executive Directorate of the All-Ukrainian Association of Village and Settlement Councils
• Ivan Fursenko, First Deputy Head of Executive Directorate of the All-Ukrainian Association of Village and Settlement Councils
• Volodymyr Kuchma, Head of the Kiptivska amalgamated hromada

During the event the participants will have a unique Smart Lunch, where they will be able to receive individual consultations from the experts of the ARDS and the All-Ukrainian Association of Village and Settlement Councils.

Registration is obligatory by the link: https://goo.gl/forms/QL0dcwyspzX3kS372

Date of the event: 14 December 2017, 9am – 4:30pm

Venue of the event: InterContinental Kyiv hotel – 2A Velyka Zhytomyrska Street.