The presentation of “The Faces of New Hromadas” photo exhibition will be held in the Verkhovna Rada at 12.00 on 7 December 2017. The event dedicated to the Local Self-Governance Day is organised by the Ukraine Сrisis Media Centre within the “Decentralisation Offering Better Results and Efficiency” (DOBRE) programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The photo exhibition is about determined and active people who live and work in amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine. Photos depict the residents of villages and towns: teachers, doctors, athletes, business and government representatives, people of all ages improving their lives together.

The event will be attended by:

• Andriy Parubiy, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
• Susan Fritz, Director, USAID Mission to Ukraine;
• Oleksandr Korinnyi, Head of the Association of Amalgamated Hromadas, Mayor of Novoukrayinka ;
• Tetyana Stetsenko, member of the Youth Parliament of the Novoukrayinska amalgamated hromada;
• Svitlana Spazheva, Head of the Pokrovska amalgamated hromada;
• Viktoriya Kozynska, European Youth Boxing Champion, the Pokrovska amalgamated hromada;
• Halyna Kravchynyuk, Deputy Head of the Velykohayivska amalgamated hromada.

The photos to be presented at the exhibition were made by the well-known photographers Vladyslav Sodel and Anastasiya Sirotkina in the Dnipropetrovsk, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad Oblasts.

Moderator of the exhibition: Iryna Malyk, decentralisation communications coordinator of the UCMC.

Address of the exhibition: 5 Hrushevskoho Street, 1^st floor, Kyiv.

Additional information for media representatives via the phone: 098-432-81-81.

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“Decentralisation Offering Better Results and Efficiency” (DOBRE) Programme is a five-year programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that aims to strengthen local self-government and establish better conditions for the development of AHs, increase the level of citizens’ involvement in decision-making and ensure accountability and transparency in public administration.