Heads of amalgamated hromadas of the Chernihiv Oblast met on May 18-19 at the two-day seminar "Decentralisation Reform: Europe as Development Vector", organised by the Chernihiv Local Government Development Centre, established with the support of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme and MinRegion.

During the training, the constituent assembly of the local association of local self-government bodies "Association of Amalgamated Hroamdas of the Chernihiv Oblast" took place.

The association was initiated by the Ivanivka Village Council, Honcharivka Settlement Council and Lyubech Settlement Council. The representatives of the Chernihiv LGDC, heads of AHs of the oblast and Ihor Abramyuk, director on the development of the Association of Local Self-Government Bodies "Association of Amalgamated Hromadas", were among the honourable guests of the constituent assembly.

According to Serhiy Harus, Ivanivka village head, the idea of ​​creating an association of AHs in the Chernihiv Oblast arose during one of the educational visits, organised by the Chernihiv LGDC. Though the idea was not implemented due to lack of time. And leaders of hromadas have recently encountered a situation, when their opinions were not convincing in singles, yet together they could persuade the oblast authorities and get a solution that suits all parties. It was then that we decided to come back to the establishment of the AH association again.

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