OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2008. A Memorandum on mutual understanding with regards to a joint Initiative on support to administrative reform in Ukraine (the Program) was inked on December 25 of 2008 by the Ministry of Regional Development and Building of Ukraine, International Renaissance Foundation, Swedish-Ukrainian project “Support to decentralization in Ukraine” and the Eastern Europe Fund.

The initiative has to ensure coordination of efforts of governmental institutions and expert environment in introduction of innovation methods of attracting society to holding of administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine.

The activity will be triggered first in Kherson, Sumy, Vinnytsya, Ternopil regions and Kyiv city. In the process of realization of the project experts involved into the Initiative will provide the state bodies with recommendations and propositions in terms of effective ways of elaborating and introduction of the reform.

The Memo contains that it is open for joining other donor organizations and projects of technical assistance, concerned in furthering of administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine.