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Vinnitsa Mayor calls for “total responsibility of local and central authorities for their actions”
Kyiv, December 18. Ukraine needs administrative and territorial reform. This is the statement of Volodymyr Groysman, Mayor of Vinnitsa, during the public debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”. This event was held by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with the Intelligence Squared.
“There is no other way. If we want to ensure normal life standards for the people, their problems should be solved as close to them as possible. Chances to change the existing situation become real as local leaders realize that they have the right not only to ask for being taken into serious account, but rather to demand it”, said Mr. Groysman.
The Mayor of Vinnitsa added that to ensure the sustainable development of territorial communities, it is necessary to create independent financial instruments and change the system of local elections.
“Moreover, I maintain that local and central officials should be held totally responsible for their actions”, he emphasized.
About the debates
The debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”, which was held on December 17 in Kyiv, is the fifth public debate in Ukraine carried out in the Oxford Union style.
The event was organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with Britain-based Intelligence Squared.
In 2009, the Foundation held a series of debates (debaty.org) on reforming Ukraine’s economy during the economic crisis. For future debates, such important topics as Ukrainian-Russian economic relations, reform of education, administrative reform, regional economic development, the role of science and education in economic development, and innovation and technologies have been chosen.
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