Earlier this year the official delegation of representatives of Polish municipalities visited Crimean municipalities. During 17-21 September, 14 representatives of Crimean municipalities have visited the municipalities of  West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in particular city of  Myślibórz, gmina Kobylanka, district Koszalin, city of Międzyzdroje and county Drawski.  The participants of the visit included local  partners of UNDP Projects “Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme” and “Crimea Integration and Development Programme”.

 

West Pomeranian Voivodeship is the fifth largest voivodeship of Poland. It  is considered one of the greenest regions of Poland, and one of the most attractive for tourists. West Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 21 counties (powiats): 3 city counties and 18 land counties. These are further divided into 114 gminas.

 

During the visit the delegation from Dzhankoy visited city of  Myślibórz and signed the Agreement on Intent of Cooperation. During next three months the cities will sign the long-term Agreement on Cooperation.  It is planned that Ukrainian and Polish municipalities will share best practices and expertise, cooperate in areas of education, culture, sports and youth policy and establish exchange programmes for youth and children.  Similar Agreements on Intent were signed between Saky municipality and district Koszalin, settlement Nyzhniogirskyi and gmina Kobylanka, village Uglovoe and city of Międzyzdroje,  Novopavlovsky village in  Krasnoperekopsk Rayon and county Drawski.

 

During the visit the guests participated in official meetings with Polish local authorities, learned the system of local self-governance in different tiers and daily operation of local self-governance bodies. Also, the guests visited local museums, historical and tourist sites and educational institutions.

 

The participants of the visit included Yuriy Nosov, Dzhankoy Deputy Mayor; Ruslan Golovko, Dzhankoy Affairs Manager; Olexandr Mykolaenko, Nizhnegorskiy Deputy Mayor; Liubov Kondratiuk, Nizhnegorskiy Municipal Project Coordinator; Svetlana Lysenko, Nizhnegorskiy Settlement Council Secretary; Oleg Kliui, Saky City  Mayor; Valeriy Kuzin, Municipal Project Coordinator in Saky;  Igor Kulikov, Councilor of Saky City Council; Elena Minina, Head of Uglov village Council of Bakhchisaray Rayon; Larisa Chernovol, Chief Accountant of Uglov Village Council of Bakhchisaray  Rayon, Nikolay Bir, Head of Recreation and Tourism Department of Bakhchisaray Rayon State Administration, Antonina  Artemova, Head of NovopavlovskyVillage Council of Krasnoperekopsk Rayon, Alla Mehonoshina, Head of education department, Krasnoperecopsk Rayon Administration, Marija Koneva, local councilor of Krasnoperekopsk Settlement Council, Viktoriia Kravchuk Program Associate, Local Development Program, UNDP/Ukraine and  Leonid Tulovsky, UNDP/MGSDP Quality Management Officer.