Support to Decentralization Reform in Ukraine (UDU U-LEAD with Europe. Phase II)

Kyiv School of Economics
Support to Decentralization Reform in Ukraine (UDU U-LEAD with Europe. Phase II)

Support to Decentralization Reform in Ukraine (UDU U-LEAD with Europe. Phase II)

The study of the resilience of territorial communities to the challenges of war and the impact of decentralization reforms on it, is part of a long-term study by the Center for Sociological Research, the Study of Decentralization and Regional Development of the KSE Institute in partnership with the “U-LEAD with Europe” Program, financed by the EU and its member states – Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Slovenia. The Support to Decentralization Reform in Ukraine (UDU U-LEAD with Europe. Phase II) successfully achieved its goals, contributing valuable insights to the understanding of hromadas’ resilience in times of full-scale war and the role of decentralization in the process.

Goal 1: Conducting Three Studies on Hromadas’ Resilience in Full-Scale War

Goal 2: Making the Quantitative Part of Research Fully Reproducible

Goal 3: Promoting the Findings of Research Among Policymakers and Related Entities

Academic Publications

2023 – Explaining Ukraine’s resilience to Russia’s invasion: The role of local governance. Journal: Governance (impact factor 2023 3.2)

Policy papers

2023 – Explaining Ukraine’s Resilience to Russia’s Invasion: The Role of Local Governance and Decentralization Reform. PONARS Memo

2023 – Factors of community resilience during the war. Exploring the impact of economics, governance and engagement (In Ukrainian only)

2023 – International partnerships are one of the factors of resilience of Ukrainian hromadas. What can hromadas that are still without a partner do?(In Ukrainian only)

2023 – Explaining Ukraine’s Resilience to Russia’s Invasion: The Role of Local Governance and Decentralization Reform

2022 –What makes territorial communities resilient – the first lessons after February 24

Video materials