Partners' Meeting
05 March 2014
Meeting of Ukraine’s Municipal Finance Officers
On 4 March 2014, a representative of the MFSI-II Project took part in a meeting of Ukraine’s municipal finance officers organized by the Association of Ukrainian Cities as part of USAID’s Development Initiative for Advocating Local Governance in Ukraine (DIALOGUE) Project.
The participants discussed at the meeting the need for amending the Budget Code of Ukraine. Such amendments are intended to improve the transparency of the budget process, strengthen the financial sustainability of local budgets, and redistribute the powers in the financing of individual departments.
Also, the meeting participants discussed such matters as Government’s intention to decentralize governance and devolve the powers and financial resources to local authorities. They have considered possible areas of local government reform, opportunities for cooperation between local governments and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget, and the prospects for budget provision of local governments in 2014.
The participants discussed at the meeting the need for amending the Budget Code of Ukraine. Such amendments are intended to improve the transparency of the budget process, strengthen the financial sustainability of local budgets, and redistribute the powers in the financing of individual departments.
Also, the meeting participants discussed such matters as Government’s intention to decentralize governance and devolve the powers and financial resources to local authorities. They have considered possible areas of local government reform, opportunities for cooperation between local governments and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget, and the prospects for budget provision of local governments in 2014.
Glyanec