On 25-26 October 2018 in Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast) the Forum “Efficient local government as a background of democratic and rule-of-law state” will be held. The event is organised by the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast State Administrations, Parliamentary Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government, Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Municipal Economy of Ukraine with the support of the Council of Europe. In the framework of the Forum the following issues will be discussed: the state of local self-government and decentralisation reform, improvement of the legal framework in the area, strategic planning as an instrument of the new regional policy, addressing of IDPs issues, development of public broadcasting and community media, community safety instruments, as well as European experience and standards in the area, etc.

For more information about Forum please contact Senior Programme Officer Olga Shevchuk (tel.: +38 044 303-99-16 (ext. 114), +38 067-391-05-19, e-mail: olga.shevchuk@coe.int) and Programme Assistant Yana Lazarevska, (tel. +38 044 303 99 16 (ext.156), mob.+38 093 850 52 75, e-mail: yana.lazarevska@coe.int).