Anzhelika Pylypenko is the delegate of the Local Democracy Agency (LDA) Dnipropetrovsk Region, located in the city of Dnipro and a statutory member of ALDA Governing Board. The Local Democracy Agency of Dnipropetrovsk Region was established in 2015. It became the first LDA in Ukraine, and stands as a platform of cooperation, dialogue and exchange of experience and best practices across several aspects of regional development (cultural, social and economic) between local authorities and civil society in the EU and in Ukraine.LDA fosters citizen participation at the local level, and mobilizes civil society organizations, local and regional authorities to develop joint initiatives.