International Development Grant
Municipal Local Economic Development
Project Number: CA-3-Z020932001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $13,886,140.00
Start Date: January 15, 2010
End Date: December 31, 2014
Duration: 5.0 years
Project Description
This project aims to contribute to improved planning and delivery of selected services that foster and support economic growth and development in pilot cities with the collaboration of enabling institutions that support the achievements and dissemination of results. The project is supporting the Ministry of Economy the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services and the Association of Ukrainian Cities to strengthen their capacities in intergovernmental policy dialogue coordination and knowledge dissemination through practical collaborative initiatives that contribute to economic growth and development. The project is also working in twelve cities in the regions of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk to implement pilots for practical improvements in municipal economic planning.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results as of July 2013 include: All 12 participating cities approved mid-term strategic economic development plans and started to implement strategy priorities through 12 demonstration projects. The partners also launched a total of 26 local economic development projects aimed at strategic plans implementation. Cities have began institutionalizing the application of local economic development knowledge and competencies gained by adopting implementation plans to realize the local economic development strategies creating structures to oversee and monitor implementation and sharing plans and progress reports with citizens on city websites. The Association of Ukrainian Cities launched an electronic municipal statistical system that provides important data to frame policy reform arguments with municipal governments but also provides member cities with data to compare their performance in key service areas with other Ukrainian cities. So far 70 cities have inputted data on 200 indicators in 15 sectors creating new knowledge/information on city services and performance.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
EGM Europe Arctic Middle East and Magh
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP