The Regional Governance and Development (RGD) Project is a seven-year initiative that promotes regional economic development (RED) in Ukraine. RGD’s current efforts focus on working with its Ukrainian partners to establish a practical in-service training program on RED for some 600 civil servants from 13 oblasts across Ukraine. This program will improve the capacities of local leaders and civil servants to promote sustainable economic development, close the country’s infrastructure deficit, and manage regional finances more effectively.

RGD is a cooperation project of the Canadian Urban Institute, and is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). RGD is implemented in partnership with Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing, the Main Department for Civil Service in Ukraine, and the National Academy of Public Administration, and in association with the Foundation for International Training and the National Association of Regional Development Agencies.  Read more…