Study Tour to Niagara, Canada, on Strategic Planning
From February 4 to February 19, 2007 RGD project held a successful study tour to Niagara (Canada) on strategic planning for a group of Ukrainian strategic planning experts and representatives of Zakarpattya oblast state administration. This study tour became the next step in developing partnership between Zakarpattya in Ukraine and Niagara in Canada – an informal partnership that began during the first Project’s study tour to Canada in April 2006. The primary objective of this study tour was to allow participants to learn from Canadian experiences with regional planning, including plan’s development, implementation, financing, monitoring and revision.
The participants had a two-week placement with the Regional Municipality of Niagara to observe and learn from the strategic plan review process that the region was about to undertake. The participants observed Niagara Regional Council Meetings and City of Thorold Council Meetings, participated in Niagara Prosperity Summit, as well as met with the representatives of Niagara Region Planning and Development Department, Niagara Economic Development Corporation, Niagara Parks Commission and Niagara Falls Tourism Office.The participants of the visit were Lyudmyla Hrytsak, Deputy Head of Chief Economic Department, Zakarpattya Oblast State Administration, Oksana Stankevych and Oleg Luksha, RGD strategic planning experts for Zakarpattya oblast and Nataliya Betsa, RGD Project Coordinator.
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.
Project undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Projet réalisé avec l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada accordé par l'entremise de l'Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI). Проект впроваджується за фінансової підтримки уряду Канади наданої через Канадське агентство міжнародного розвитку (КАМР).
From February 4 to February 19, 2007 RGD project held a successful study tour to Niagara (Canada) on strategic planning for a group of Ukrainian strategic planning experts and representatives of Zakarpattya oblast state administration. This study tour became the next step in developing partnership between Zakarpattya in Ukraine and Niagara in Canada – an informal partnership that began during the first Project’s study tour to Canada in April 2006. The primary objective of this study tour was to allow participants to learn from Canadian experiences with regional planning, including plan’s development, implementation, financing, monitoring and revision.
