CANADA — UKRAINE
Regional Governance and
Development Project		ÊÀÍÀÄÀ — ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ
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The RGD Project is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
and implemented by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI)
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.

Background Documents

Navigating Our Future: Niagara's Economic Growth Strategy 2005-2010

Building Community. Building Lives. Niagara Business Plan 2004-2006

Summary of the Greenbelt Plan

Places to Grow. Better choices. Brighter future. Proposed Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. November 2005. Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
Ðàçðàáîòêà ñàéòà - Wizardry, 2006
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