Workshop on Visioning for Regional Development - Zaporizhzhia, 22 September 2006
As the next step of the ‘train the trainers’ workshop, workshop on visioning for regional development was held in Zaporizhzhia on September 22. The goal of the workshop was to involve stakeholders, in particular members of the councils and working groups for regional development, to build a common understanding of strategic planning steps and approaches, methodology, and practical steps to developing a vision in each pilot oblast.
Representatives of the regional authorities, members of the Regional Strategic Planning Working Group, and members of the district Working Groups participated in the workshop, which was facilitated by RGD Project regional strategic planning experts, Volodymyr Nazarenko and Sergiy Mogylnyi.
Workshop participants had the opportunity to learn from the Canadian methodology for generating a vision and engaging the public in this process, which was presented by a Canadian strategic planning expert, Beate Bowron. The Ukrainian experts prepared guidelines on collecting a vision and disseminated them to the participants to assist them in the next stage of Zaporizhzhia oblast’s strategic planning.
As a result of the workshop, a basic version of Zaporizhzhia oblast’s development vision and mission were developed by the participants.
This workshop aimed to strengthen further collaboration among all project stakeholders to develop and implement a strategy for the development of the pilot oblast. Based on the results of the workshops, the second stage of the strategic planning process – creating a vision with the input of the public – has begun in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
About the project
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).
