30 amalgamated hromadas from 18 oblasts of Ukraine have been selected for participation in the U-LEAD with Europe Programme’s initiative “Support and Development of Sustainable Mobility Services in Amalgamated Hromadas” jointly implemented with the GIZ Sector Project Sustainable Mobility.

The following hromadas have been shortlisted from 128 applicants:

1. Desnyanska settlement AH, Chernihiv Oblast
2. Menska urban AH, Chernihiv Oblast
3. Mrynska rural AH, Chernihiv Oblast
4. Novhorod-Siverska urban AH, Chernihiv Oblast
5. Hlybotska settlement AH, Chernivtsi Oblast
6. Sokyryanska urban AH, Chernivtsi Oblast
7. Velykokuchurivska rural AH, Chernivtsi Oblast
8. Loshkarivska rural AH, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
9. Siverska urban AH, Donetsk Oblast
10. Broshniv-Osadska settlement AH, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
11. Rohanska settlement AH, Kharkiv Oblast
12. Velykoburlutska settlement AH, Kharkiv Oblast
13. Novokakhovska  urban AH, Kherson Oblast
14. Dunayevetska urban AH, Khmelnitsky Oblast 
15. Kolybayivska rural AH, Khmelnitsky Oblast
16. Pryiutivska settlement AH, Kirovohrad Oblast
17. Studenykivska rural AH, Kyiv Oblast
18. Davydivska rural AH, Lviv Oblast
19. Koblivska rural AH, Mykolayiv Oblast 
20. Radsadivska rural AH, Mykolayiv Oblast
21. Machukhivska rural AH, Poltava Oblast
22. Smyzka settlement AH, Rivne Oblast
23. Chernechchynska village AH, Sumy Oblast
24. Stepanivska settlement AH, Sumy Oblast
25. Horodyshchenska rural AH, Volyn Oblast
26. Poromivska rural AH, Volyn Oblast
27. Perechynska urban AH, Zakarpattia Oblast
28. Bilenkivska rural AH, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
29. Kamyansko-Dniprovska urban AH, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
30. Voskresenska rural AH, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

As part of the project, representatives of selected AHs will participate in a series of trainings aimed at raising competencies in the area of planning of public transport infrastructure, road safety measures, creating conditions for safe and comfortable cycling, as well as organising public and social transport services. Hromadas will also receive technical assistance in developing strategic transport documents that will promote the use of modern approaches to make sustainable transport more popular. Sustainable transport can be described as transport with a minimal negative impact on environment and economy. With the participation of Ukrainian and German experts, it is planned to conduct trainings, international study visits and workshops directly in the hromadas.