Decentralisation, initiated by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, and government development programmes provide new opportunities for building up amalgamated hromadas throughout Ukraine, said Oleksandr Sayenko, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, during his visit to the Buchanska AH in the Kyiv Oblast.

According to him, this hromada has a problem with the lack of schools, and in 2015 it was decided to build a new gymnasium in Bucha.

“Almost UAH 44 million have already been invested in the project, of which 18.8 million are the local budget funds, and it is expected that the Government will allocate an additional amount necessary to complete the construction in the nearest future so that children are able to study in the modern conditions and receive high-quality knowledge,” said Oleksandr Sayenko.

He also visited the Bucha Administrative Service Centre, that has been operating since 2016, and emphasised that, due to governmental initiatives for the development of “transparent offices”, the residents of Bucha and surrounding settlements received an opportunity to get all the necessary services here instead of going to rayon centre, as it was before.

“In this centre, people receive 195 services based on “one-stop shop” principle: you come, submit documents and get result. All this is provided in warm premises, without excessive bustle, without excessive queues, and even with the administrator's smile,” the Minister said.

Oleksandr Sayenko also added that decentralisation is not just a process of transfer of powers and funds to the ground, but a new approach to quality decision-making.