Cross-border cooperation will help hromadas to attract resources for the development of their territories and to study the best practices of local self-government in the European Union. This topic was discussed at a specialised seminar on the preparation of project applications for a competition of the projects of Ukraine-Romania cross-border cooperation programme, held at Ivano-Frankivsk Local Government Development Centre with the support of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme.

“The issue of regional development in the European Union is measured by billions. Ukraine has still no access to EU infrastructure funds yet, but cross-border cooperation programmes enable AHs to attract additional extrabudgetary resources in cooperation with communities of the neighbouring countries,” said Ihor Melnychuk, regional development expert of the LGDC.

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