Today, we have a synergy of efforts with local authorities, the Government and international partners to build a network of Administrative Service Centres (ASCs) on the ground. Such a partnership contributes to establishment of modern ASCs at the expense of local budgets, SFRD, subvention for AHs and the U-LEAD with Europe Programme. Therefore, an initiative in this direction from the local authorities and hromadas is important, which we as the Government will support and implement, said Hennadii Zubko, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, at the general meeting of the Association of AHs.

"We are switching to three standards of the ASC. This applies not only to the requirements to premises and equipment. It is about compliance with defined standards of the 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd level in terms of the number of services provided. For example, the third level envisages 600 services. We understand that such an ASC can be located in large cities and oblast centres. But we also strive for the opening of ASCs in AHs, which would provide the most comprehensive and high-quality delivery of administrative services," noted Hennadii Zubko.

So far, 75 ASCs have been opened in Ukraine at the expense of the SFRD and AH subventions. In total, there are 746 ASCs in Ukraine, of which 71 are located in AHs.

According to Hennadii Zubko, the network, i.e. the map of the required number of ASCs throughout Ukraine, has already been developed. "The network takes into account an important criterion – the territorial and temporal accessibility of services for residents in a specific settlement. In the nearest future, we will publish the entire list of settlements with a mandatory location of ASCs, and we will support projects for establishing the Centres according to this methodology in the first place," said the Vice Prime Minister.