А system of e-management of community resources based on the Spatial Planning Office – an integrated approach to community strategic development – is launched in Druzhkivka

Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, 10 December 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, with financial support from the European Union, has opened a Transparent Office for Spatial Development Planning for the community of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast.

The coordinator of the Local Governance and Decentralisation Reform component of the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, Olena Ruditch, said that the new Spatial Planning Office would first serve to implement effective community land management, achieve socio-economic goals, and also balance development needs with protecting the environment.

"Spatial planning in communities includes measures to coordinate and improve the spatial impact of other areas of activity,” Ruditch said. “Thanks to the newly opened office in the community, new practices for sustainable development and improving the population's lives will be introduced."

The opening of the office will provide an opportunity to openly and transparently obtain information about the community's available land and urban resources, protect property rights, and make the community attractive for investment.

The office consists of a front and back office furnished with modern equipment. With the help of an electronic system of accounting and management of the community’s urban and land resources, all necessary information about property will be available to residents, who will be able to view property development plans. The office will also digitize existing paper documents.

The mayor of the Druzhkivka territorial community, Volodymyr Hryhorenko, said it was symbolic that the Transparent Office was opened on International Human Rights Day.

"This office will be a fundamental tool for creating conditions to realize human rights, as well as ensure their protection from violations,” Hryhorenko said. “This will allow us, the local authorities, to provide legal, procedural, and socio-economic human rights guarantees. We believe that the people we work for will appreciate the service we’re offering, in a new modern format."

The Spatial Planning Office was set up and equipped with furniture and equipment by UNDP under the United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, with financial support from the European Union.

Background

The United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP) is being implemented by four United Nations agencies: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Twelve international partners support the Programme: The European Union (EU), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

Media enquiries

Vlada Soloviova, Communications Associate, UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, vlada.soloviova@undp.org, +380 95 529 4240