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Self-governance and community development - rendering assistance to community organisations in self-organisation and self-governance, increasing their potential for implementing their own priority programmes of social, economic, and ecological recovery and development.   

Main achievements:

§    CRDP implemented the principle of “Community organisations and authorities: partners on recovery and development issues”. Namely, 279 community organisations (COs) were formed in 192 villages of Ukraine (involving over 20,000 community members), that resolve important socio-economic problems in the villages such as reconstruction of water pipe-lines and gasification, reconstruction of schools, baths, village health centers, and ambulatories, establishment of youth, public and service centers, etc.

§   In 2003-2007, community organisations implemented more than 190 recovery and development projects totalling over 3,6 m. USD of which,  1,3 m.UAH were contributed by CRDP.

§   Nearly, 200,000 people benefit from community-driven development projects supported by UNDP/CRDP. Community organisations successfully mobilised significant financial resources for the implementation of their own priority projects. On average, for the implementation of one project, a community organisation contributes 20% of the total amount, local village and rayon authorities – 40%, CRDP – 31%, other sponsors – 9%.

§    Due to CRDP’s strategic approach in cooperation with regional authorities in Ukraine, raiyon councils of Chornobyl-affected territories allocated over 4,1 m. UAH (app. 500,000 USD) of their  007 budget fund to support CO-based projects.

§    CRDP has developed a model of ‘Youth Centre’ - an institution specially designed to respond to young people’s needs. Youth Centre include: a gym, computers, IT-equipment and internet, meeting room for self-organised trainings, classes etc. As a result Youth Centres are both human resource centres and social enterprises for the village. During 2004-2007 CRDP has supported the establishment of 36 Youth Centres in the Chornobyl-affected areas.

§    In cooperation with leading scientific institutions, CRDP developed and distributed information materials (brochures, booklets, film, posters, CDs – totalling over 20 titles) regarding the consequences of the Chornobyl catastrophe and the conditions of safe living in the contaminated territories. In addition, CRDP conducted a series of trainings for teachers and medical workers on issues of radiation security and healthy life-styles.

§   CRDP supports publications, roundtables and seminars on Chornobyl-related issues and strategies for the recovery of both citizens and institutions. Over the years CRDP conducted regular monitoring of the coverage of Chornobyl-related issues by national and international mass media. In 2005, CRDP saw a great increase (almost three times more in comparison to 2004) in the number of publications, TV and radio reports in Ukrainian and International mass media on the UNDP/CRDP activities and results. In 2006 over 200 articles, TV and radio reports about UNDP/CRDP were produced. In the 1^st half of 2007 97 articles, TV and radio reports on CRDP”s activities were produced. CRDP continuously organises donors’ field visits and press trips to the projects’ sites.