20 communities were selected in the competition for the U-LEAD with Europe initiative "Strategic planning and financial aspects of community-based primary care" that will be implemented from March to June 2019.

More than 60 applications from amalgamated hromadas were received during the competition. As a result of the evaluation, 20 AHs were selected which matched the identified criteria (link) expressed their willingness to support the development of a strategic plan for the hromada and to set up a strategic planning group in the health sector.

The participating hromadas will be trained and consulted by specialists in the field of strategic planning and PHC funding as well as provided with systematic expert support on creation of strategic plans of their AHs.

The participating AHs:

1. Kalytianska AH - Kyiv Oblast
2. Bilozirska AH - Cherkasy Oblast
3. Horodnitska AH - Zhytomyr Oblast
4. Pulynska AH - Zhytomyr Oblast
5. Stanyshivska AH - Zhytomyr Oblast
6. Hnivanska AH - Vinnytsia Oblast
7. Tulchinska AH - Vinnytsia Oblast
8. Yamnytska AH - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
9. Vashkivetska AH - Chernivtsi Oblast
10. Mamalyhivska AH - Chernivtsi Oblast
11. Ilarionivska AH - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
12. Tomakivska AH – Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
13. Chernihivska AH - Zaporizhzhia Oblast
14. Preobrazhenska AH - Zaporizhzhia Oblast
15. Bilovodska AH - Luhansk Oblast
16. Perechynska AH – Zakarpattia Oblast
17. Slavska AH - Lviv Oblast
18. Smyzka AH - Rivne Oblast
19. Nemovytska AH - Rivne Oblast
20. Satanivska AH - Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Further steps and time of trainings and consultations will be communicated to the participating communities personally.