On 22 October, a new ASC was opened in the city ​​of Bobrovytsya, centre of the Bobrovytska AH of the Chernihiv Oblast. More than 33,000 people of the hromada and the rayon will have access to quality administrative services in the comfortable and modern conditions. Ukrainian and Swedish experts of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme joined the creation of the Centre.

The ASC in the city ​​of Bobrovytsya, the premises of which have been renovated by hromada’s efforts, will work for residents of the hromada, as well as for residents of the Bobrovytsya Rayon, and it will provide 118 services. The space is equipped for the needs of people with disabilities, and it also has a children's play corner.

The new Centre has 19 workplaces, including 5 remote workplaces of administrators. Each of them is equipped with furniture and modern equipment provided to the hromada by the U-LEAD with Europe Programme. The Programme also supported in the institutional establishment of the ASC, and all employees of the new agency completed advanced trainings, developed by the Ukrainian and Swedish experts.

Anna Lilelund Hedkvist, Regional Director of NIRAS Sweden AB, noted: “I am extremely pleased to see the impressive outcomes of team work, which resulted in this modern ASC accessible for everyone. But I want to remind that this beautiful building and modern equipment would cost nothing without a desire to develop and make administrative services accessible to citizens. And today employees of the new Centre in Bobrovytsya show such a desire”.

Olha Kalinichenko, Regional Coordinator of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme, also congratulated residents on the opening: “The ASC in Bobrovytsya is a wonderful example of partnership between the hromada, the Programme, rayon and oblast councils. It is a joint Centre that, due to our desire and work, has been transformed from an idea to a modern institution that will provide quality services to the residents of the hromada and the whole rayon, and will constantly develop.”

Each workplace of the Centre is equipped with the Vulyk software system for ASC's work automation, developed by the EGOV4UKRAINE Project.

Tetiana Kovchezhnyuk, head of the Bobrovytska AH, “We are happy that due to cooperation between the hromada, the U-LEAD with Europe Programme, and the rayon authorities, we managed to establish the first in the Chernihiv Oblast joint ASC. I thank our partners for the opportunity to gain useful experience, through which residents of the hromada will receive administrative services in the modern and comfortable conditions."

Within the Roll-Out Phase of U-LEAD with Europe Programme’s support to improved administrative service delivery, up to 600 ASCs will be established and modernised in the hromadas of Ukraine by the end of 2020.

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