Reinforcing a democratic and transparent governance in Ukraine is a decentralization achievement in Ukraine as an efficient local government is a precondition of a democratic, law-governed state, persistently protecting human rights and following the rule of law principle. It was highlighted by Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Vyacheslav Nehoda during the first meeting of the Working group of the EU Committee of the Regions on Ukraine.

He informed members of the Working group on the preliminary outcomes of decentralization in the context of local democracy and administrative transparency, emphasizing further tasks of the reform.

According to the Minister, on the Ukrainian way to the local democracy and administrative transparency development the bill On the Local Referendum has been initiated.