The International Marathon “Local Governments Unite for Welfare and Peace” continues.

On March 29, a dialogue will take place between representatives of local government (including a number of “sister” municipalities) from Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and leaders of local governments from Ukraine. Foreign media are also invited to the dialogue.

Working languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Russian (simultaneous interpretation).

This will be the third marathon of the series. Previous events took place on March 18 and March 22, with the participation of representatives of local governments from 11 countries: Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Germany, the UK, Ireland, France, Austria, Switzerland.

Moderator is Mr. Andrii KULYKOV, journalist.

The aim: to show the world the true face of the war waged by Russia against Ukraine and to strengthen the partnership between Ukrainian local governments and foreign partners.

Start at 11.00 (CET) / 12.00 (EET).

About local government in Ukraine in the state of war will speak:

• Mr Oleksiy CHERNYSHOV, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
• Ms Claudia LUCIANI, Director of the Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance, Council of Europe
• Mr Vitaliy KLYCHKO, President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, Kyiv City mayor
• Mr Vladislav ATROSHENKO, Chernihiv City mayor, Chairman of Chernihiv regional branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, member of the board of the Association of Ukrainian Cities
• Mr Yuriy BOVA, Trostianets City mayor (Sumy Oblast)
• Mr Andriy SADOVYI, Lviv City mayor, Chairman of Lviv regional branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, member of the board of the Association of Ukrainian Cities
• Mr Serhiy NADAL, Ternopil City mayor, Chairman of Ternopil regional branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, member of the board of the Association of Ukrainian Cities

Live broadcast on the Facebook pages of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, the Council of Europe Programme “Enhancing Decentralization and Public Administration Reform in Ukraine,” “Decentralization,” the Association of Ukrainian Cities, and the Association of Amalgamated Hromadas.

The Marathon is initiated by the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.

Partners are the Council of Europe Programme «Enhancing Decentralization and Public Administration Reform in Ukraine», USAID Economic Resilience Activity, Swiss-Ukrainian project «Decentralization for Improved Democratic Education» (DECIDE), the Association of Ukrainian Cities, and the Association of Amalgamated Hromadas, Decentralization Portal.

The next event will be a dialogue with the municipalities of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Greece, and other southern European countries, as well as Turkey, on March 31.