Izium municipality is to twin with the French city of Chennevières-sur-Marne.

During an online meeting, Valerii Marchenko, Head of the Izium City Military Administration, and official representatives of Chennevières-sur-Marne discussed future cooperation between the Izium municipality and Chennevières-sur-Marne as well as drafting the Memorandum on Twinning.

The head of the Izium City Military Administration will address the officials of Chennevières-sur-Marne shortly to present the situation the Izium municipality has found itself in as a result of the aggressive war waged by Russia against Ukraine, as well as the recovery and development prospects of the municipality.

Establishing partnerships with foreign municipalities and communities can also be helped by the tools specially developed by the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine in cooperation with international programmes and projects:

• “Guidelines on International Municipal Partnership” created jointly by the Ministry, the Council of Europe Programme “Decentralisation and Public Administration Reform in Ukraine”,
• electronic platform “Partnership for Restoration and Development” developed in cooperation with the Swiss-Ukrainian project “Decentralisation for Improved Democratic Education” (DECIDE) and U-LEAD with Europe Programme.

Municipalities can fill out an application for desired cooperation with a specific foreign municipality on the electronic platform by clicking Cooperate.

In March, the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine initiated the International Marathon of Local Governments aimed at drawing the attention of municipalities around the world to the tragedy of Ukrainian municipalities and boosting the process of establishing sisterly relations.