Nikopol City Council decided to enter into an agreement on twinning with the Danish commune of Kolling.

Oleksandr Sayuk, Mayor of Nikopol, announced this at the press conference.

According to him, preliminary agreements have been reached with the commune, and the Nikopol City Council has already officially confirmed its intention to establish sisterly relations.

“They have already confirmed their intention to be sister cities. What will come of it? We are already happy that they support us, are aware of us and understand us. As for our joint work, we will discuss that as part of the process,” said Oleksandr Sayuk.

Decentralization reminds that municipalities of Ukraine can use the International Municipal Partnership Guidelines to build communication with foreign municipalities and enter into twinning agreements. These Guidelines offer algorithms and practical advice on establishing a partnership, cases of successful partnerships, practical advice on customs clearance and accounting of various types of assistance that partners can exchange, information on how to choose partners, how to organise the work of competent professionals or division, as well as information on financing, bookkeeping and reporting and a lot of other useful information.

Based on these Guidelines, the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine developed the Partnership for Recovery and Development section of the Decentralization national portal, with the support of DECIDE (Decentralisation for Improved Democratic Education), a Swiss-Ukrainian project, and the U-LEAD with Europe Programme.

These Guidelines are based on the methodology of the Council of Europe, City to City Cooperation, and developed by the Council of Europe as part of the Programme “Decentralisation and Public Administration Reform in Ukraine” at the request of the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine.