I_CAN launched a nationwide rollout of its Public Investment Management Training Programme for local governments and regional state administrations.

Seventy-five participants from communities neighbouring the capital and representatives of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration completed a four-day training programme in Kyiv this week.

The programme covers six interrelated modules and practical exercises:

• Module 1. Introduction to public investment management reform and its implementation at the local level
• Module 2. Strategic planning for community recovery and development: from needs to priorities
• Module 3. Sources of funding and financial instruments for public investment projects
• Module 4. Basics of the life cycle management of a public investment project
• Module 5. Public investment management system: project preparation, justification, and compliance with selection criteria
• Module 6. ‘Soft’ skills for leaders in public investment

I_CAN participants received practical tools for forming a high-quality public investment portfolio, preparing projects in accordance with the requirements of the Budget Code and selection criteria, expanding access to financing, and strengthening the institutional capacity of the community.

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants are awarded a certificate.

Representatives of the World Bank, with whose support the Kyiv School of Economics is implementing the training programme, also attended the national launch of I_CAN.

Each participant had the opportunity to share their views with World Bank representatives on the implementation of the PIM reform and the challenges communities face in implementing their projects.

For reference, prior to scaling up, the I_CAN Programme conducted two trial sessions of its Training Programme, during which the programme was presented and agreed upon with representatives of various levels of authorities and local self-government. Afterwards, I_CAN conducted two pilot sessions in Zhytomyr and Korosten, where nearly 150 participants were trained in public investment management.

I_CAN has been officially approved by the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, and the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, and has been tested.

Kyiv School of Economics is implementing the national I_CAN (Interinstitutional Capacity Nurturing) project in cooperation with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, with the support of the World Bank through the Ukraine Recovery, Transformation and Reform Trust Fund (URTF).

The I_CAN national programme’s mission is to train thousands of professionals across Ukraine to prepare and implement public investment projects and programmes so that Ukraine’s recovery is rapid, transparent, and effective.