After two years of preparation, ALDA is ready to open – with the support of the partners – the Local Democracy Agency in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine). The event will take place on the 18th of May at the Regional Council. The LDA Dnipropetrovsk has the support of the Region Lower Silesia (Poland) and Region Alsace as well as the support of the Regional Council of Dnipropetrovsk. NGOs from Poland and from Ukraine will also be signatories of the Memorandum of Understanding launching the LDA.

The mission of the Agency, which will be the 14th of the network of ALDA, will be to promote dialogue and cooperation between local authorities and civil society in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, to build good governance and citizens’ engagement. It will represent the first LDA in Ukraine, completing the work of ALDA in the Eastern Partnership region (ALDA has opened an LDA in Armenia (Gyumri) and Georgia (Kutaisi) and operates in Belarus with projects. The future step will be to strengthen the ALDA’s presence in Ukraine and open an LDA soon in Moldova.
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The opening and conference will be attended by:

• Ms Olena Lytvynenko, Deputy Head of Office, Representation of the Council of Europe in Ukraine;
• Mr Evgeniy Udod, Chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council of the Dnipropetrovsk Region;
• Mr Cezary Przybylski, Marshall of the Lower Silesia Voivodship;
• H.E. Mr Jan Tombinski, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine;
• Mr Oriano Otočan, President of ALDA;
• Ms Natalia Romanova, Representative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
• Ms Paulina Haijanen, Representative of the Committee of the Regions/Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP). 

For more information about the process of opening of the LDA in Ukraine click here.
The event will be a key event within the European week in Ukraine. The morning will be dedicated to the meeting of the EaP LADDER group.
The event will be followed by the first partner meeting that will kick off the activities of the Agency.