This is the motto of the All-Ukrainian Association of United Territorial Communities (OTG), which has been working for 4 years - defending and lobbying the interests of OTG at the regional and local levels throughout Ukraine.

On November 26, the OTG Association organized a Forum of New Local Self-Government. As part of a practice-oriented approach to the training of future civil servants, teachers and students of the second and fourth courses of the specialty "Public Administration" joined a large-scale online event. The participants of the event were the heads of more than a thousand territorial communities, deputies of Ukraine, officials of central government bodies, representatives of international organizations, experts, media representatives.

The Forum focused on local government reform and decentralization: problems, prospects, next steps.

The experience of Sweden and Poland, which was shared by the participants of the forum - European experts in local self-government, became interesting for students.

Topics of the Forum, which students visited intersects with several topics of training disciplines: "Administrative-territorial management" (teacher Opanasyuk Yu.A.), "Political institutions and processes", "Monitoring and evaluation of management" (teacher Mishenina G.A.)

Students left some feedback after visiting the Forum:

"After the Forum, I realized that budgeting is one of the most important components of any organization, especially OTG." - says Irina.

"During the Forum, I realized how important and responsible the management of OTG is," Daria shared her impressions.

The event was supported by the Swedish-Ukrainian project "Support to Decentralization in Ukraine" SKL International SKL International.org.ua and the Swiss-Ukrainian project "Support to Decentralization in Ukraine" DESPRO.