Vehicles enabling service provision to citizens in remote areas
During 2023-2024, the SALAR International PROSTO project delivered 10 vehicles with equipment to war-affected hromadas in different regions of Ukraine. Mykhailo-Lukashivska hromada of Zaporizhzhya oblast is the latest to receive a vehicle and equipment to provide services to residents in the frame of 7th round crisis support.
Amidst the Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, SALAR International’s project PROSTO, Support to Services Accessibility in Ukraine, has adapted its activities and added a focus on crisis support for municipalities. Since Ukrainian territories, once under occupation, are being liberated, the project has started to deliver IT equipment and vehicles to renew the service provision in municipalities, along with institutional support.
About 3 million residents live in the 162 municipalities that have received such support from the project. Among them, more than 70,000 citizens, living in the smallest settlements far from the municipality's center, have received access to public services as a result of the 7th round crisis support.
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Olena Baydukova, head of the Mykhailo-Lukashivska hromada.
The 7th round crisis support
16 hromadas of Ukraine have received equipment to provide services to residents in the frame of 7th round crisis support. The support includes laptops, backup power supplies, multifunctional office devices etc. Mykhailo-Lukashivska hromada of Zaporizhzhya oblast are the latest to have received a vehicle and equipment to provide services on site in remote areas.
"The ability to provide administrative services to residents near their homes is extremely relevant for us in these times. We thank the Swedish partners for the timely assistance and support," says Olena Baydukova, head of the Mykhailo-Lukashivska hromada.
During 2023-2024, the PROSTO project delivered 10 vehicles with the equipment to the war-affected hromadas in different regions of Ukraine. As a result of this around 190 000 citizens have received access to public services.
In partnership with hromadas, the project experts have summarized practical experiences and developed an institutional support package for more effective use of mobile service provision.
The PROSTO project
The PROSTO project aims to improve the capacity of local self-governments to provide qualitative services to the residents of Ukrainian hromadas.