Method 4 of 5
Public Demand 2021–2025
Monitoring of residents' appeals and proposals using the DIY4Change method (D4Ca matrix): what issues people bring to the authorities and how participation tools work.
Key figures
The base year for comparison is 2021, before the full-scale invasion.
5,189
appeals and proposals in 2021–2025
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2
× 3.1
increase in citizens' appeals compared with 2021
+207.2%
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.1
18
local policies in the breakdown
according to the appeals classifier
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.2
“Overcoming consequences”
stage of the community by average score
the earliest of the four stages of the Concept of Renovation
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.4
Most requested policies
The list of most requested policies has not changed since the invasion began, but the number of appeals has grown — above all in social protection, municipal utilities and agrarian policy.
Number of issues in 2021–2025, five largest policies
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.2
Degree of impact by policy
Appeals were distributed across 18 local policies. The report assigns 13 of them to one of the four stages of the Concept of Renovation of Ukrainian Communities. By the average indicator, the community is at the earliest stage — “Overcoming consequences”.
Overcoming consequences — 5 of 18 policies
Sharpest “surge” in problem issues (twofold or more):
- social protection
- housing policy
- transport and communications
- legality, law and order, prevention of discrimination
- education, science and innovation
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.4
Reconstruction — 4 of 18
Problem issues are above the pre-war level, but by less than a factor of two:
- municipal utilities
- agrarian policy and land relations
- family and gender policy, protection of children's rights
- other
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.4
Recovery — 3 of 18
The level of problem issues is declining:
- healthcare
- activities of local executive authorities
- labour and wages, occupational safety
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.4
Development — 1 of 18
Issues are resolved on time; no problems reported:
- defence capability, sovereignty, interstate relations
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.4
How participation tools work
People make more and more appeals, but almost exclusively through the simplest individual tool — the appeal. Collective tools do not work: not a single e-petition in five years reached even 5% of the threshold.
1
public consultation in 5 years
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.1
5
e-petitions in 5 years
each collected from 0 to 4 of the 100 signatures required
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.1
Participatory budget: number of projects
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 2.1; 2024 decline — 33%
Conclusion
The structure of public demand points to a focus on basic needs: social support, municipal services, access to resources, support for IDPs. Data on demand and on the degree of impact by policy should be integrated into the community's strategic documents, including the Just Transition Plan, prioritising policies at the “Overcoming consequences” stage.
Source: Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand”, sec. 3 “Consolidated recommendations”
The project "Just Transition of Ladyzhyn Community: Development through Participation and Partnerships" is implemented by the NGO "Civil Society Development Forum" with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).
This material reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the International Renaissance Foundation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH or the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).