Ladyzhyn City Territorial Community · 2026
Participatory Just Transition of Ladyzhyn: Results of the Comprehensive Study
Needs assessment for transforming the community’s participatory development processes: five research methods and five years of factual data (2021–2025).
Study findings
5 methods · 5 years of factual data (2021–2025)
12 principles of good governance · 0–4 scale · two parallel questionnaires: LSGs and the public4
One governance — two assessments
Relative gap — 0.50
- 1.75 ÷ 3.47 = 0.50
- the community rates governance half as high as the authorities rate themselves
- absolute gap — 1.75 points
- goal — 0 · average across CSDF’s 80 communities — 0.5–0.6
Public — 1.72 points of 4
- how residents, NGOs and business rated the work of local government
- 43.0% of the highest possible score (4 points)
- rated by 78 respondents
LSGs — 3.47 points of 4
- how councillors and officials rated their own work
- 86.7% of the highest possible score (4 points)
- rated by 15 government representatives
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Each method’s breakdown is behind “Learn more”.
What has already changed
Community Charter
Participatory working group
- 17 members: 11 from local government, 3 NGOs, plus the Association of Coal Communities and CSDF experts
- NGOs in working groups: 0 → 3
- 4 meetings
- 49 proposals, 35 from the public (71%)
Public discussion
- Ladyzhyn City Council website
- E-DEM platform
Public hearings
- 01.12.2026 · 10:00
- offline, on the updated Charter
Projects — into the Just Transition Action Plan
CSDF online consultation
- 16 participants
- 10 organisations
- NGOs and active residents
15 proposals
- 4 formal applications from 2 NGOs
- 4 of 4 made it into the Plan: 3 stand-alone, 1 as part of a larger one
11 proposals in the Plan
- 6 stand-alone projects
- 4 within larger ones: waste management, spatial development
- 1 cross-cutting area of energy resilience
- +2 partly taken into account
6 projects · ≈ UAH 253.5 m
- air quality monitoring
- thermal modernisation of Lyceums No. 3 and No. 4
- variable frequency drives at the water utility
- Energy Efficiency Centre
- inclusive city beach
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Information and awareness campaign
A response to the “82.3% ready — 23.7% know and use” gap. Before the campaign, only 1.1% learned about participation tools from social media.4
All campaign publicationsRecommendations and progress
1Update the regulatory framework+
working group ✓ · public discussion ✓ · hearings 01.12.2026 · adoption
2Engage key actors of influence+
NGOs in working groups: 3 of 4 · NGO applications: 4 of 4 in the Plan · NGO publications about participation: yes, so far in closed groups
3Strengthen NGO — authorities — business cooperation+
from consultation to a partnership ecosystem · start: Regulation on public consultations — pending adoption
4Take public demand into account+
in decisions and budgeting, prioritising policies at the “Overcoming consequences” stage
5Strengthen the capacity of NGOs and initiative groups+
Academy of Participatory Just Transition · start: online consultation of 03.07.2026
6Run an information and awareness campaign+
round 1 ✓ · round 2 under way · 3 more rounds until November 2027
7Other areas+
community vision, community growth strategy, ecology, influential residents, veterans, children and youth · start: Regulation on the school participatory budget — pending adoption
The fill shows indicative progress on each recommendation. Click a row for details.
Sources
- Consolidated analytical report on the needs assessment for transforming participatory development processes in Ladyzhyn City Territorial Community, 2026.
- Report 01 “Analytical Report on the Study of Regulations”.
- Report 02 “Stakeholder Analysis”.
- Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC” (96 respondents, 28.01–02.03.2026).
- Report 04 “Analytical Report on Public Demand” (5,189 appeals, 2021–2025).
- Report 05 “Analytical Report on the Focus Group”.
- City Mayor’s order No. 216-r of 07.07.2026; Charter update working file; project data, October 2026.
- Project G56219 records: online consultation of 03.07.2026, registration forms.
- Published version of the Just Transition Action Plan of Ladyzhyn City Territorial Community (41 projects).
- IAC publications log (SMI_LAD_analytics), 04.06–31.08.2026; IAC passport, round 2 (approved by IRF on 08.10.2026).
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).