Method 3 of 5
Online survey based on the 12 principles of good governance
How the authorities and the public assess governance, what people know about participation tools and whether they are ready to take part.
Sample
The instrument is a Google Form “Community and Democracy: From Public Participation to Just Transition”. The response bases differ between questions, so the base is indicated next to each indicator.
Who responded (n = 96)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 2. Groups of fewer than 5 people are shown together
Parameters
- collection period: 28.01.2026 – 02.03.2026;
- two parallel questionnaires — for local self-government bodies (LSGs) and for the public, identical in content;
- scale for assessing the principles — from 0 to 4 points;
- 81 of 96 filled in the demographics: women 77.8%, men 22.2%; largest age group — 35–44 years (38.3%).
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 1–2
12 principles: LSGs and the public
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Assessment of Good Governance Principles”: average scores for the 12 principles in two parallel questionnaires; Δ — difference of averages. Largest gap — 2.34 (“usefulness of activities”); lowest score in both groups — meeting voters during scheduled office hours.
3.47 of 4
LSG self-assessment
86.7% of maximum · n = 15
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3
1.72 of 4
Public assessment
43.0% of maximum · n = 78
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3
1.75 points
Absolute gap
3.47 − 1.72 = 1.75 · scale 0–4 · target → 0
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 4, indicator table, row 4
0.50
Relative gap
1.75 ÷ 3.47 = 0.50 (same: 43.7 ÷ 86.7) · target → 0
Source: Consolidated analytical report on the needs assessment for transforming participatory development processes in Ladyzhyn TC, indicator table; calculated from the data of Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”
One governance — two assessments
How to read. When the community's view matches the view of the authorities, the gap is zero. The absolute gap (1.75 points) shows the distance on the 0–4 scale. The relative gap (0.50) means that the community rates governance half as highas the authorities rate themselves. Both indicators should decrease to zero.
Benchmark: on average across CSDF's 80 partner communities, the relative gap is 0.5–0.6.
Awareness of participation tools
28.0% and 40.9% are answers to different questions. The first shows whether a person has heard of participation mechanisms at all; the second, whether they can use them. Before the information campaign began, social media as a source of knowledge about participation tools barely worked — 1.1%.
Level of knowledge (base 93)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Respondents' Level of Knowledge”
Where to find the rules (base 93)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3. Baseline indicator — 40.9%; “cannot navigate at all” — 50.6% = 40.9% + 9.7%
How people learned about the tools (base 93)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Sources of Information about the Tools”
Use of tools
Frequency of use (base 67)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Frequency of Use”. Total active — 62.7%
Tools used (base 67, multiple answers)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Popularity Ranking of the Tools”
Readiness and needs
The gap between the 82.3% ready to take part and the 23.7% who know and use the tools is the space in which the information campaign works.
82.3%
ready to take part in community development
with great pleasure — 35.4% · given support and clear rules — 46.9% · undecided — 15.6% · not interested — 2.1% (base 96)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Readiness to Take Part”
What is lacking (base 67)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Information Needs”
What to develop (base 67)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3
Understanding of just transition (base 57)
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”, sec. 3 “Understanding of the Concept of ‘Just Transition of a Coal Community’”
38 / 28
left a name / phone number for further engagement
39.6% and 29.2% of 96 — an indicator of readiness for further cooperation
Source: Report 03 “Survey Results, Ladyzhyn TC”
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).