The first meeting of the Expert Committee on Economic Development (KER) took place in the Lutsk City Council, during which a "Protocol of Intent" was signed between the USAID project "Economic Development of Cities" (ERM) and the Lutsk City Council. The protocol certifies the parties' desire to cooperate on the development and implementation of the city's economic development strategy. This was reported to ZIK on June 30 by the press service of the Lutsk city mayor.
The Expert Committee on Economic Development, created by order of the city mayor, included community leaders – heads of enterprises, city council deputies, employees of executive bodies, scientific and educational institutions, and public organizations. In the process of strategic planning, the KER will make all decisions regarding the directions and priorities of the future Strategic Plan for Economic Development of the city, and specialists of the ERM project will provide methodological support for the committee's work.
The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize the Committee members with the content and schedule of work on strategic planning, which will continue over the next several months, and to affirm their intention to devote part of their time to volunteer work for the community. Using a similar methodology, ERM project experts have already helped develop Strategic Plans for Economic Development in 16 cities of Ukraine.
"I will personally monitor the activities of the expert committee in order to establish the local government as a reliable partner. The city's economic development is an area in which we must work persistently in order to clearly know the prospects for development," emphasized city mayor Bohdan Shyba during the meeting.
In addition to the city mayor, the meeting was attended by ERM project director Howard Ockman, deputy city mayors Petro Hotsaliuk and Vladyslav Stemkovskyi, local economic development advisor Ihor Parasiuk, and independent local economic development consultant Oleh Savchuk.
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