On April 20 of this year, another seminar "Principles of Strategic Planning in Communities" was held in the urban-type settlement of Shatsk, conducted by experts on the development and implementation of territorial community development strategies of the Volyn Regional Fund of Investment and Development. The scientific seminar was attended by workers from various sectors of this settlement, as well as representatives of the settlement council. The latter took on the responsibility of facilitating the further organization of work on developing the strategic development plan for the urban-type settlement of Shatsk. The next meeting of the working groups is planned for May 25 of this year. Recall that the seminar is being conducted by the VRFID within the framework of the project "Dissemination and Replication of Successful Strategic Planning Methodologies in the Field of Local Self-Government among Heads of Village and Settlement Councils of the Volyn Region," which is being implemented with the support of the Eurasia Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). According to VRFID experts, in order to familiarize more citizens with the basic principles of the process of strategic planning for territorial community development, a multi-level system of informing village and settlement council workers, as well as the population, will be organized within the framework of the project, which will include the following steps: publication of a methodological guide on strategic planning "Strategic Planning: The Path from Idea to Reality," holding a regional competition "My Useful Deed Done for the Community," holding 165-hour seminars for heads of village and settlement councils of Volyn "Principles of Strategic Planning in Communities," publication of a monthly newspaper "Community Herald," provision of legal, social, and organizational services during the implementation of youth projects in settlements of 16 districts of the region, and organization of an information and consultation "hotline."