Power to the cities! Money to the communities! \nWays of strengthening local self-government in the context of administrative-territorial \nreform in Ukraine \n \nOn 29 May (Monday) 2006, from 12.00 to 14.00, on the web resource \n"Real-time Internet conferences" (www.conference.osp-ua.info) an\nonline Internet conference will be held by Kovel city mayor Serhiy Kosharuk, who\nwill present his own vision of ways to uplift Ukrainian cities. \n \nFor discussion at the Internet conference, the mayor of Kovel proposes to raise the following problematic\nand acute issues of today: \n \n1. How to change the system of state governance and local self-government in order to\nbring power closer to the community? \n2. Which model of administrative-territorial reform is most acceptable for\nthe full and self-sufficient development of the city community? \n3. What should the financial base of local self-government be in order to protect the system\nof power from bribery and artificial redistribution of money? \n4. How to streamline the system of tax revenues and deductions from the city budget?\n5. How to attract investment to the city?\n6. Is it expedient to abolish the delegated powers of local self-government bodies? \n7. What should a modern city mayor be like?\n\nDear ladies and gentlemen! The Kovel city mayor is open to communication with you!\nDo not be indifferent! You have the opportunity to put your questions to Serhiy Kosharuk\nright now, as well as in real time \non the website www.conference.osp-ua.info. \n \nThe Internet conference will be held within the framework of the project of the Institute for Social Transformation "Information support for the development of local democracy in the context of\nadministrative-territorial reform in Ukraine", which is being implemented under the\nMatra KAP programme of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine. \n