On 23 October 2009 a delegation of more than 30 representatives from local communities of 8 rayons in Cherkaska oblast that participate in Community Based Approach to Local Development (CBA) Project, the Project coordinators, and specialsts form Oblast Council visited Pereyaslavsky rayon, Kyivska oblast. Local communities from Kyivska oblast started to cooperate with the Project earlier than communities from Cherkaska oblast, and, thus, they have certain results from its realization to share with their neighbours.

Kyiv, 15 October 2009 - Two years after launching of joint EU and UNDP Community Based Approach to Local Development Project (CBA), more than 400 communities already received more than UAH 80 support for their local development initiatives, with more than 470 000 benefiting of these projects. CBA Project covers all regions of Ukraine

Kharkiv, 14 October - First completed micro-project was inaugurated in Kharkivska oblast: a school bus was procured for pupils from Hohine and Prykilotne villages, Velykoburlutsky rayon. At its first general meeting, community of Prykolotnyanska village council identfied transportation of pupils and pre-school children as a priority problem. Hohine village that belongs to the same village council is situated far from the urban village.

On 24 September repaired secondary comprehensive school was officially inaugurated in Banivka village Bolhradsky rayon. Community of Banivka village defined several problems to solve. And the first and the most pressing problem was energy conservation in the local school through replacement of windows and doors. After approval of MPP the CBA project transferred its 50% share, while 45% was allocated from local budgets and the community collected the rest 5% of the funds.

At the session held on 17 September 2009 Dnipropetrovska Oblast Council allocated and approved financing micro-project of communities – the CBA partners in the sum of UAH 1,794,000.

At the session held on 04 September 2009 Khersonska Oblast Council approved the budget overfulfilment in 2009 and made amendments to the oblast budget. In particular, it made amendments and additions to the Programme of social and economic development of Khersonska oblast in 2009 in the articles related to co-financing of micro-project proposals of community organizations from Skadovsky, Holoprystansky, Velykolepetysky, Hornostaivsky, Velykopilsky rayons from the oblast budget realized in frames of joint EU/UNDP Community Based Approach to Local Development Project. The decision was preceded by a long consideration of the question by Oblast State Admnistration and its departments, standing commissions from Oblast Council. The discussion resulted in selection of 12 objects of social sphere that cannot receive respective share from local village/ rayon budgets till the end of 2009.

On 21 July Oblast Coordination council held a meeting in Sumy with the participation of the CBA management. The meeting was headed by the head of Oblast State Administration Mykola Lavryk and head of Oblast Council Volodymyr Tokar. Agenda of the meeting included the question of the progress in realization of community micro-projects in Sumska oblast. As of today, 14 grant agreement have been signed in Sumska oblast that make provisions for financing initiatives of local communities to improve living conditions in their settlements. Several communities have already managed to hold tenders and are ready to perform scheduled repair works.

Donetsk, 9July 2009 – UN Development Programme in Ukraine, Donetsk Regional State Administration and Donetsk Regional Council have signed a tripartite Partnership Agreement.

Around 20 local councillors from Western Ukraine cities have visited Kirovske and Artemivsk municipalities during the East-West exchange visit organised by UNDP-led "Municipal Governance and Sustainable Development Programme" with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The mayors and local councillors learned the experience of Kirovske in establishing Federation of Associations of Co-Owners of Multi-Apartment Buildings, local policies for establishing the effective owner of residential property and examples of corporate social responsibility at the local level

Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine and representatives of Embassies of Hungary, Poland, Germany and the UK visited Vodiane village of Sofiyskyi rayon, Dnipropetrovska oblast to meet the local community - one of 1000 pilot communities of the EU-funded CBA project.