On November 23, 2021, within the framework of the cooperation agreement, the director of the Department of Economics and Digitalization of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Natalia Pogrebna held an online lecture-debate for second-year students on "Implementation of modern development policy of the Kyiv region through the eyes of a specialist."
The issues raised for discussion concerned the legal basis for the organization of public authorities and the content of the activities of public authorities. “An important stage in the development of local administrations is the process of decentralization, which has given a new composition of territorial communities and financial and tax opportunities for their implementation of targeted programs. Today, the Kyiv Regional Administration has adopted and launched the implementation of 37 targeted programs for the development of the region, "said the speaker.
The lecturer's coverage of theoretical issues was accompanied by an analysis of legislation in the field of regional development regulation. Natalia Pogrebna analyzed the Law of Ukraine "On Stimulating the Development of Regions", which defines the concepts of "industrial regions" and "rural regions", noting that the ambiguity in the interpretation of concepts makes it difficult to directly determine the status of the district. She focused on the interpretation of the concepts of "problematic" and "depressed" regions, which are enshrined in the Law of Ukraine "On Principles of State Regional Policy", stating that they directly limit the issues of local governance of the territories affected by the Chornobyl disaster.
The Head of the Department also voiced her vision on the formation of policy strategy, identification of strengths and weaknesses, identification of priority areas for development, preparation and approval of an action plan for next year. "The Kyiv Regional Administration plans to attract UAH 13 billion by 2022. These are own and grant projects, projects of the program of the international public help, private investors, Regional Development Agency, which helps to raise funds and support the implementation of investment park projects in the Kyiv region. Also, one of the main tasks of the strategic development program is the implementation of the digitization process in Kyiv region, which is carried out through the use of paperless - a service for companies and entrepreneurs to exchange documents in electronic form, the introduction of digital learning on the platform "Digital Kyiv region", electronic document management, implementation of the concept of start-up communities (electronic hospital, electronic journals of schoolchildren, electronic list of public transport, assessment of the quality of transportation, QR-code when receiving public services, ACTION-business, consultations, services E-Baby)", said Natalia Pogrebna.
Holding such meetings is extremely important today, because thanks to them young lawyers have the opportunity to get acquainted with the practical aspects of their future profession.