With CUI’s assistance, Ukraine now has a new policy tool to kick-start the country’s economic recovery. On July 26, 2010, Ukraine’s new Law on Public Private Partnerships (P3) was promulgated by President Yanukovych after being passed earlier by the national Parliament. The legislation will enter into force at the end of October 2010. The P3 Law is expected to create favourable conditions for attracting investments into Ukraine’s economy, which has been in slow recovery since the recent global economic downturn.

CUI recently received approval from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for participation in the 2010-2011 International Youth Internship Program (IYIP).  This year we were awarded a total of 17 internships, which will focus on the areas of planning, sustainable development, economic development, capacity building, knowledge management, gender and youth.  Interns will be placed in 4 countries: Ethiopia, Jamaica, Philippines and Ukraine. CUI has been incorporating interns into overseas development program for over 10 years, and has successfully placed 57 interns in 7 countries to date.

Update: we are no longer accepting applications for the 2010-2011 International Internship Program. 

The Canadian Urban Institute's Jeff Evenson is interviewed in this TV clip from CKWS Television in Kingston about the City's new cultural master plan.

On an annual basis, CUI’s Canada-Ukraine Regional Governance and Development Project (RGD) organizes forums in Ukraine that provide opportunities to reflect on recent achievements of national and regional partners, as well as share these with project stakeholders and beneficiaries.  This year, the 5th Regional Forum was held in Zakarpattya - one of the project’s pilot regions - on June 21, 2010.  The forum brought together heads of the Zakarpattya Oblast Administration, the Oblast Council, public officials, civil society and business sector representatives, as well as former participants of RGD’s practice-based training programs.