All-Ukrainian Union for Supporting of Local and Regional Сommunities
All-Ukrainian Union for Supporting of Local and Regional Сommunities
All-Ukrainian Union for Supporting of Local and Regional Сommunities
The organisation includes more than 470 large non-governmental regional organisations from all over Ukraine and cooperates closely with the Parliament of Ukraine, the Association of Small Towns of Ukraine, and the Institute of Regional Development of Ukraine. All-Ukrainian Union for Supporting of Local and Regional Сommunities provides comprehensive support to local and regional communities to address key issues. These include legal issues, compensation for war damage, tracing individuals and facilitating sanctions against them based on Ukrainian, UK and international law. The organisation works under the Memorandum of Friendship and Cooperation between Ukraine and the UK.
Legal support is provided by British Legal & Consulting Group and Benchers Law Firm.
Organisation code in the registry of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
#45609444
Patrons of Honor
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Lady Olga Maitland
A British journalist, author, and Conservative politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam from 1992 to 1997. Lady Olga Maitland has been active in defence advocacy and international business development.
At the request of our organisation, during the visit of Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boichenko, which we organised, Lady Olga Maitland kindly agreed to meet with him.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden,
Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Catherine Irene Jacqueline Meyer, Baroness Meyer
A British politician, businesswoman, and Conservative life peer. In 1999, she founded the charity PACT, now known as Action Against Abduction. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed her as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Ukraine in October 2020.
At the request of our organisation, during the visit of Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boichenko, which we organised, Baroness Meyer kindly agreed to meet with him.
Patronage Council
Ihor Ostash
Chairman of the Board of Patrons
Special Representative of the President of Ukraine for International Affairs
He worked in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for 12 years - from 1994 to 2006.
He worked as the head of the secretariat of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
In the Parliament of Ukraine, he headed the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2002, was Vice President of the OSCE from 1999 to 2005.
During the conflict over the island of Tuzla, he headed the parliamentary VSK to ensure parliamentary control over the regime of the state border of Ukraine in the area of the island of Kosa Tuzla (2003).
In 2006, he was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, where he worked until 2011. From 2016 to 2022 he was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon.
Carl Bildt
Swedish politician, diplomat, former Prime Minister of Sweden
Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994.
Leader of the Moderate Coalition Party of Sweden from 1986 to 1999.
In 1995-1997, he served as the EU Special Representative for the former Yugoslavia and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in 1999-2001, he was the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans.
From October 2006 to October 2014, he was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden.
Oleh Valendiuk
Member of the Board of Patrons
Managing Partner, Attorney at Law,
State Counselor of Justice of the Third Class
Oleh worked as Deputy Head of the Main Department for Representation of Citizens and the State in the Supreme Court of Ukraine and High Specialised Courts of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
He was the First Deputy Prosecutor of Kyiv and the First Deputy Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
He worked as Deputy Head of the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
Former Head of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
Managing partner of Benchers Law Firm
Bohdan Danylyshyn
Member of the Board of Patrons
Professor of Economics
He served as Chairman of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Former Minister of Economy of Ukraine. The International League of Economists recognised him as the best Minister of Economy since Ukraine's independence.
Since 2014, he has been the Head of the Research Institute of Regional Studies, which operates as part of the unified educational and scientific complex of the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University.
Since 2016, he has been the Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine. In 2019, he was re-elected Chairman of the NBU Council.
Chairman of the Management Board
Vadym Kostin
Head of the Journal Investigations Department of the International Anti-Corruption League.
Technical Director of KNIF (Kemp's New International Federation) USA
Personally conducted seminars on combat edged weapons for Norwegian special forces.
Personally conducted seminars on wielding combat edged weapons for employees of the holding of security companies "Sheriff", "Top defence" Israeli security and others.
Project Manager
Nataliya Matkovska
Project manager of all projects of All-Ukrainian Union for Supporting of Local and Regional Сommunities
Implemented projects:
‘Water for the future - modern standards for the rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure’
‘Renovation of the sewage pumping station in Uman’
‘Safe water for the city of Rivne’
‘Safe water for the city of Kherson’
Conducting a study in Ukraine by King's College London
The project partners are the Association of Vodokanals of Ukraine and the Kharkiv Institute of Single Crystals.
Heorhii Pobereznyk
Internal Communications Manager
Igor Ostash and James McCain
Our main patron, Igor Ostash, recently held an important business meeting with his long-time friend, James McCain, son of the legendary politician John McCain. During the conversation, Igor shared the future plans of our organisation, and we are pleased to announce that Mr James has expressed his willingness to support our initiatives.
This meeting is another important step towards the implementation of our ambitious projects, and we are grateful for Mr James' trust and support. Together with such partners, we are confident that we will be able to achieve significant results.