ALI releases pilot survey "Analysis of the Socio-Economic Situation in De-Occupied Communities: Kherson Oblast".
Research concept. The materials highlight the general trends in the development of de-occupied communities in the Kherson Oblast. Five indicators are of particular importance:
- Socio-demographic indicators — since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the number of inhabitants in the de-occupied communities of the Kherson oblast has decreased significantly. Due to the rapid and partly chaotic migration processes, it has become more difficult to organise the process of service provision;
- Indicators of infrastructural accessibility — due to the fact that the infrastructure in each community has been damaged and destroyed after the de-occupation and due to the constant shelling;
- Financial indicators — as one of the biggest challenges faced by communities during the war is their financial capacity;
- Indicators of migration processes — almost no community records data on the residence of its residents in other communities, regions or countries, making it difficult to calculate migration trends;
- Indicators of cooperation — international cooperation, cooperation between municipalities and with NGOs can be an additional resource for de-occupied municipalities to optimise services. However, only a small number of de-occupied communities in Kherson oblast make use of this opportunity.
ALI has conducted a study that provides a number of recommendations for the balanced revitalisation of de-occupied communities in Kherson Oblast, taking into account the current indicators and the problems associated with them.
You can read more about the socio-economic situation in the de-occupied communities of the Kherson oblast in the new research by the Agency for Legislative Initiatives.
The research was conducted within the framework of the project “Parliamentary Accountability of the Security Sector in Ukraine” (PASS Ukraine), which the Agency implements together with the Parliamentary Centre, in cooperation with The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and with the support of Canada’s Foreign Policy—Global Affairs Canada as part of the Peacebuilding Program and stability (PSOPs).
