At the end of 2025, a webinar was held for members of IDP Councils, focusing on key changes in public investment management and the new opportunities offered by the DREAM platform. The event helped participants gain a deeper understanding of how communities can plan, review, and monitor investment projects more effectively, ensuring transparency and accountability in decision-making.
The speaker of the webinar was Serhii Yatskovskyi, Executive Director of the Association of Territorial Communities of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, national expert on local self-government, trainer, and member of the Coordination Council on Internally Displaced Persons in the Khmelnytskyi Municipal Territorial Community. His expertise helped participants understand both the theoretical background and the practical aspects of implementing the Public Investment Management (PIM) reform at the community level.
During the webinar, participants explored what public investments include and how these processes relate to the needs of internally displaced people. One of the sessions focused on the community budget process — from planning to reporting — and the role of IDP Councils in shaping investment decisions within the PIM reform. Participants also learned about the DREAM digital platform, which helps verify investment projects and track their implementation. They discussed how a community’s Statute can ensure systematic participation of IDP Councils in budget discussions. The final part of the event included an interactive session where participants identified investment needs and developed recommendations for local authorities.
For those who want to revisit the materials or watch the webinar for the first time, we are sharing useful resources. The speaker’s presentation is available via the link (Ukrainian language). The recording can be found on the YouTube channel of the CF “SSS”. We also invite you to subscribe so you don’t miss new webinars and analytical materials (the webinar is in Ukrainian):
The webinar is organized within the project “Supporting the Capacity of State Institutions and Local Communities to Strengthen the Social Protection System in Ukraine,” implemented with the support of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Ukraine.
This publication was made with the support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine. The content of the publication is the sole responsibility of the Charitable Organization “Charity Foundation “Stabilization Support Services” and does not reflect the views of UNHCR.
