MEETING IN PRZEMYŚL: DIALOGUE ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND EUROREGIONAL COOPERATION
On April 10, 2026, in the city of Przemyśl, researchers from the I. F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine held a meeting with Jan Bartmiński, an economist and representative of local self-government. The event took place במסגרת the tenth seminar “State System in Action.”
The main topics of discussion included the organization and functioning of local self-government in Poland, as well as the experience of developing cross-border cooperation within the Carpathian Euroregion. Participants examined mechanisms of coordination between local self-government bodies of neighboring states, the role of euroregional structures in strengthening good-neighborly relations, and the potential of such formats for the post-conflict recovery of Ukraine’s border areas.
The discussion of the Polish experience in local self-government provided important practical insights. The Polish model, which combines the autonomy of communities in addressing local issues with clear mechanisms of intermunicipal coordination and financial capacity, is of significant interest in the context of Ukraine’s ongoing reforms. Participants emphasized that adapting this experience—taking into account the specific features of border regions—could substantially contribute to restoring the effectiveness of local self-government in Ukraine both during the war and in the post-war period.
The meeting in Przemyśl was the final event במסגרת the tenth seminar “State System in Action” within the framework of the research visit of the Institute’s delegation to Poland and confirmed the importance of deepening Ukrainian-Polish academic cooperation in the field of public administration and regional development.
The event was attended by members of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes of the I. F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, including Doctor of Political Sciences, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Galyna Zelenko; Doctor of Political Sciences Tetiana Liashenko; as well as Candidates of Political Sciences Nataliia Kononenko, Svitlana Stynyk, Rostyslav Balaban, Svitlana Brekharia, and Ihor Symysenko.
