Author: Sentiabov Anton

Training for LSGs and CSOs: Capacity Building and a New Educational Module at CLS

The Resource Center of the NGO "Center for Community Development Logistics" develops the direction of training and capacity building of local governments and public organizations as an integral part of the systemic development of communities.

In 2025, we started a partnership with Oksana Romaniv, within which we are working on creating a training module in the CLS digital platform. The goal of this direction is to provide local governments and CSOs with convenient tools for planning, organizing, and monitoring the professional development of community specialists.

What does the educational direction entail?

The CLS training module is designed as a practical tool that will allow:

• plan the training and development of community professionals;
• link educational needs with real community development goals;
• track progress and learning outcomes;
• generate analytics for managers and teams.

Training is viewed not as a one-time event, but as a continuous process integrated into the daily work of local governments and public organizations.

Who is this direction for?

The training module in CLS will be useful:

• local governments — for team development and improving the quality of management decisions;
• Civil society organizations — to strengthen expertise, work with projects, and interaction with communities;
• community professionals — for conscious professional development and exchange of experience.

The Resource Center plans to support communities and CSOs not only in implementing the tool, but also in training them to work with it, adapting it to the needs of a specific community, and further developing the educational direction.

#ResourcesForCommunities #StrategicCommunityDevelopment #DigitalCommunityModels #DevelopmentStrategy #CLS #MomentumForCSOs

Community Development Strategies and Digital Models: Experience in 2025

In 2025, the NGO "Center for Community Development Logistics" worked with territorial communities to develop development strategies using digital tools and analytics. Strategic documents were formed together with digital community development models, which allow the strategy to be used not only as a text document, but as a practical management tool.

Work on strategies is carried out using the CLS digital platform, which covers 32 areas of community life and ensures the involvement of residents and local governments in determining development priorities.

In 2025, the resource center team was strengthened, which made it possible to expand the scope of work and reach a larger number of communities. The support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the Impulse project allowed us to attract additional specialists to our team and ensure systematic work with strategic planning and digital models of community development.

Status of community development strategies in 2025

Approved strategies and digital models:

• Dariv territorial community;
• Starovyzhiv territorial community.

Public discussions:

• Hnizdychiv territorial community.

Final stage of development:

• Ustilug territorial community;
• Zaturtsivska territorial community;
• Ovadnivska territorial community.

In the development process:

• Korosten territorial community;
• Вишнівська територіальна громада;
• Seversko-Donetsk territorial community 

How we work with strategies

The resource center provides communities with:

• digital strategy builder;
• a survey tool for residents and local governments;
• analytics and dashboards based on survey results;
• the possibility of further monitoring the implementation of the strategy.
• training, support and consultations.

This approach allows communities to move from formal strategic documents to living and transparent development management mechanisms that can be updated, analyzed, and used in daily work.

For public organizations

If you are a civil society organization and want to initiate the development of a development strategy for your community, you can contact our resource center. We provide training on how to use the tools, provide access to the CLS platform, and support the entire process — from data collection and citizen engagement to the formation of a strategic document and a digital community development model.

Thanks to partners and communities

We would like to express our special thanks to our partners, village and city councils, as well as communities who entrusted us with the work on strategic development. Your readiness for change, openness to working with data, and the implementation of more transparent governance mechanisms are the basis for real transformation of communities and sustainable development of territories.

#РесурсиДляГромад  #СтратегічнийРозвитокГромад  #ЦифровіМоделіГромад  #СтратегіяРозвитку  #CLS  #ІмпульсДляГО

Support for community infrastructure projects: from idea to feasibility study

The NGO "Center for Community Development Logistics" provides communities and public organizations with practical support in preparing infrastructure and social projects - from forming a request to preparing feasibility studies (FES).

Within the framework of the infrastructure and investment direction, the resource center team advises local governments and public organizations and, together with them, develops design solutions for social, medical, and public infrastructure facilities.

Feasibility studies prepared

Over the past few months, the resource center team has prepared feasibility studies for the following projects:

• Borodyanska TG, Borodyanka village, Kyiv region — creation of a veteran hub (building reconstruction), Parkova St., building 7-D;
• Lutsk City Community, Lutsk, Volyn Region — arrangement of a branch of the Municipal Enterprise "Volyn Regional Psychiatric Hospital of Lutsk of the Volyn Regional Council";
• Ovadnivska TG, Verba village, Volyn region — major renovation of the village club building, Shkilna Street, building 2;
• Ovadnivska TG, Ovadne village, Volyn region — major renovation of the catering unit of the general secondary education institution "Ovadne Village Lyceum";
• Starovyzhivska TG, Stara Vyzhivka village, Volyn region — installation of a hybrid solar power plant for the Starovyzhivska Multidisciplinary Hospital;
• Vyshnivska TG, Volyn region — major renovation of the building of a health care and social assistance institution (rehabilitation center).
• Boryslavska TG, Boryslav, Lviv region—. Building of preschool educational institution No. 20
• Boryslavska TG, Boryslav, Lviv region—. Building of the general secondary education institution of I-III degrees No. 4
• Odesa TG, city Odesa, Odesa region — Current renovation of part of the premises for the creation of the Mental Health Center of the KNP "Odessa Regional Children's Hospital" at the address: Vitalia Nesterenko Street, 3

All of the above-mentioned facilities have prepared feasibility studies. At the same time, the feasibility study is a complex and costly stage of preparing an infrastructure project, without which moving on to the next stage — finding funding and submitting applications to donors, government programs, or international financial organizations — is impossible.

The Resource Center does not charge a fee for preparing a feasibility study, but expects communities and public organizations to be willing to work consistently. Before developing feasibility studies, the community goes through the stage of forming a digital development model, which is based on surveys of residents and local government bodies in 32 areas of life. This allows you to make sure that the projects meet the real needs of the community and have a strategic justification.

The ability to prepare feasibility studies, engineering calculations and 3D architectural solutions is provided by the work of engineering and design specialists involved in the resource center. This area of ​​our activity was strengthened thanks to the support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the Impulse project. It is at this stage that a qualitative basis is formed for the further implementation of projects and attracting financing.

#ResourcesForCommunities #StrategicCommunityDevelopment #DigitalCommunityModels #DevelopmentStrategy #CLS #MomentumForCSOs

Resident survey and analytics: how communities determine development priorities

Involving residents in determining development priorities is a key component of community strategic planning. 

In 2025, the NGO "Center for Community Development Logistics" expanded its work in this direction, combining digital tools, communication support, and analytics.

Surveys are conducted using the CLS platform and cover 32 areas of community life, which allows for the collection of structured data and the formation of informed decisions regarding the future development of communities.

Survey of residents in communities

Over the past few months, resident surveys have been conducted in the following communities:

Ovadnivka territorial community, Volyn region — 67 questionnaires;

Ustyluzh territorial community, Volyn region — 195 questionnaires;

Zaturtsivska territorial community, Volyn region — 151 questionnaires;

Hnizdychiv territorial community, Lviv region — 36 questionnaires.

The survey results became the basis for forming digital community development models, identifying priority projects, and preparing development strategies.

Communications team and resident engagement

In 2025, the resource center's communications team was expanded, which allowed for a significant increase in the direction of involving residents in planning processes. The expansion of the team was made possible thanks to support within the framework of the Impulse project, which made it possible to work with communities more systematically and reach a wider audience of residents.

Individual community websites and “live” surveys

A separate website is being developed for each community, which is used as the main platform for conducting surveys of residents. In the future, such a site can be used by the community for other purposes - repeated surveys, consultations, collecting proposals, and communicating with residents.

Surveys are “live”: results are automatically displayed on analytical dashboards in real time. This allows communities, local governments, and public organizations to immediately see the dynamics of responses, analyze the data, and use it to make decisions.

For public organizations 

Civil society organizations can contact the resource center to organize surveys in their communities. We provide tools, communication support, and analytics to ensure that citizen engagement is systematic, transparent, and beneficial for the further development of the community.

#ResourcesForCommunities #StrategicCommunityDevelopment #DigitalCommunityModels #DevelopmentStrategy #CLS #MomentumForCSOs