Between April and August 2024, the RPA team and experts conducted 12 visits to target communities as part of the USAID HOVERLA Project. 

The objective of the project is to provide the selected partner communities of the Hoverla Project with effective tools for local economic development and to increase their capacity to manage and use their cultural and natural heritage for local development. The team and experts visited the Dykanka, Sencha and Orzhytsia ATCs of Poltava Oblast, Teteriv, Cherniakhiv and Khoroshiv ATCs of Zhytomyr Oblast, Hoshcha and Bilokrynytsia ATCs of Rivne Oblast, Zymniv and Shatsk ATCs of Volyn Oblast, and Dovzhany and Horinchiv ATCs of Zakarpattia Oblast. During these visits, they had the opportunity to inspect the tangible heritage of the communities, natural heritage resources represented by the objects of the nature reserve fund, and to get acquainted with the bearers of intangible heritage - masters, traditions and crafts that are an important part of the cultural heritage of the communities.

In addition, the experts and the team had the opportunity to communicate with heritage resource managers and representatives of local governments, which allowed them to obtain additional information for further work on the Rapid Assessment of the Economic Potential of Heritage in these communities. They also met with representatives of creative community foundations and amateur groups, which allowed them to learn new and exciting stories about local heritage firsthand.

The project “Revealing the potential of heritage for the economic development of small communities” aims to increase the economic sustainability of target communities by rapidly assessing the economic potential of their heritage, developing the capacity of local authorities to assess, manage and use existing heritage, and developing effective local development programs aimed at using the potential of local heritage.

This publication were developed by NGO Agency for Private Initiative Development within the project Revealing the potential of heritage for the economic development of small communities and were made possible by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the generous support of the American people through USAID HOVERLA Activity. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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