{"id":1157,"date":"2025-12-19T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wm4u.org.ua\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1157"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:46:43","slug":"with-expert-support-from-wm4u-the-government-improves-procedures-for-intermunicipal-cooperation-in-municipal-waste-management","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wm4u.org.ua\/en\/news\/with-expert-support-from-wm4u-the-government-improves-procedures-for-intermunicipal-cooperation-in-municipal-waste-management\/","title":{"rendered":"With expert support from WM4U, the Government improves procedures for intermunicipal cooperation in municipal waste management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 10 December, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 1634 <em>\u201cOn Amendments to the Procedure for Determining Business Entities Carrying Out the Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Waste\u201d<\/em>. The amendments were developed with the active expert involvement of the WM4U Programme and represent an important step in advancing intermunicipal cooperation within the cluster approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main objective of the Resolution is to improve the procedure for determining business entities responsible for the recovery and disposal of municipal waste, taking into account the needs of intermunicipal cooperation for cluster facilities. This enables communities to pool efforts, plan infrastructure more effectively, and ensure the sustainable operation of waste management facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WM4U experts contributed to the development of the amendments at all key stages \u2013 from analysing the existing regulatory framework and identifying practical barriers faced by communities, to formulating concrete proposals for updating the Procedure. Thanks to this systematic work, clearer and more transparent mechanisms for determining operators of facilities serving several communities were established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For territorial communities, these changes mean:<br>\u2013 expanded opportunities for the joint use of infrastructure;<br>\u2013 reduced financial pressure on individual local budgets;<br>\u2013 greater predictability and transparency of management decisions;<br>\u2013 practical conditions for implementing the cluster approach to municipal waste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adoption of Resolution No. 1634 is a tangible result of WM4U\u2019s expert support aimed at implementing modern European approaches, fostering intermunicipal cooperation, and strengthening the institutional capacity of communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WM4U will continue to support the practical implementation of these changes, assisting communities and public authorities in the transition towards an efficient, transparent, and economically sound municipal waste management system in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1159,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news_category":[],"news_tag":[31],"class_list":["post-1157","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_tag-waste-management-reform"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>With expert support from WM4U, the Government improves procedures for intermunicipal cooperation in municipal waste management | WM4U<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wm4u.org.ua\/en\/news\/with-expert-support-from-wm4u-the-government-improves-procedures-for-intermunicipal-cooperation-in-municipal-waste-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"With expert support from WM4U, the Government improves procedures for intermunicipal cooperation in municipal waste management | WM4U\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 10 December, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 1634 \u201cOn Amendments to the Procedure for Determining Business Entities Carrying Out the Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Waste\u201d. 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