Leonid Donos

Association for communities participatory development | Poltava, Ukraine

Leonid Donos has been working to strengthen PB in Ukraine since 2015.  As executive director of the Association for Communities Participatory Development he supports the implementation of PB processes in Ukrainian cities and communities. He also facilitates the exchange of experiences between countries within the framework of the International Forum for Participation Practitioners. As a board member of the international organization “Foundation for Freedom” he works on trust building and good government. He has a background in history, municipal management, urban planning and facilitation. 

Since 2018, his main research topics have been participatory budgets and techniques for citizens’ participation in urban planning, participation for development of the social protection sphere, youth participation, participation of vulnerable and underrepresented groups. He has published several articles, essays and books on these topics. He collaborates actively in a number of projects with international organizations, such as the Council of Europe, Partnership for Local Economic Development and Democratic Governance Project (PLEDDG), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.