The international marathon « Global local self-government solidarity for the sake of welfare of people and the world » is starting at 11.00 am Kyiv time (11.00 am CET) on 18 March.

On the first day of the marathon, a dialogue will be held between representatives of the local self-government, including those of the twin-towns from the countries accepting most Ukrainian refugees: Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, and leaders of the Ukrainian local self-government. Foreign mass media are also invited to participate in the dialogue.

The event is aimed at showing the world a genuine face of the war, started by Russia against Ukraine, and enhancing partnership of the Ukrainian and world local self-government.

The event will be streamed at Facebook-pages of the MinRegion, Programme of the Council of Europe « Decentralisation and public administration reform in Ukraine », « Decentralisation », the Association of Ukrainian Cities and the Association of Municipalities.