Uzhhorod and Budapest’s 3rd District to Become Sister Cities!

On May 6, an important visit took place at the City Hall of Budapest’s 3rd District, organized by the Carpathian Platform in partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Cities.
During the meeting with the leadership of Óbuda, the parties discussed areas for future cooperation and, with the support of the Carpathian Platform, agreed to sign a sister city agreement between Uzhhorod and the 3rd District of Budapest.

This is a significant step toward strengthening international partnerships, sharing experience, and launching joint projects!

Carpathian Platform is proud to announce its official partnership with Jerusalem Independence Day!

We are honored to support this meaningful annual event, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, which celebrates freedom, unity, and a deep respect for history. Jerusalem Independence Day brings communities together in a shared spirit of remembrance and solidarity — values we strongly uphold.

This year again, April 24, it was our honor to co-organize the “International Scientific and Practical Conference National Strategies for Economic Development in a Global Environment". For the Carpathian Platform in the panel discussion (via zoom) spoke from Romania Nasty Vladoiu and from Slovakia Ivan Štefanec and Tomáš Zálešák. We consider these meetings on economic cooperation to be of utmost importance in times of international crisis.

Now we are Associated Partner of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine too! For us, this is a sign of trust, a growth milestone, and a step toward new horizons. We keep moving forward, evolving, and joining forces!

The international scientific and practical internship program for the group of teachers of the Department of International Economic Relations and Business of the Faculty of International Relations of the State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute" has been organized by the international non-governmental organization "Carpathian Platform" within the framework of the stakeholder initiatives of this institution. The internship lasted more than three months, from December 2, 2024 to March 20, 2025 and consisted of three parts of a scientific and applied program focused on studying the problems of regional development and finding ways to resolve them, which are in the focus of activities of "Carpathian Platform": • "Carpathian Platform is a public organization that promotes the development of the Carpathian macroregion" (30 hours / 1 ECTS credit); • "Competitiveness of the countries of the Carpathian region in the context of the transformation of the European economy" (30 hours / 1 ECTS credit); • "European "Green Deal" - the main direction of activity of the Carpathian Platform" (30 hours / 1 ECTS credit). The total amount of practice is 90 hours / 3 ECTS credits. Based on the results of the internship, a discussion of the achieved results was held and the main

Within our programme of uniting Ukrainian and Slovak cities at 3 of April in Levoca a work meeting took place between mayor of Zhovkva Oleg Volskyi and mayor of Levoca Miroslav Vilkovskyi.

Both sides achieved cooperation agreements and established two-way communications. As far as Zhovkva and Levoc are under the auspices of UNESCO,mayor of Levoca shared with his positive experience of restoration and reconstruction of historic and cultural monuments.
Following the results of the visit until the end of the year both sides are preparing the programme of the productive cooperation between this cities.We express gratitude to our partners from Асоціація міст України, Олександр Слобожан
Yulia Bandura for their support and help in organising of such meetings.
We will continue working towards partnership relations between Ukrainian and Slovak cities.

In line with our ongoing collaboration with Асоціація міст України, a regular working meeting was held between Khotyn Mayor Andrii Dranchuk and Spišské Podhradie Mayor Michal Kapusta. The meeting resulted in the decision to launch joint projects in 2025.

In partnership with our decentralisation expert, Miroslav Kollár, we hosted the most recent online conference between the mayors of Khotyn (UA) Andrii Dranchuk and Spišské Podhradie (SK), Michal Kapusta. We see significant potential for further collaboration and are already preparing a joint visit to facilitate a personal meeting.
We would like to extend our gratitude to our colleagues from the Асоціація міст України, in particular to Олександр Слобожан and Yulia Bandura, for their assistance in this matter.

On 14 November, representatives of the Carpathian Platform took part in the meeting of the Slovak-Polish Working Group on Economic Cooperation and the Slovak-Polish Working Group on Cross-Border Transport Connections, which was organised by the Slovak Ministry of Economy and the Polish Ministry of Economy. The Chairman of the Carpathian Platform delivered a presentation on the necessity and potential for the advancement of green energy in the Carpathian region, particularly in terms of cross-border collaboration between Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.

We were delighted to participate in this event once again and extend our gratitude to the Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky for this invitation and this opportunity. Looking forward to our future next meetings and projects.

From Monday (11.11) to Wednesday (13.11), the mayors of Buysk (UA, Rostyslav Slipiec) and Spišskie Podhradie (SK, Michal Kapusta) held a series of working meetings. The meeting saw the discussion of numerous potential areas of collaboration, with the first steps set to commence shortly. Additionally, a visit by the Mayor of Spišské Podhradie, Mr. Kapusta, to Bujsk was also planned.

We would also like to extend our gratitude to our expert on decentralisation and work between municipalities Miroslav Kollár 2014-2022 and our partners Асоціація міст України and personally its representative Oleksandr Slobozhan, for their invaluable support and assistance in organising this meeting.

We are now initiating work on projects to facilitate inter-city cooperation.

Today, as part of the EU-Ukraine cooperation and centralisation initiative, we held a meeting between the mayors of Spišské Podhradie (SK) and Buysk (UA). The meeting was a great success and marked the beginning of a new phase in the development of relations between the cities, which is an important step in the advancement of inter-regional cooperation and the European integration of Ukraine.

Big thanks to the mayors Michal Kapusta (SP) and Rostislav Slipiec (BS). In addition, we would like to express our gratitude to our team member Miroslav Kollár 2014-2022, our expert on local self-governance and decentralisation.