Analysis of the urban planning “reform” (bill 5655). Cultural Heritage
The draft law proposed by the leader of the “Servant of the People” party, Olena Shulyak (5655), was criticized by the media and civil organizations for over a year. The President emphasized that he did not sign this initiative because it was his own decision. At the end of 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers published a resolution that duplicates the provisions of the criticized draft law by the European Parliament and the European Commission.
Georgiy Mohylnyy, an expert from the civic initiative “Holka,” analyzed the draft law concerning cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is an element of national security, and the state must take measures to preserve it. The detailed analysis can be found at the following link (a 92-page document) or downloaded as a PDF from this page.
You can also familiarize yourself with the analytical articles by Georgiy Mohylnyi on this topic:
- “Cultural risks 5655: How does urban planning ‘reform’ affect cultural heritage?” – “Mirror Weekly“
- “Does the computer not take bribes? What is being pushed under the guise of ‘digitization’?” – “Glavkom“
- “The clone of the scandalous urban planning ‘reform’. What Kubrakov put under the Christmas tree?” – “Left Bank“
The government resolution-clone of the urban planning ‘reform’, which appeared on December 13, 2023, at the initiative of the Ministry of Regional Development, repeats a number of provisions of the controversial urban planning ‘reform’ (5655), which President Volodymyr Zelensky refused to sign. This is stated in the document “Strengthening Long-Term Stability in Ukraine. Fighting Corruption in Times of War“, published by Chatham House — the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London).
In this section of the Chatham House report, reference is made to the analytical article by the civic initiative “Holka”: “The clone of the scandalous urban planning reform. What Kubrakov put under the Christmas tree”, in which analyst Georgiy Mohylnyi analyzed bill 5655 by MP Olena Shulyak (“Servant of the People”) and the government draft resolution-clone submitted by the Ministry of Regional Development.
Note: Chatham House is the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a leading global policy institute headquartered in London. Its mission is to help governments and societies build a sustainable, secure, prosperous, and just world.
Analytical materials can be found below.
