These are the people and places I would send you to. None of these organizations funded this book or reviewed this site. Listing them is my recommendation, not their endorsement.

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A mayor or hromada head can start with the four metropolitan areas that have organized. A drafter of national law can start with What to Read. A teacher or student can start with the Harvard program. A practitioner in America or Europe can start with the National Association of Regional Councils or METREX.

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In Ukraine

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Lviv Agglomeration (lvivagglomeration.org.ua)

What it is: An association of 13 hromadas, formed in April 2024 while Ukraine was at war.

Start with: Its development strategy, the first written for a Ukrainian agglomeration.

How I know them: I spoke at the forums in Lviv in October 2025 and October 2026. In conversations with Roman Kizyma, its executive director, and his team, I saw how much Ukrainian practitioners had already figured out for themselves.

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Kyiv Agglomeration (www.kyivaglomeracia.org.ua)

What it is: An association founded in 2019 by 19 councils, with 18 members as of June 2026.

Start with: Its About page, in Ukrainian.

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Ivano-Frankivsk

What it is: Fifteen communities signed a memorandum at Halych in January 2026 to form an agglomeration around the city. They have no association yet.

Start with: The Decentralization portal's report on the signing.

How I know them: I spoke at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in October 2026.

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Kryvyi Rih

What it is: Fourteen of the 15 hromadas of Kryvyi Rih raion signed a memorandum on September 3, 2026, widening one signed in May. They have no association yet.

Start with: The city's page on the signing, in Ukrainian.

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The Decentralization portal (decentralization.ua/en)

What it is: The place to follow Ukraine's local-government reform, in Ukrainian and English.

Start with: Its agglomeration news.

How I know them: The book's notes lean on it.

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The Community Recovery Academy (rec-academy.org/en)

What it is: A nationwide project that trains municipal managers for Ukraine's recovery, built by the Association of Ukrainian Cities and Mariupol Reborn with universities and international organizations. Its second cohort held its final workshop in April 2026.

Start with: Its site, in English and Ukrainian.

How I know them: I helped develop its curriculum.

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In Europe

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METREX (eurometrex.org)

What it is: The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas.

Start with: Lviv's member page.

How I know them: My work with the National Association of Regional Councils drew me into METREX, to conferences in the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Poland.

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In America

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National Association of Regional Councils (narc.org)

What it is: The American councils' association, which calls itself "the national voice for regionalism."

Start with: Its About page.

How I know them: I co-chaired its Major Metros Committee.

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In the classroom

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Advancing Sustainable Development of Ukraine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

What it is: A course for Ukrainian professionals working on reconstruction, now in its third round.

Start with: The course page.

How I know them: I advise participants in the program.

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Links checked November 2026.