For several months now, the Kyiv authorities have been unable to determine exactly how to implement Petition No. 14172 on open reporting by the Mayor of Kyiv. Despite the petition being approved back in early June, as of September there is still no date for the meeting, no final format, and no defined procedure for the participation of community residents. The Kyiv City State Administration reported this in response to our information request of July 29, 2026.

The KCSA notes that it is still working through possible formats for an open meeting between the Mayor of Kyiv and the territorial community. Such a meeting must make the reporting public and allow Kyiv residents to take part directly, while also accounting for the security restrictions of martial law. The city authorities are also considering mechanisms that would let Kyiv residents ask questions and submit comments or proposals both in advance and during the event.

The KCSA said the information would be made public once the organizational decisions have been taken. Petro Panteleiev, Deputy Head of the KCSA, has been designated as the person responsible for reviewing and processing the petition.

“The city authorities are still searching for a 'format for implementing' a demand that citizens have already backed, instead of acting under a predefined procedure. I should underline that reporting by the mayor twice a year is an activity required by law — one that the Mayor of Kyiv has not done since 2022. So we have once again appealed to Vitalii Klychko and the KCSA — this time asking that I, as the author of the petition, be brought into its review to help with implementation. It is high time a decision was finally taken and a report delivered to the community,” said Andrii Borovyk, Executive Director of TI Ukraine.

TI Ukraine is also pressing for a systemic solution. A new version of the Charter of Kyiv's territorial community is currently being developed. It should enshrine procedures for public participation and public reporting: deadlines, the sequence of actions, those responsible, the procedure for resident participation, and alternative formats in case of security restrictions. If all the specified requirements are met, the procedure should be triggered automatically — without a separate decision each time. That way the rules will be clear, predictable, and the same for everyone, and citizens' initiatives will be implemented within reasonable time.

In the spring our petition for public reporting by Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko to the community collected the 6,000 votes required for it to be considered.