The results of work of Crimean housing and utility infrastructure in 2009 were summarized at the board meeting of the Ministry of Housing and Utility Infrastructure of AR Crimea, which was held in Simferopol on March 3, 2010.

Minister of Housing of AR Crimea Volodymyr Bazhenov reported to the Board on the results of 2009 and informed about the main directions of the housing industry development in 2010-2014.

Decentralization Support to Ukraine DESPRO Project Leader Oksana Garnets held a presentation during which she informed Crimean partners on important indicators and results of the first project phase in Crimea (2007-2009), as well as the major tasks and priorities of the second phase. "Continued support for community projects of decentralized services provision; integration of project experience in the activities of government bodies at all levels; promotion of the establishment of practical methodical and training base for the reforms implementation, the establishment of the effective dialogue between different branches and levels of government; support of a broad discussion of the local government reform in the regions – to name a few tasks we set for the second phase ", - emphasized Oksana Garnets. She also stressed that the opportunity to present the results of the DESPRO project during the final board of the Ministry of Housing of AR Crimea is evidence that Crimean government recognizes the DESPRO contribution to the development of autonomy.

In addition, the chairman of the NGO "Novyi bereh" of the Berehove village in Bakhchysaray rayon Genadiy Stefanovych and the head of the village Pshenychne in Nyzhniogirskyi rayon Yuriy Tymoshenko presented models of decentralized services provision, which they have successfully applied in the implementation of local projects in water supply improvement with the DESPRO support.
The board meeting was attended by the following participants: the First Deputy Minister of Housing and Utility Infrastructure of Ukraine Olexander Mazurchak, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of AR Crimea Aziz Abdullayev, Minister of Housing and Utility Infrastructure of AR Crimea Volodymyr Bazhenov, the heads of executive committees of the city councils of AR Crimea, heads of rayon state administrations of AR Crimea, managers of housing and utility infrastructure enterprises of AR Crimea, the representatives of UNDP CIDP, Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralization Support to Ukraine Project DESPRO and others.