(5) Main findings and recommendations of the study:
- Reliable air pollution monitoring systems must be established in all regions.
- Data on air pollution must be available online.
- The Resolution of the Government № 827 from 2019 should be updated to enable Regional Environmental Monitoring Centres to be established.
- Education and capacity building of the state authorities is necessary.
- The public must be involved in the regional Air Quality Committees.
- The expert potential of the universities and independent experts should be used.
- Public hearings must be organized and widely announced to discuss the Oblast Air Pollution Reduction Plans.
- The state authorities should cooperate with regional and local self-government bodies.
- Translation of the EU methodologies and guidelines could help to use existing experience.
- The state authorities should use the data produced by citizen science.
(6) Resolution 2019 № 827. Procedure for state monitoring in the field of air protection, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 14, 2019 № 827.
(7) Study “Air Pollution in Ukraine from space” (December 2020): https://cleanair.org.ua/en/publication/air-pollution-in-ukraine-from-space/
(8) Study “Industrial Ukraine: Impact of pollution on inhabitants and the environment in five industrial cities” (December 2018): https://cleanair.org.ua/en/publication/industrial-ukraine-impact-of-pollution-on-inhabitants-and-the-environment-in-five-industrial-cities/
(9) Study “The use of free-range poultry eggs as the indicator of the pollution in Eastern Ukraine” (December 2018): https://cleanair.org.ua/en/publication/the-use-of-free-range-poultry-eggs-as-the-indicator-of-the-pollution-in-eastern-ukraine/