VIKTOR BORSHCHEVSKYI

Professional experience

Many years’ experience in the fields of science, higher education, public administration, and regional development. Work at the Lviv Regional State Administration, the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and the Lviv Institute of Management. Advancement through the ranks from senior researcher to head of the Department of Local Community Development and Cross-Border Cooperation at the Institute of Regional Research. Current position at the Spatial Development Department. Head of the Public Administration Department at the Ukrainian Catholic University since 2019.

Involvement in drawing up the 2015 Lviv Region Development Strategy, which was approved by the Lviv Regional Council in March 2007 (Resolution No. 193 of 13 March 2007), as well as the 2020 Lviv Region Development Strategy, which was approved in January 2016.

Work on community development strategies in Lviv region (Stryiska, Dublyanska, Kozivska), Zakarpattya region (Mizhirska and Horinchivska), and Sumy region (Lebedynska, Chupahivska, and Krasnopilska).

Participation in drafting the 2027 Lviv Agglomeration Development Strategy, as well as the 2022–2026 Socio-Economic Development Plan for Obroshynska Territorial Community and the 2024–2026 Programme for the Socio-Economic and Cultural Development of Bilotserkivska Urban Territorial Community.

The author and co-author of research papers and monographs on regional development, spatial economics, rural development, cross-border cooperation, and regional policy. Involvement in providing a scientific framework for shaping and implementing the development policy for the Lviv region.