АНАЛІЗ A REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF COAL MINING TOWN RESIDENTS IN THE DONETSK REGION THE FUTURE OF A JUST TRANSITION IN UKRAINE: PERCEPTIONS IN COAL MINING TOWNS A report on the results of a survey of coal mining town residents in the Donetsk Region Edited by Anna Bogushenko, Maria Koval-Honchar, and Kostiantyn Krynytskyi November 2020 For the local population to accept future changes, it is essential to engage on local and regional levels right from the start of planning the transition The opening of new innovative enterprises, the development of small and medium-sized businesses will create new jobs and prevent the emergence of a new mono-industry. Dependence on a single economic mainstay must be left in the past The interests and opinions of former miners should be taken into account when designing retraining programmes. At the same time, it is necessary to take the fundamental step of reprofiling higher and vocational educational institutions, which are located in mining communities, and graduate mining professionals. 1