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Role and services
Victor MaziarchukHead of FEAO Ukraine
Founders, 2015
Timeline
2015.10 Start
2015.11 Letter of Intent
2016.02 Kick off event
2016.08 New team
2016.12 Mid term review
2019.01 Part of VRU
2017.04 New structure
Objectives
Enhances the effectiveness and quality of economic and financial legislation being produced by the VRU
Increase the utilisation of financial information available in Ukraine for effective oversight and scrutiny
Beneficiary
Committee on
Economic Policy
Committee on
Industrial Policy and
Entrepreneurship
Budget Committee Committee on
Taxation and Customs
Policy
Committee on
Financial Policy and
Banking
Committee on Social
Policy, Employment
and Pension Provision
Committee on Fuel
and Energy Complex,
Nuclear Policy and
Nuclear Safety
Committee on State
Building, Regional
Policy and Local Self-
Government
Products & Services
Reactive (by request)
Proactive (working
plan)
FEAO products
I) Products:Quarterly budget review Budget best practices
II) Financial/economic synthesis (1 page):InfographicsAccounting chamber 1 page reportReports of State Agency reviews
III) OtherAnswers of State agency - Monthly budget revenue and expenditureMethodology of financial and economic analysis of draft Laws
I) Products:Legal researchSocio-economic researchCost benefit analysisFinancial analysis
Products & Services
Written Oral
69 requests
Products
InfographicsProducts Accounting Chamber reports
Analysis and research
State budget effectiveness
Sobolev Egor – Head of Committee on Corruption Prevention and Counteraction, MP
2016 December 1. Request to FEAO 2. Performance budget implementation: Ukrainian case -
FEAO analytic3. Letter to Prime-minister and Minister of Finance to
solve problem that was figured in FEAO analytic
2017 January1. MP receive answers from Prime-minister and Minister
of Finance.2. FEAO help MP with new request to Minister of finance
– budget program efficiency analysis
2017 March1. MP receive answers from Minister of Finance.
Analysis and Research
State budget effectiveness:
Shkrum Aljona - Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government , MP
1. MP send request to FEAO 2. Calculation for 17 Ministries sum of money that were
returned to state budget - FEAO analytic3. MP send request for all 17 Ministries4. Receive all answers5. Together with FEAO analyses answers and help with
new answers 6. MP send new request to FEAO 7. Calculation for 67 State Agencies sum of money that
were returned to state budget - FEAO analytic8. MP send request for all 67 Ministries9. Receive answers – still now not all
Analysis and ResearchParliamentary Control over Government:
Yednak Ostap - Committee on Environmental policy, MP
1. Receive FEAO analytic – Accounting chamber report2. Send request to FEAO3. Receive FEAO analytic 4. Send parliamentary request (Speaker of parliament
announced this) to the Prime-minister5. Waiting for a response
Analysis and Research
Parliamentary Control over Government:
Markevich Yaroslav – Budget Committee, MP
1. Request to FEAO – Best practice of verification2. Present report to MP3. Preparing presentation and discussion at the Parliament
report – when Ministry of Finance send to Parliament Law about Verification
Analysis and ResearchParliamentary Control over Government:
Ryabchin Aleksey – Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety, MP
1. The FEAO processed 4 requests on:- Energy ombudsmen- Energy cooperatives - Financial evaluation of draft law – Energy ombudsmen- Financial evaluation of draft law – Job creation energy
efficiency
2. 5th request is being developed
Products
Series budget infographics
1. General budget process2. Budget preparing3. VRU adopt State budget4. Budget execution
Products
Series State Fund of Regional Development infographics
Indicative analysis of functions
Successes
1. Establishing as a research unit in the VRU due to good quality analyses
2. Strengthening relationships with some committees, MPs, staff
3. Filling a gap in analytical staff capacity
4. User-friendly products, e.g. use of infographics
5. Deep-dive studies, e.g. on consumer rights
6. Growing communications about FEAO
7. Repeat demands for support
8. Confidence of GIZ with work of WFD
New structure
Head of Office
Budget cluster
1) Senior economist
2) Analyst
3) Analyst
Financial issues
1) Senior economist
2) Analyst
Economic issues
1) Senior economist
2) Analyst
Cross-Cutting Issues
1) Senior economist
2) Analyst
Communication manager
Legal expert
I) Committee on State
Building, Regional Policy and
Local Self-Government
II) Committee on Economic
Policy
III) Committee on Industrial
Policy and Entrepreneurship
I) Budget Committee I) Committee on Taxation
and Customs Policy
II) Committee on Financial
Policy and Banking
I) Committee on Fuel and
Energy Complex, Nuclear
Policy and Nuclear Safety
II) Committee on Social
Policy, Employment and
Pension Provision
Request form
http://rada.gov.ua/
https://feao.org.ua
facebook:feao.vru
Communication Tools
Office space in the VRU
Materials available at:
i) FEAO website - 895 people/month
ii) FB page - 959 people
iii) monthly newsletter – 1380 people
Contributing to the parliamentary TV channel
Following the Committees’ agenda and participation in the Committees’ meetings
Networking with MPs’ service
Delivering advise to the Committees’ staff
Collaboration with media outlets and NGO