Update on Developments in Ukraine

Mr. Tymofiy Motrenko,PhD, Head of the Main Department of the Civil Service of

Ukraine

September 7, 2010

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• Consensus between Parliament of Ukraine, President of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine

• Leadership of the President of Ukraine in implementation of the reforms

• Program of Economic Reforms: program on the recovery from crisis and structural transformation of the economy

• Committee for Economic Reforms under the President of Ukraine and relevant working groups

• National Anticorruption Committee under the President of Ukraine

• Coordination Center for Economic Reforms Implementation

• State Agency of Ukraine for National Projects Management

Political Context

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• Increasing Ukraine’s position in global rankings:

Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank): raise from 143 (current level of Ukraine) to 68 position (current level of Poland)

Global Competitiveness Index (World Economic Forum) (indicator of quality of public institutions) – improve Ukraine’s position by 5 points every two years

Transparency International – improve Ukraine’s position by 10 points every year

UN On-line Services Rating – improve from 62 (current level of Ukraine) to 32 position (current level of Baltic countries) in 5 years

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Global Сontext: Сriteria of Efficiency

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1. Construction of a marine terminal capable of receiving liquefied natural gas

2. Construction of solar and wind power plants3. Construction of affordable housing, modern systems for solid

waste processing 4. Program on provision of the people with high-quality drinking

water5. Establishment of the national information and communication

network based on 4G technology6. Drafting of a strategic plan and city development projects 7. Raising the quality of maternal and child care8. Drafting and development of the program “2022 Olympic Hope”9. Establishment of a rapid transit line between Kyiv and Boryspil

Airport10.Development of the Ukrainian shipping

Reforms: National Projects

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• Transition to project management

• Co-operation with international organizations, foreign investors, donors, private partners

• Establishment of the working group for the national projects within the Committee for Economic Reforms

• Technical preparation of the projects according to world standards by the first-class experts

New Approaches in the Public Administration

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1.Reform of the public administration and development of the professional associations:• optimization of the system and structure of the public

administration • determination of the legal status and strengthening of

institutional capacity of the professional associations

2.Reform of the civil service system • systematization of the functional management of the civil

service• institualization and development of senior civil service • separation of political and administrative positions in the

public bodies• establishment of the conflict of interest management system

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Administrative Reform (І)

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3. Introduction of the e-government in the system of the public bodies:

• delivering of public services in on-line regime

• electronic documentation-turnover with application of electronic digital signature

• establishment of information and analytical system for the support of the functional civil service management

Administrative Reform (ІІ)

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• National Strategy of the Human Resource Development 2020

• Presidential staff reserve “New Elite of the Nation”

• School for Senior Civil Service

• Reformed National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine

Qualitative Human Resource

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• Draft Law on Civil Service (revised edition)

• Establishment of the National Center for Assessment and Development of the Civil Servants under the Cabinet of the Ministers of Ukraine

• Draft Law on Senior Civil Service

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Leadership Development

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1. 50 % of public administrative services are accessible on-line

2. 25 % of control functions of the state are delegated to professional associations

3. 20 % civil servants at the central level and 10 % at the local level have good command of English (or other official languages of the Council of Europe)

4. 25 % reduction in the number of central public bodies

5. 30 % reduction in the number of local state administrations

6. 10% reduction of the expenditures on the public administration

7. 3 % annual improvement in civil servants’ turnover

8. 90 % of out-coming documents within public administrations are electronic

9. 20 % reduction in the number of civil servants

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Success Indicators of Reforms

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Implementation of the “new wave” reforms as the policy of global reforms and modernization of Ukraine

Effective application of all existing resources and focus on the human resources

Work on the comprehensive projects concerning improvement of the position and role of Ukraine in the world

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Trends and Conclusions for the Future

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Main Department of Civil Service of Ukrainewww.guds.gov.ua

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Thank you for your attention!

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