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UKRAINE GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT
SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) is a joint initiative of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), principally financed by the EU (www.sigmaweb.org)
In all countries SIGMA aimed at:
- assist beneficiary countries in their search for good governance to improveadministrative efficiency and promote adherence of public sector staff todemocratic values, ethics and respect of the rule of law;
- help build up indigenous capacities at the central governmental level to facethe challenges of globalisation and of European Union integration plans;
- support initiatives of the European Union and other donors to assistbeneficiary countries in public administration reform.
At the request of the Ukrainian government, with the financial support of DFID (the UK Department for International Development), SIDA (the Swedish International Development Agency) and upon the endorsement of the European Commission, SIGMA carried out governance assessment in Ukraine at the beginning of 2006. The assessment was developed according to SIGMA’s competence, methodology and baselines that are usually used to assess public administration in candidate countries.
A final report was delivered in March 2006, and its main conclusions were presented at an international conference “Strategy of Administrating the Reform: SIGMA Recommendations to the Ukraine’s Government” held in Kiev in July 2006. In 2007, SIGMA presented an updated report.
In 2008, the European Commission decided to allow the countries covered by the European Neighborhood Policy to use an institution building instrument of European Commission, SIGMA, in 2008-2011. Active use of this opportunity by Ukraine will enable to engage leading European experts to the adaptation of administrative legislation and administrative justice, cost management, control, internal and external audit, procurement, civil service, policy coordination and regulatory management to the standards of the European Union.
The documents related to governance assessment:
- Ukraine Governance Assessment, February 2007 (English)
- Ukraine Governance Assessment, March 2006 (Ukrainian)
- Ukraine Governance Assessment, March 2006 (English)
Presentations of the international conference “Strategy of Administrating the Reform: SIGMA Recommendations to the Ukraine’s Government” (July 2006):
in English:
- Civil Service Administration Framework General Presentation
- Civil Service Sector Presentation
- Legal Administrative Framework
- PEMS
- Policy Capacities
- PUPS Presentation Ukraine
- Ukraine EA
- Ukraine PIFC4-5 July 2006 Sectoral
- Ukraine PIFC 4-5 July 2006 General Presentation
in Ukrainian:
- Ukr_Civil Service sector presentation
- Ukr_Civil_service_Administration_Framework_General_Presentation
- Ukr_Legal_administrative_framework
- Ukr_PEMS
- Ukr_policy_capacities
- Ukr_PUPS Presentation Ukraine
- Ukr_Ukraine EA_10
- Ukr_Ukraine PIFC 4-5 July 2006 general presentation_3
- Ukr_Ukraine_PIFC4-5_July_2006_sectoral_10
TAIEX is an external assistance instrument provided by the European Commission to exchange information with the aim of institutional building needed for approximation of national legislation to acquis communautaire.
The Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) was founded by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission in 1996 year as a program, that provided an assistance to the candidate countries to manage the issues of introduction of EU legislation (acquis communautaire) in short terms.
The distinguishing features of TAIEX instrument is focusing on solving problems of development and integration, which requires from the beneficiary-countries administrations initiative, independent determination of the necessities, requests preparation and its submitting and at last mobility (it takes 1 or 2 months from the moment of sending a request on-line to the moment of giving assistance) which gives a possibility to use TAIEX for the solution of ad hoc issues.
The services currently provided by TAIEX are:
- Experts sent to a beneficiary country to advise on legislative acts and interpretation of the acquis, or to provide guidance on administrative arrangements for its implementation and enforcement.
- Study visits providing opportunities for officials of beneficiary countries to understand how Member States deal with practical issues related to the implementation and enforcement of the acquis and issues related to the interaction with stakeholders.
- Seminars and Workshops to present and explain issues related to the acquis to a wider audience. Such assistance can be focussed on the needs of an individual country or of a group of countries facing similar challenges. The multi-country format also provides a valuable opportunity to network and to exchange experience between beneficiary countries.
- The beneficiaries of TAIEX assistance includes those sectors, both public and private, who have a role to play in the beneficiary countries in the transposition, implementation and enforcement of EU legislation.
The main target groups are:
- civil servants of public administrations;
- civil servants of administrations at sub-national level; associations of local authorities;
- members of Parliaments and civil servants of Parliaments and Legislative Councils;
- professional and commercial associations representing social partners, as well as representatives of trade unions and employers’ associations;
- judiciary and law-enforcement authorities;
- interpreters, revisers and translators of legislative texts.
The use of an external assistance of European Commission within the framework TAIEX in Ukraine is carried out in accordance with the Procedure for Preparation and Application of Plan of involvement of European Commission’s external assistance in the framework of TAIEX, that was ratified by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 316 dated of April 9, 2008.
Information note on TAIEX operations in Ukraine
Forquestions and proposals please contact:
Natalia Goriainova (044)279-54-30 ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sushchenko olena (044)256-00-89 ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Нормопроектувальна діяльність EN
Policy analysis groups are established as temporary creative teams consisting of civil servants that work upon the search for strategy and ways of addressing a specific actual problem in the priority area of a respective government body.
The legislative framework for the functioning of policy analysis groups includes the following documents:
1. The Program of Civil Service Development for 2005-2010 that was approved by a regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine # 746 of 8.06.2004 with the amendments endorsed by a resolution of the CMU from 03.09.08
2. The order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Functioning of Policy Analysis Groups in Central Executive Power bodies and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine” of 07.02.2007
3. The order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of Measures with Regard to Implementation of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan in 2008” from 06.08.08
4. The Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Canada on the reform of human resources management system in the Ukraine’s civil service that was signed on 26.05.08.
Policy analysis is a set of practical tools on the preparation of policy decisions that includes comprehensive analysis of existing trends and problems, assessment of their causes and implications, formation of alternative ways of problem solving and selection of optimal options.
Participation of civil servants in the functioning of policy analysis groups is classified as in-service scientific research. Policy analysis groups include 10-12 civil servants of III-IV categories representing various structural departments of the respective executive power body, in particular: heads of structural departments on European integration issues, civil servants participating in the elaboration of budget proposals and inquiries of central executive bodies; civil servants participating in the planning of the activity of executive bodies; civil servants occupied with public relations and mass media, and employees of personnel units. Head and composition of policy analysis groups are endorsed by the leadership of a respective executive power body.
Policy analysis groups represent a mechanism of improving the system of planning, making and coordination of public policy in state authorities. Participation in policy analysis groups promotes the formation of practical skills in the sphere of policy analysis, impact of government decisions, benefits and costs, organizations of effective communications. Policy analysis groups proved their effectiveness during the preparation of state authorities to the application of institution building instruments Twinning and TAIEX.
POLICY ANALYSIS GROUPS IN 2009
In its letter from 07.11.08, the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine addressed the Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine with the proposal to form policy analysis groups according to priorities of implementation of the future Association agreement between Ukraine and the EU in the part related to creation of a free trade area. The MDCSU also suggested a tentative list of topics for policy analysis groups.
According to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 18.11.08, the MDCSU received proposals related to eventual content of work and personnel composition of policy analysis groups from the National Bank of Ukraine, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and seventeen (17) central executive power bodies. As a result, in December 2008, ten intergovernmental policy analysis groups were formed to support the establishment of a free trade area, and three groups – related to civil service reform.
The functioning of policy analysis groups in 2009 is distinguished by the preparation to the implementation of the future Association agreement with the EU in the part related to the creation of a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU. In particular, main tasks of the groups include the following:
- to develop sectoral strategies within the framework of meeting commitments under the future Association agreement with the EU that would clearly define tasks and steps related to the Agreement’s implementation, with the consideration of available documents and requirements in this sector, as well as needs for the strategy’s realization (financial, human and institutional);
- to present draft strategies and to discuss them with representatives of Ukrainian business circles and other stakeholders.
List of policy analysis groups to support the establishment of a free trade area with the European Union:
- Development of strategy in the sphere of overcoming technical barriers in trade: standardization and assessment of conformity
- Development of strategy in the sphere of financial services: movement of capital
- Development of strategy in the sphere of public procurement
- Development of strategy in the sphere of sanitary and phytosanitary regulation
- Development of strategy in the sphere of legal protection for intellectual property
- Preparation of strategic policy documents in the transport sphere with the purpose of implementing a future Association agreement with the EU in the part related to the creation of a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU
- Development of mechanisms on the gradual implementation of the Chapters “Environment” and “Trade and sustainable development of the agreement on the creation of a free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU” within the Association agreement between Ukraine and the EU
- Development of strategy in the energy sphere.
- Development of strategy in the taxation sphere.
List of policy analysis groups related to the implementation of priorities of the civil service reform:
- Reforming the classification of positions in connection with remuneration system for civil servants
- Introduction of new approaches to annual assessment of the performance of civil servants
- Reform of the system of professional training for civil servants on the basis of competency profiles for middle and high rank of civil servants
Training program for policy analysis groups in 2009 includes the review of the following topics:
- "Process of policy development – step by step. Documents related to policy planning. Methods of situation analysis”;
- “Problem identification. Results and outputs. Logical matrix”;
- “Formulation of policy goals. Results and outputs. Logical matrix”;
- “Identification and choice of alternative options of solving problems”;
- “Analysis of the impact of government decisions. Risk analysis and cost evaluation”;
- ”Public consultation. Effective communications with stakeholders”;
- “Planning of policy implementation and monitoring”.
POLICY ANALISYS DOCUMENTS 2009:
1. A policy on Overcoming Technical Trade Barriers: Standartization and Confirmity Assessment
(Participants : State Committee on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine,
Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine)
2. Consultations on Improving the Investment Climate in the Agriculture Sector of the Ukrainian Economy
(Participants : National Bank of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of education and science of Ukraine ( State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine),Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine,Ministry of Justice of Ukraine,Ministry of Justice of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine,Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine, State Committee on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)
(Participants:Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, State Tax Administration of Ukraine)
8. Improvement of Risk Management in the Financial Services Sphere in Ukraine
(Participants : Ministry of Finance of Ukraine,Ministry of Justice of Ukraine,State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets of Ukraine, Securities and Stock Market State Commission, National Bank of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice, National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine)
(Participants : Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ministry of Agrarian policy of Ukraine, State Committee for Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine)
The action plan for policy analysis groups for 2009 envisages the conduct of public discussion of respective analytical papers with the participation of stakeholders. International experts having practical work experience in government of the EU member states will be involved in the conduct of training sessions and consultative support for the functioning of policy analysis groups.
Organization of the functioning of policy analysis groups, expert and methodological support for their work are components of the scientific research “Development of policy analysis groups in the system of executive bodies in Ukraine” commissioned by the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to standards of the European Union and implemented by the Center for Social Expertise under the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of Ukraine.
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