Kristaps SOMS is a consultant with the planning unit the De­part­ment of Policy Coordination of the State Chan­ce­llery of the Re­pub­lic of Latvia, an expert of the project „Technical Support to Public Sector Reforms in Ukraine”, and an expert on functio­nal reviews in the Republic of Latvia. He provides expert support to the Center for Adap­ta­tion of the Civil Service to the Standards of the Euro­pean Union in carrying out a functional review of the authorities working in the sphere of social protection. The purpose of the review is to improve the system of social service provision.

Paul MIGUS is an expert in strategic leader­ship advice, service trans­forma­tion, per­for­­mance mana­gement, stra­tegic port­folio management, and change leadership. He was a senior exe­cutive at the Assistant De­puty Minister level in  both the Australian and Cana­dian federal public ser­vices, as well as CEO of St. John Ambulance Canada.Among his many posts, he  has occupied the position of a Chief of Staff and Press Secretary to Cabinet Mi­nisters; Chief Audit Execu­tive/Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Canada; Assistant Deputy Minister of Modernizing Service for Canadians, Social Development Canada and of, Income Security Programs, Human Resources Development Canada; Acting Assistant Deputy Minister of Corporate Implementation Group, Public Works and Government Services Canada; Director General of Portfolio and Strategic Management,  Deputy Minister's Transition Team,  and of Policy and Strategic Planning, Public Works and Government Services Canada; etc.

Paul is a Canadian expert providing support to the Ukraine Civil Service Human Resources Management Reform Project in the area of performance evaluation improvement.  

We are talking with Morten Olesen, Chief Consultant, and Peter Warming, Associate Senior Consultant of the Danish School of Public Administration (DSPA). Today, on May 14, they had a meeting with the Deputy Head of the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine, Andriy Vyshnevskiy, and experts of the School of Senior Civil Service, where spheres of possible cooperation between the DSPA and Ukrainian institutions have been discussed.