During five recent years, Ukraine’s governmental bodies have been successively using Twinning as institutionalbuilding tool . Last year, when the first Twinning projects were completed in Ukraine, finally the opportunity emerged to evaluate their outcomes. For the first time, one could get answer to a long-standing question whether the results would justify the hopes of the Twinning projects’ initiators, and the most important – whether the civil servants’ efforts and labor input at the preparation and implementation stages are justified? Undoubtedly, the lessons learnt and outcomes of each individual project are somewhat specific. However, general and unquestioning fact is that Twinning proved its efficiency in achieving qualitative institutional shifts and changes in the public administration. Today governmental bodies accept and highly appreciate Twinning instrument.
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.
During five recent years, Ukraine’s governmental bodies have been successively using Twinning as institutionalbuilding tool . Last year, when the first Twinning projects were completed in Ukraine, finally the opportunity emerged to evaluate their outcomes. For the first time, one could get answer to a long-standing question whether the results would justify the hopes of the Twinning projects’ initiators, and the most important – whether the civil servants’ efforts and labor input at the preparation and implementation stages are justified? Undoubtedly, the lessons learnt and outcomes of each individual project are somewhat specific. However, general and unquestioning fact is that Twinning proved its efficiency in achieving qualitative institutional shifts and changes in the public administration. Today governmental bodies accept and highly appreciate Twinning instrument.
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.
