State Bodies

EXECUTIVE BODIES

Ukraine is characterized by a ramified system of executive power bodies, which is remarkable by a somewhat unclear distribution of powers and responsibilities and the lack of balance. This results in the less efficient functioning and excessive structures leading to the worsened capacity of the Government on public policy making and implementation of government programs.

Based upon the sustainable practice of the developed countries and Ukrainian experience, functional review as an important instrument of administrative reform became a basis for monitoring the structure of executive power bodies in Ukraine and its compliance with powers assgined to them according to legislation as well as with governmental priorities.

In 2005-2007, a range of pilot projects were carried out. Diverse approaches to the functional review of executive power bodies were tested, whereby selection of the type and methods of review depended on aims, capacity, resource proposals and political will of the Government:

July, 2005 – Procedure of conducting the functional review of executive power bodies was developed and ratified with the order of the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine from 29.07.2005 # 189 and registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ob 17.08.2005;

March- August, 2006 – a pilot functional review of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Transport and Communications was carried out;

July - August, 2006 – a functional review of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Industrial Policy and Public Investments, in the spheres of scientific, scientific and technical, innovative activity, transfer of technologies and protection of intellectual property was conducted;

August - October, 2006 – collection of primary documents necessary for providing a review of ministries of Ukraine;

October – December, 2006 - a first stage of functional review (normative analysis) of 62 public and republican authorities of the Autonomous Republic Crimea;

January- March, 2007 – functional review of 16 ministries of Ukraine;

March - July, 2007 – functional review of 29 central bodies of executive power of Ukraine;

July – August, 2007 - a pilot reviews of 78 local bodies of executive power in Dnipropetrovs’k oblast; a functional review of 30 republican bodies of executive power in ARE Crimea; functional review of Kiev city and district in Kyiv state administrations; a functional review of local bodies of executive power is in Kiev oblast;

August, 2008 – a horizontal functional review of 63 central bodies of executive power of Ukraine completed.

Results of year 2009 :

- functional review of 25 central executive bodies, 7 regional executive bodies and 6 local governments in the framework to preparations to the final part of EURO 2012;

- functional review of Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine and 27 Regional State Administrations that belong to the sphere of social services providing;

- functional review of Ministry of Regional Development and Constructions of Ukraine;

- functional review of Ministry of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine;

- functional review of Ministry of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine;

- functional review of 64 central executive bodies in the sphere of providing public paid services.

Legislative Framework and Methodology

List of documents related to the legislative framework of functional review (all documents are availible on Ukrainian version of the web-site):

- Law of Ukraine “On State Budget of Ukraine in 2007” (Article 87)
- Decree of the President of Ukraine “About the Concept of Adaptation of the Institute of Civil Service of Ukraine to the Standards of the European Union” from 05.03.2004 # 278

- Decree of the President of Ukraine “About a resolution of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine from 14.03.2005 “About Principles of Reforming the System of Central Bodies of Executive Power” from 15.04.2005 # 658

- Civil Service Development Program for 2005-2010 endorsed by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 08.06.2004 # 746

- Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 16.11.2006 # 70-r “On Formation of the Coordinating Council on the Conduct of Functional Review of Central Bodies of Executive Power”

- Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 15.08.2007 # 657-r “On Approval of the Action Plan on the Implementation of the Concept of Fighiting Corruption in Ukraine “On the Way to Integrity” till 2010”

- Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 19.09.2007 # 745-r “On Approval of the Action Plan for 2008 on the Implementation of the State Strategy of Regional Development for the Period till 2015 ”

- Procedure of carrying out a functional review of executive power bodies ratified by an order of the Main Deparment of the Civil Service of Ukraine from 29.07.2005 # 189 and registred in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 17.08.2005 under # 901/11181

List of documents related to the methodology of functional review (all documents are availible on the Ukrainian version of the web-site):

Form of a passport of functions for the functional review with the purpose of carrying out measures related to the preparation and conduct of the final part of European soccer championship in Ukraine in 2012

Procedure of carrying out functional review of executive power bodies endorsed by an order of the Main Department of the Civil service of Ukraine from 29.07.2005 # 189 that was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 17.08.2005 under 01/11181

Methodological guidelines on filling out the forms required according to the Procedure of carrying out functional review of bodies of executive power that were ratified by an order of the Main Department of the Civil service of Ukraine from 29.01.2007 # 22

Appendix 1 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power
Appendix 2 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power
Appendix 3 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power
Appendix 4 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power
Appendix 5 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power
Appendix 6 to Methodological guidelines on carrying out the functional review of local bodies of executive power

Guidelines on filling the passport of function by structural departments of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (developed by an independent expert - N.I. Baldich)

Guidelines on drafting a final report about the results of functional review of an independent structural department (government body) under the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine (developed by an independent expert - M of F. Kropivkom)

Guidelines on drafting lists of functions of independent structural departments and clarification of the passports of functions under the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, which departments are involved in execution (developed by an independent expert - M of F. Kropivkom)

Guidelines on writing a general report and other materials on the issues of carrying out functional review of local bodies of executive power (developed by a civil service department under the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk oblast)