EU experts ready to help Ukraine implement public administration reform

04.05.2020 12:36

Ukrinform

Ukraine has made progress in policy coordination, introduction of digital technologies in public administration and ministries’ reform, but European experts are ready to continue to help to make quality changes in the field.

This was discussed during the EU-Ukraine political dialogue, the press service of the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine informs.

"European experts emphasized the importance of public administration reform in Ukraine, expressed their readiness to continue supporting it at the expert, technical, and financial level, as well as to provide expert assistance during the discussion of draft laws in Verkhovna Rada’s relevant committee," the statement reads.

As a result of the meeting, the parties agreed to work towards drafting amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service”, especially with regard to enhancing the stability of the civil service, improving the competitive procedure, reforming remuneration, introducing job classification, enhancing the ability of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service to protect civil servants' rights and introducing modern personnel management tools.

The experts also intend to submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and accompany a bill on administrative procedure that will help to establish more predictable and fair rules of interaction of citizens and business with the state.

As noted, the Ukrainian and European sides agreed on a procedure for preparing government decisions in accordance with the recommendations of the SIGMA Program, in particular regarding strategic planning and implementation of the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) in pilot agencies.

In addition, the experts intend to continue to simplify and digitize public services.