Government to sign memorandum of cooperation with Stanford

The signing ceremony will be held with the participation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Sayenko reported on his Facebook page.

"Today, we are opening another page in reforming the system of public administration in Ukraine. Francis Fukuyama, a prominent American philosopher, political scientist and professor at the Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, will launch cooperation between Stanford and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers in the reform of the Ukrainian public administration system. Volodymyr Groysman will chair a meeting with state secretaries of ministries and civil servants who were appointed to new posts in ministries as part of public administration reform, and a memorandum of cooperation between Stanford and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers will be signed," Sayenko wrote.

According to him, this event will be the result of the government's prior agreement on cooperation in implementing the reform of the public administration system in Ukraine, in particular the implementation of the Civil Service Feedback Loop Initiative supported by the Professional Government Association (PGA), the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Kyiv School of Economics and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers to conduct a basic study of civil service in Ukraine with the aim of continuous improvement.

"This research will be held in Ukraine for the first time. It foresees interviews with different categories of officials on key parameters of modern civil service, such as meritocracy, autonomy, organizational values and effectiveness. This will help better understand the current state of the state apparatus in Ukraine and work out specific recommendations for solving existing problems," the minister said.

Sayenko expressed confidence that the recommendations made to the government would help improve the state system, improve the quality of government decisions and speed up the development of public administration reform in Ukraine.

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