Cooperation News
A complex and multi-stage process of selecting judges for the Supreme Court of Ukraine is now underway. The selection process has been undertaken by Ukraine’s High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) under the auspices and with the participation of public sector and international donors. Read more
June has been an eventful month for reforms in the energy sector in Ukraine. The Ukrainian government approved laws on the Energy Efficiency Fund, commercial accounting of utilities, and energy efficiency of buildings, and a law on the electricity market has been signed. Ukraine also celebrated a sustainable energy week, and a number of Ukrainian cities have joined the Covenant of Mayors: an EU initiative aimed at counteracting climate change. Read more
Author: Tetiana Kovtun, Deputy State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers
June 23 is Civil Service Day and, in Ukraine, this sector is on the verge of significant and necessary changes. Read more
For ten years, the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) project has been helping Ukraine bring its legislation in line with European standards and providing support to Ukrainian politicians and officials. Read more
The reform of Ukraine’s public service is one of the most important parts of the country’s on-going transformation. It is difficult to have economic and social systems working efficiently without a modern and competent civil service. Ukraine’s system of public administration, however, has many obsolete structures and functions, and extremely low salaries make the public service uncompetitive as an employer on the national labour market. Read more
The EU-funded “Rada za Evropu” (eng. “Rada for Europe”) project is now started in the Ukrainian parliament. The project aims to improve the legislative process, reform the Verkhovna Rada Secretariat, and strengthen its institutional capacity. The project will also help to enhance transparency in the parliament’s relations with citizens. Read more
Dr. Janos Zakonyi, the team leader of the new EU-funded “Association4U/ Association for Ukraine and for You” project, draws an imaginary line upwards, continues it horizontally, and then pulls it downwards. He is illustrating the lines of communication between Ukrainian government departments dealing with European integration, which must occur via the central administration. “Coordination is always an issue, and not only in Ukraine,” says Zakonyi, who is Hungarian, “We are missing simple communication where officers working in different ministries can call each other and settle a question as a part of normal business.” Read more
