On 05 December, 2017 at the premises of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service the Workshop for the civil servants, responsible for the monitoring of the Action Plan for implementing the Public Administration Reform strategy of Ukraine for the 2016-2020 years was held.

The event was organized by the OECD / SIGMA programme in joint cooperation with the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the NAUCS and the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union

The goal of the Workshop was to familiarize civil servants, responsible on monitoring of the Action Plan for implementing the Public Administration Reform strategy of the state government of Ukraine with the process of reporting, as well as to discuss issues related to monitoring the state of implementation of public administration reform.

Deputy State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Tetiana Kovtun welcomed the Workshop participants and emphasized the importance of reporting on the public administration reform in the context of the political dialogue between Ukraine and the European Union.

First Deputy Head of the NAUCS Volodymyr Kupriy stressed that the monitoring and assessment are extremely important for the process of implementing public administration reform and expressed the belief that the support of the OECD / SIGMA program will help to prepare a qualitative report.

During the Workshop, the OECD / SIGMA programme expert, Martins Krievins, presented purposes and preconditions for good monitoring and reporting, as well as characteristics of a good quality report. The Senior Adviser of the OECD / SIGMA programme on policy development and co-ordination Timo Ligi‌, outlined the reporting templates, structure and format of the next Ukraine report.

epresentatives of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Central Government Authorities, Ministries, OECD / SIGMA programme took part in the event.

For reference:SIGMA programme (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) — is considered to be one of the most prestigious analytical centers of the European Union that was launched in 1992 with the initiative of the OECD and the EU.

2017 sees the 25th anniversary of SIGMA, the result of a successful long-term partnership between the OECD and the European Union (EU). In that period, SIGMA has developed into a recognised centre of excellence of public administration reform (PAR) and has worked with more than 30 partner countries to help them to establish professional public administrations, effective financial management and economic development. The most active cooperation was with Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The main goal of the OECD / SIGMA Programme is:

-        strengthening the foundations for improved public governance;

-        support socio-economic development through building the capacities of the public sector;

-        enhancing horizontal governance;

-        improving the design and implementation of public administration reforms.

Technical assistance of the OECD / SIGMA Programme is carried out within the framework of 6 areas:

-        public financial management, public procurement and external audit;

-        public service and human resource management;

-        policy development and coordination

-        public administration reform;

-        service delivery

-        accountability.

Support of the OECD / SIGMA Programme in the area of modernization of public administration can be carried out by means of

-        administrative structures analysis

-        development and implementation of administrative system reforms

-        analysis of the draft laws and programmes suggested

-        training organization and information

-        preparation of technical assistance action plans.