On 29 October 2013 the First Deputy Head of the NAUCS Yulia Kovalevska took part in a 15-th Committee Meeting on cooperation between Ukraine and European Union.

During the meeting the sides discussed issues of bilateral dialogue in political, trade, economic, energy sectors, the issue of sectoral cooperation and collaboration in the field of interpersonal contacts. The parties also signed the Protocol of Fourteenth Committee Meeting.

"Today significant steps towards the reform of the civil service institute in Ukraine and providing professional, politically impartial civil service activity based on democratic values and principles of good governance, modernization of the national system of professional training of civil servants, as well as optimization of state functions on the local level and strengthening responsibility of local administrations in the respective territory have been made"- Yulia Kovalevska said in her speech.

Also she informed participants of the meeting that for the purpose of implementation of the new civil service legislation the NAUCS has developed a number of sub-laws that allow to resolve important issues such as the improvement of the procedure of the formal check, modernization of professional training system, implementation of profiles of professional competence of civil service positions, improvement of service personnel and others.

During her speech, Yulia Kovalevskaya paid considerable attention to modernization of professional training for civil servants and local self-government officials. She stressed that measures conducted by the NAUCS allowed to increase in 2012 by 9% of civil servants and local self-government officials who raised the level of professional competence, to improve the regulatory framework, strengthen the capacity of institutions in organizing training at a high professional level.

Concluding her speech, Yulia Kovalevska informed that the NAUCS consistently works on adaptation of civil service to the standards of the EU.

For reference

Since 2005, according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated October 6, 2005 № 1424/2005 "The issue of implementation of Twinning program in Ukraine" the NAUCS directs and coordinates the activities on preparation and implementation of Twinning program in Ukraine.

In addition, the NAUCS is the national coordinator of the institution building instrument TAIEX and CIB program.