On April 17, 2014 in the premises of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service (hereinafter – the NAUCS) the meeting of the First Deputy Head of the NAUCS Yulia Kovalevska with the Senior Advisor of the SIGMA Programme on public finance and audit Joop Vrolijk was held.

During the meeting it was agreed to involve the SIGMA experts in reviewing the draft laws of Ukraine “On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine” and “On Service in Self-government Bodies”.

The SIGMA programme expert reported on possible carrying out the review of the government system of Ukraine in 2015. Similar analysis was conducted by the SIGMA programme in 2007. It was organized in accordance with 7 base benchmarks including policy forming system, administrative law base of the public administration, human resource management on the civil service, public finance management, public internal financial control, public procurement system, external audit.

Yulia Kovalevska expressed her gratitude to the expert for the review having been conducted and underlined the importance of cooperation between the NAUCS and the SIGMA programme in the area of public administration and civil service reform.

For reference:the SIGMA Programme (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) was founded with the initiative of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the EU. It is considered to be one of the high-profile analytical centers which plays the key role in preparation of the candidate countries to the EU accession and support to the public administration reform.

The main objective of the Programme is support to modernization of public administration of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through conducting analysis of the draft laws, administrative structures, training organization etc. These systems promote the EU accession of the countries; contribute to strengthening of democratic institutions and public finance management as well as integration into the world economy.

Areas of the SIGMA Programme involvement:

• Public administration and civil service;
• Public finance management including budget policy, financial management and monitoring, internal and external audit;
• Public procurements;
• Administrative services.