Ukraine’s integration into Europe is a complex process that extends well beyond the adaptation of European standards into the Ukrainian reality. Duration of this process depends to a large extent on the collective investment of knowledge, commitment and actions realized incrementally through day-to-day efforts. Civil servants have a critical role to play in this transformative process — possessing the potential to positively affect the pace of reform through their competence, their proactivity and their commitment. Established in April 2004 as the Center for Support of Institutional Development of the Civil Service, and subsequently renamed the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union in June 2008, the Center’s goal is that of increasing civil service standards through the merging of national administrative traditions with international best practices in public administration. The Center seeks to establish an appropriate legal framework for the civil service, to build institutional capacity across government institutions, and – most importantly – to affect change in civil service culture through the promotion of a vision for a modern, professional, ethical civil service in Ukraine.
CENTER FOR ADAPTATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TO THE STANDARDS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 15 Prorizna Street, Kyiv, Ukraine 01601 tel (044) 278-36-50, 278-36-44 e-mail center@center.gov.ua www.center.gov.ua
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MODERN APPROACHES in supporting civil service function
EUROPEAN ORIENTATION in modernizing of public administration
OPENNESS in building broad consensus
Improving the legal framework for the civil service
Functioning as the Twinning Programme Administration Office
Publishing of informational and analytical materials on modern international and national civil service trends
Developing the system for civil service human resources management Implementing elements of e-governance, including development of a national electronic database of personnel files for civil servants and employees of local self-governance Studying the history of the civil service in Ukraine and its national administrative traditions
Coordinating and monitoring Twinning, TAIEX and SIGMA institution building instruments Developing the network of policy analysis groups in the system of central executive government institutions as a mechanism for improving policy planning and coordination Administering and continually improving the Registry of State Functions as an innovative instrument for public administration reform
“The Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union was established with the aim of strengthening cooperation between Ukraine and EU in the areas of public administration and civil service reform and improving the coordination of institution building mechanisms within the context of EU integration” Statute of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union, adopted by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated June 4, 2008 # 528
Publishing periodicals in the area of public administration and civil service reform within the context of European integration Promoting and broadening bilateral international cooperation and strengthening Ukraine’s role in international organizations Organizing expert and public discussions regarding priority issues respecting public administration and civil service reform