Institutional Reforms in Ukraine: the Efficiency of the EU Assistance TRANSPORT, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT
Iryna Protchenko Director of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union
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Institutional building instruments
Twinning (in Ukraine from 2005) – institutional building tool, aimed to help beneficiary countries in the development of modern and efficient administrations and organizations at central, regional and local level, with the structures, human resources and management skills needed to implement the acquis communautaire to the same standards as Member States. Twinning provides the framework for administrations in the beneficiary countries to work with their counterparts in Member States. Together they develop and implement a project that targets the transposition, enforcement and implementation of a specific part of the acquis communautaire.
TAIEX (in Ukraine from 2006) – an external assistance instrument provided by the European Commission to exchange information with the aim of institutional building needed for approximation of national legislation to acquis communautaire
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TAIEX events ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TRANSPORT (2006-2010)
15
17 Environm ent Ene rgy Trans port
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TAIEX participants ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TRANSPORT (2006-2010)
203 396
Environm ent Energy Transport
264
Twinning projects in Ukraine (2005 – 2011 years) 44
45 40
38 TOR for FWC
35 30
30
27
Twinning Fiche
27
25
Call for Proposals
20 Contract 15
12 10
10 5
4
6
6
4 1
9
9
00
2
0 2006
2007
3
33 0
0 2008
Implementation
8 5
5
3 1
11
10
12
5
6 4
Completed 2 Pipeline
2009
2010
Twinning projects: ENERGY, TRANSPORT, NUCLEAR SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Energy (5 projects)
Electricity regulation (completed) Gas regulation (ongoing) Nuclear energy (preparation) Energy efficiency (preparation) Oil-stock agency (preparation frozen)
Environment Space cooperation Transport (5 projects)
Civil Aviation (2 projects – completed, preparation) Transport strategy (completed) Road safety (completed) Multimodal transport (preparation) 6
Achieved results
Development of legislation (Gas Law (National
Enhancing of institutional capacity of the Beneficiaries:
Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine), Transport strategy of Ukraine (Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine), Law of Ukraine on Space Activity (State Space Agency of Ukraine)
Trained staff Enhanced internal organization Improved procedures
Recognition of Ukrainian Beneficiaries by international organizations (State Space Agency of Ukraine)
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Interest in Twinning
Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is the beneficiary of 3 Twinning projects National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine is the beneficiary of 2 Twinning projects State Aviation Service of Ukraine – 2 Twinning projects Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine – 2 Twinning projects 8
Key challenges
Insufficient funding
Inability to cover the entire system of executive authorities – lack of support to institution building at regional level 9
Twinning Projects Financing mln EURO 18 16 14 12 10 8
15
16,8
6 4
9,8
8
4,5
2 0 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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Future Needs in Institution Building Support Future Signature of the Association Agreement between EU and Ukraine (new obligations will need new commitments and capacities) Membership in the Energy Community Necessity to ensure the transition period to join the DCFTA with the EU, harmonization of national legislation with the acquis communautaire, including the implementation of environmental EU directives 11
How to contact us E-mails: iryna.protchenko@center.gov.ua pao@center.gov.ua tel.:
+ 38 044 279 29 26
fax:
+ 38 044 278 36 22
web:
www.center.gov.ua www.twinning.com.ua
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