ORGANIZERS

National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service

Central executive authority, which ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of civil service and personnel management in state authorities. Among the strategic goals of the NAUCS is the development of a professional, efficient, stable, politically impartial civil service that meets the principles of good governance, standards and best practices of  EU Member States, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

More details here nads.gov.ua


Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union

State institution that belongs to the sphere of management of the NAUCS. Among the activities of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union are scientific, expert, information-analytical, methodological, organizational and other support for the preparation and implementation of programs and activities in the field of civil service and public administration, their adaptation to EU standards, development of public institutions in the context of Ukraine's European integration, the use of institutional instruments in Ukraine.

More details here center.gov.ua

PARTNERS

UN Women in Ukraine

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It is a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, established by the decision of the Assembly in 2010 to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of the world’s women, to improve the efficiency of using available resources, and to consolidate mandates and functions of individual UN entities dealing exclusively with gender equality and the empowerment of women.

The Government of Ukraine and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women Ukraine) signed the Host Country Agreement, which elevates the status of the UN Women in Ukraine to the Country Office. This will broaden the partnership on gender equality in Ukraine and strengthen the implementation of programs aimed at protecting the interests of Ukrainian women.

      Directions:

  • strengthening women’s leadership and supporting women’s participation in political processes;
  • elimination of violence against women and girls;
  • involvement of women at all stages of peace and security development, as well as in humanitarian action;
  • expansion of women’s economic opportunities;
  • ensuring due attention to gender equality issues in the planning and budgeting processes.
The initiative is implemented within the framework of the UN Women project “Gender Equality at the Center of Reforms, Peace and Security”, enabled by the financial support from Sweden.

More details here facebook.com/unwomenukraine

Council of Europe Program “Еnhancing Decentralization and Public Administration Reform in Ukraine”

The program is implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine.

The overall goal of the Program is to ensure effective functioning of the local self-government system in Ukraine compliant with the European standards and good practice and provision of high-quality public services to the population.

The program is composed of the three inter-related components:

  • improvement of legislative framework on local self-government in line with the European standards and good practice;
  • enhancing capacities of local and regional authorities to deliver efficient and service oriented public administration;
  • raising awareness of the results and impacts of decentralization of power and local self-government reform among the general population.

More details here slg-coe.org.ua

Swiss-Ukrainian Project “Decentralization for Improved Democratic Education (DECIDE)”

Swiss-Ukrainian Project “Decentralization for Improved Democratic Education (DECIDE)” is  implemented by DOCCU NGO and Zurich University of Teacher Education (Sweden).

DECIDE is aimed at supporting two key reforms in Ukraine – education and decentralization.

      The project promotes:

  • improvement of the potential of ATCs to design and set in practice the decentralized education management models, including education development strategies and plans and their implementation;
  • improvement of the professional level of local self-government officials of ATCs in general and education administration staff in ATCs;
  • improvement of methods and tools of civil society and citizen engagement in education management.
More details here decide.in.ua

Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine

The purpose of the international work of the Hanns Seidel Foundation is to promote the creation of decent living conditions around the world. Through its projects, the Hanns Seidel Foundation promotes the sustainable development of countries on the basis of democracy, peace and Christian social ideals. At the same time, the principle of “aid for self-help” (providing assistance to states so that they can help themselves) is the main idea of the Hanns Seidel Foundation outside Germany.

More details here hss.kiev.ua

EU4Gender Equality Reform Help Desk Project

The EU4Gender Equality Reform Help Desk Project is a project of international technical assistance implemented by NIRAS and funded by the European Union.

The EU4Gender Equality Reform HelpDesk provides demand-driven assistance to governments on mainstreaming gender equality and women’s rights in new laws, strategies, programs and documents.

More details here euneighbourseast.eu