Agro Perspectiva

Shymkiv: Ukraine and EU work over project to monitor successfulness of reforms and implementation of Association Agreement

11.02.2015 12:04 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — As of yesterday, while speaking at the briefing in Kyiv, the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmytro Shymkiv informed on the establishment of new joint project with the European Commission — the monitoring of successfulness of the implementation of reforms and the fulfillment of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, President Petro Poroshenko Press Office reports. «The project of monitoring of reforms is being elaborated jointly with the EU’s Delegation to Ukraine. The concept is to be presented at the session of the National Council of Reforms,» Shymkiv said. As to the report, Shymkiv noted that there were a lot of critics regarding communications in the implementation of reforms, monitoring and control over the changes. He also told Ukrainian reforms achieved certain progress. Besides, it is to be admitted, Feb 11 is the deadline for applications to the post of Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the contest commission expects about 100 packages of documents from the nominees. Dmytro Shymkiv is confident that the commission will not delay the election of three nominees for the final consideration and approval. He reminded Feb 9 was the deadline for applications to the post of Head of the Project Office for Coordination of Elaboration and Implementation of Reforms. «We expect over 70 applications. The contest is to be finished by February 20,» the Presidential Administration Deputy Head emphasized. As to him, the contest commission of 7 members has been formed. It includes 4 representatives from the EBRD and 3 representatives from the Executive Committee of Reforms: Dmytro Shymkiv, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Foreign Affairs Hanna Hopko and Minister of Economy Aivaras Abromavičius. Dmytro Shymkiv also informed on the progress in the introduction of e-government and e-procurement system. As to him, project «Digital Ukraine» and a series of legislative initiatives are aimed at «unblocking the usage of modern technologies by the public authorities». Thus, in particular, the pilot project of e-procurement had been launched last week; besides, public announcement on the beginning of procurement will take place on Feb 12 with participation of all the participants of the project. As to the report, the Presidential Administration Deputy Head is hopeful that this week Verkhovna Rada will consider draft law «On the Accounting Chamber» initiated by the President. «The draft law has been elaborated with consultative support of the European Commission and the World Bank. The project takes into account the provisions of the world-recognized international standards of INTOSAI and the best practices of the EU countries,» Shymkiv noted.