Civil Service Reform in Ukraine

Ukraine’s strategic goal in adopting the European Union principles for its public administration has plotted the path for the introduction of deep structural changes in all spheres of social, political, and economic life, and the reform of public administration and the civil service. In fact, this course is one of the priority reforms for the President, the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ukrainian Parliament. This chapter is devoted to a retrospective review of the public administration system in Ukraine, an overall assessment of progress in key sectoral reforms and analysis, as well as trends and prospects for the development of the public administration and civil service. It focuses on such issues as improving the quality of government decision-making and the distribution of functions among state authorities, as well as improving public services delivery, the introduction of electronic government and the formation of a professional civil service. The research focuses on the results and prospects of public administration reform, and in particular, the issues of improving the quality of government decisions, the clear subordination and distribution of functions of public authorities and their interaction with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; improvement of administrative services; introduction of electronic document management system; and the formation of a professional civil service.