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Discussion "Impact of the Public Administration Reform Coordination Model on Negotiations between Ukraine and the EU", 14 October 2026. UCEP
Discussion "Impact of the Public Administration Reform Coordination Model on Negotiations between Ukraine and the EU", 14 October 2026
Following the completion of the bilateral screening and the opening of the first negotiating cluster, Ukraine is moving into the most challenging stage of the EU accession negotiations, implementation. Its outcome depends not on the pace of the process, but on the institutional capacity of the governance system. Without a professional public administration, the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law risks remaining merely formal and failing the test of practical implementation.
The event will focus on the presentation of the findings of the UCEP and CPLR study "How to Coordinate Public Governance Reform on the Path to the EU" on public administration reform coordination models. The study identifies the absence of a clearly designated owner of this policy, explains why the existing coordination mechanism does not work, and proposes three possible models, providing a rationale for the preferred option. The purpose of the discussion is to gather views and proposals from the institutions responsible for coordinating the reform so that the study's recommendations can be taken into account in future decision-making.
Working languages: Ukrainian with interpretation into English.
The event will be held in a hybrid format (in person in Kyiv and online); the venue will be communicated once registration is confirmed.
Registration is open until 18:00 on 13 October.
The event is organised by the NGO "Ukrainian Centre for European Policy" together with the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office in Ukraine.
Agenda
15:00 - 15:15 Welcome coffee
15:15 - 15:45 Opening Remarks
Oleksandr Korniienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
Asier Santillan, Head of Operations Section "European Integration, Governance and Rule of Law, Civil Society", EU Delegation to Ukraine,
Mārtiņš Krieviņš, Senior Policy Adviser, Head of the Ukraine Programme at SIGMA/OECD (online),
Matthias Barner, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office in Ukraine,
Ihor Koliushko, Chairman of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (online).
15:45 - 16:05 Presentation of the Study
Dmytro Naumenko, Senior Analyst at the Ukrainian Centre for European Policy,
Andrii Zabolotnyi, Expert in the “Governance: Policy-Making, Accountability, Civil Service” area at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform
16:05 - 16:25 Speech of a secret guest
16:25 - 17:05 Panel Discussion “How to Coordinate Public Governance Reform on the Path to the EU”
Maria Mezentseva-Fedorenko, Deputy-chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union (online),
Olena Shuliak, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on the Organisation of State Authority, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning,
Kostiantyn Marievych, State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,
Oleh Voitovych, First Deputy Head and Acting Head of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service,
Oleksandr Saienko, Co-Coordinator of the “Governance: Policy-Making, Accountability, Civil Service” area at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform,
Uģis Siks, EU4PAR Project Lead (online).
Moderator: Liubov Akulenko, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Centre for European Policy
17:05 - 17:35 Discussion, Q&A
State Secretaries of ministries and representatives of non-governmental organisations
Photography will take place during the event. By registering, participants agree that the event organisers may use photographs taken before, during or after the event.
Information is subject to change.
