Government budget: usual delay Public Control
As required by law, the Cabinet of Ministers had to present Ukraine’s 2015 draft budget by September 15, 2014, but failed to do so. The violation of the budget adoption procedure entails many negative consequences.
Ukraine to fund political parties from public purse Public Administration
A newly adopted Anticorruption Strategy 2014-2017 contains a provision for direct public funding of political parties. Right now, there is only a general description of this idea that raises a need for an additional legislation in this regard. The success or failure of the idea would eventually hinge on the quality of that additional legislation.
Challenges for local budgets (infographics) Local Budgets
Everyone talks about decentralization in Ukraine today, but only few really know what it is. In fact, the most important aspect of decentralization is redistribution of resources between the central and local authorities. This infographics explains how the central and local governments interact with each other today and exposes core challenges.
Laid off civil servants: where are they? Public Administration
New Ukrainian politicians have been discussing civil service cuts since they came to power. Has anything changed? Not a lot.
GDP per capita and election Public Control
GDP per capita growth is a common promise in action plans announced on the eve of the election by the Ukrainian politicians. Some of the problems associated with that is that politicians’ plans are often too ambitious and that many of them use “GDP per and capita” and “peoples' wellbeing” interchangeably.
State budget for dummies Public Control
Autumn is the busiest period of the budget process. This is that time when the following year’s budget is being planned, discussed and approved. There are mentions of the budget everywhere. In order to feel yourself comfortable in this discussion, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the structure of the state budget. If you would like to learn even more, please visit ‘Budget of Ukraine’.
Reforming the Ukrainian supervision system: Not bad, but there is room for improvement Public Administration
The Cabinet of Ministers reduced the number of state supervision agencies by half: from 56 to 27. Overall, this reform has been designed with the latest and best world practices in the field of public administration in mind. Nevertheless, changes in the numbers of agencies, functions, and employees are not going to automatically increase the quality of public services. In order to achieve that goal, the government will have to introduce additional reforms.
“The Receipt from the State” application: How it works Public Control
“The Price of the State” website allows everyone, using “The Receipt from the State” application, to calculate how much he or she pays in taxes each year and how the government allocates his or her tax money. The only information needed to do this is the person’s monthly net salary and budget for goods and services. This article aims to clarify how the application works.
