SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Potential and Performance of Ukraine

Maxim Boroda, Project Manager

International Center for Policy Studies, Ukraine

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Project Objective

To increase the capacity of the Ukrainian government and nongovernment policy experts to develop effective

state policy recommendations.

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Project Context• State policy priorities must be set out clearly if

reforms are to be implemented effectively.• Evidence-based analysis helps define these

priorities in a transparent manner.• This is accomplished by benchmarking Ukraine’s

performance on key socioeconomic indicators with that of other countries.

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Project Partners

1. Ministry of Economy

2. Ministry of Finance

3. National Bank of Ukraine

4. State Statistical Committee

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Training Program1. Defining the Goals

2. Choosing Domains of Interest

3. Choosing Indicators

4. Selecting Comparator Countries

5.Choosing a Ranking Method

6. Drafting Recommendations

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

• Government: A competitive Ukraine with a high standard of living.

• NGO: High quality of life for Ukrainian citizens: economic wealth, high-grade public services, and a safe and comfortable environment.

Defining the Goal

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Government:• Economic Development• Resources• Knowledge Economy• Infrastructure• Institutions• Standard of Living• Environment

Choosing DomainsNGO:• Wealth• Society• Healthcare• Education• Environment

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

• EU country• World leader in at least one important domain of

investigation• Common border with Ukraine• Former Soviet republic

46 countries were chosen

Choosing Countries: Government

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

• Begin with all countries

• Drop countries due to data constraints

• Not to exclude important countries

63 countries were chosen

Choosing Countries: ICPS

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

• Ukraine suffered from the problem typical for all transition economies.

• It lacks the achievements of developed countries.

• Simultaneously, it is already deprived of developing countries’ advantages.

Conclusions

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

• Working across government and non-government organizations

• Working across government departments• Building capacity of policy experts to use benchmarking

tools• Debating policy issues across government departments and

between government and non-government organizations• Learning to develop a communications plan to engage with

broader civil society

Successes

SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine

Potential and Performance of Ukraine

Both reports are available at:

www.seppac.ca