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Civil ServiceCivil Service

Julio NabaisSIGMA

UKRAINEUKRAINEGovernance assessmentGovernance assessment

March 2006

Kiev, 5-Jul-06

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Reforming CS - Why?Reforming CS - Why?

Condition of building a modern stateTo provide appropriate governance

to societyTo support economic and social

development

Having a professional, independent and accountable CS as a condition for implementing other major reforms

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Main problematic areas…Main problematic areas…

Current LCS Salary system Training policy Integrity system HRM tools Guidance capacity

…leading to weak professionalism in CS

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Current LCS - problemsCurrent LCS - problems

Adopted before the Constitution… Several (non systematic) amendments

(gaps, overlaps, fragmented) Main areas of problems:

• Scope: unclear• Rights and Duties, recruitment, promotion,

performance appraisal, discipline: vagueness = arbitrariness

• Remunerations – unbalanced The Labour Code ruling part of the CS

statute

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ScopeScope

Scope: unclear

• Different legal acts, from different entities

• Mixture of political and administrative positions

• Lack of consistent criteria to define CS

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Rights & Duties, Recruitment, Rights & Duties, Recruitment, Promotion, Performance appraisal, Promotion, Performance appraisal,

DisciplineDiscipline

Vagueness of the regulation

Arbitrariness in implementation

Weak guarantees

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RemunerationsRemunerations

• Non unitary system

• Complex (scheme of bonuses)

• Room for arbitrariness in defining individual salaries

• Low salaries

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TrainingTraining

Confusing roles (MCSD/NAPA)Lack of consistent needs assessmentPrioritiesFundingEvaluation

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Integrity systemIntegrity system

EthicsCorruption IncompatibilitiesConflicts of interestPatronage

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HRM toolsHRM tools

RecruitmentJob descriptionsPerformance appraisalDisciplineMobilityPromotion – professional developmentMotivation mechanisms

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GuidanceGuidance

At political level:• The President?• The Government?• The Verkhovna Rada?

At administrative level:• The positioning and the role of the

MCSD

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RecommendationsRecommendations

Clarification of institutional responsibilities Redesign the role and positioning of the

MCSD Adopt a new LCS Reform the salary system Review training policy