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The Business Ombudsman Council provides recommendations to state bodies on the basis of individual cases and in accordance with published systemic reports. Here we have collected information on the implementation status of systemic recommendations only.

Report name
Issued recommendations
Execution status

Systemic report "Challenges for government and business in dealing with local government"

To continue setting up ASCs. To improve the quality and level of administrative services being provided, the Regional Development Ministry should, in coordination with other CEBs, ensure that consultative, expert, methodological and other support is provided to unified territorial communities so that they can set up and organize operations to provide administrative services in these centers.

Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services

Implemented
— comments: As of 7 March 2018, 746 ASCs were created. Within the framework of the "U-LEAD with Europe" program, support is provided for creation and improvement of up to 600 ASCs by the end of 2020, including information and communication infrastructure creation.

To organize professional development programs for officials in LGAs, local council deputies, and civil servants at LEBs to improve personnel quality for the decentralization process and the future functioning of local executive bodies and LGAs so that they can properly exercise their new powers; engage relevant state institutions, associations of local governments and civil society institutions in this process.

Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services

Implemented
— comments: The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services with the assistance of foreign partners (DESPRO, GIZ, UNDP, Dialog, U-LEAD, etc.), is carrying out measures to provide methodological and practical assistance to local authorities. Methodological recommendations have been developed; training seminars, lecture courses, exchange of positive experience take place regularly.Methodological support on prevention of corruption is carried out for civil servants and local authorities by the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service together with the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. About 70 000 employees are training each year.

To monitor and evaluate the work of local state administrations and their officials to ensure impartial oversight and greater effectiveness in public administration, in line with the new Law of Ukraine "On the civil service."

Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services

Implemented
— comments: Monitoring and assessment of the of local state administrations and their officials activities is stipulated in the Draft Law "On Service in Local Self-Government Authorities" No.2489.The CMU Resolution No.987 dated 21 December 2011 "On Annual Reports of Heads of Oblast, Kyiv and Sevastopol City State Administrations" obliges the Heads of Oblast, Kyiv and Sevastopol City State Administrations to submit reports annually (by February 1) on exercising the assigned powers by the relevant state administrations as well as on the development status of the respective territory according to the established form.
To join forces with all-Ukrainian associations of LGAs and similar organizations to provide LGAs and LEBs with guidelines for actually carrying out the process of unifying communities, with particular attention to the procedure for transferring contractual commitments.

Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services
All-Ukrainian associations of LGAs

Implemented
— comments: The methodical recommendations were developed and newly elected united territorial communities were provided with the necessary informational materials.

To develop recommended guidelines for local government agencies regarding: compliance of land lease-related regulations adopted by local councils with Ukrainian law; the inclusion of clear rules for clear rules for the LGA and individuals interested in leasing a land plot or extending an existing lease to act, including clear timeframes for LGAs to make decisions to offer or not offer a land plot for lease, a list of required documents, publicly accessible texts of related regulations, and so on.

Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Residential Services
Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food
State Regulatory Service

Implemented