Reform Priorities
Annex 1. Key reforms and expected deliverables of the Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine.
Date: December 2019
All deadlines are set in an optimistic mode (sufficient resources, including personnel, are provided)
# | Key Reforms | Expected Deliverables | Start | Expected terms | Major Risks |
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1 | Railway sector reform |
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1.1 | Adoption of draft law “On Railway Transport of Ukraine” | Law “On the Railway transport of Ukraine” compliant with the EU acquis part of the AA, adopted by the Parliament. RST input. Support of the discussions in the Parliament and with the stakeholders. Drafting (assisting in drafting) amendments (comments) to draft law. Drafting (assisting in drafting) priority implementing legislation. Developing road map of necessary secondary legislation and institutional and organizational actions according to draft law.
| November 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side, time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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1.2 | Establishment of the Railway Administration | Operational Railway Administration. RST input. Assisting in drafting acts of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Railway Administration establishment, in developing structure and functions of the new established organization. Supporting of the discussions with stakeholders. Assisting in analysing the orders of MoI on the railways transport in the period of 1994-2004, internal acts of Ukrzaliznytsia for creating the legal base of functions of Railway Administration.
| September 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient political will to support propose reforms. Long time-consuming process of approval of secondary legislation. Possible to realize after adoption law “On Railway Transport of Ukraine”. |
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1.3 | Revising railway tariff system and tariff base calculation | Liberalized railway tariff system. RST input. Assistance in reviewing of the railway tariff system and in preparation of the new model for base tariff calculation (freight and passenger) by key components (infrastructure, traction, wagon). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval process. Assistance in reviewing of the passenger tariff structure and preparation of proposal for the compensation mechanism for socially regulated sensitive tariffs. Analyzing of the current legislation, draft law, drafting the new methodology for calculating tariffs on access to infrastructure. Assistance in approving of the new railway tariff methodology compliant with EU Directive 2001/14/EU. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval process. | August 2017 | December 2019 | Lack of commitment from UZ side and insufficient provision of required information Approving new railway tariff methodology possible to realize after adoption law “On Railway Transport of Ukraine”. |
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1.4. | Improvement of railway processes and services, attraction of investment to railway sector | Developing railway infrastructure. Railway processes and services improving. RST input. Assistance in attraction of investments to railway infrastructure (railway stations, HSR project etc). Analyzing and preparations propositions for improvement of railway governance, processes and services. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval process. Assistance in preparation, adoption and realization of projects.
| April 2018 | December 2019 | Lack of commitment from UZ side and insufficient cooperation between stakeholders. |
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1.5 | Introducing public service obligations concept for passenger’s transportation stipulated by the European legal framework | RST input. Supporting in iimplementation of suggested approach. Assistance in conduction pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Assistance in developing secondary legislation.
| November 2018 | December 2019 | Time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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2 | Road Sector Reform |
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2.1 | Weight control system implementation | Operational Weight-in-Motion (WiM) systems RST input. Supporting in development and approval the draft legislation, assisting in implementation of the legislation. Coordination of activities on the weight control implementation pilot projects. Supporting for dissemination the results from the pilot project implementation for all territory of Ukraine.
| February 2018 | December 2019 | Limited administrative capacity of responsible institutions to check compliance of carriers may lead to some operational problems during the project implementation. |
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2.2 | Adoption of drafts road transport law compliant with the EU acquis requirements
| Law n°7317 on road safety, Law n° 7386 on access to the profession of road transport operator, Law n°7387 on dangerous goods transportation compliant with the EU acquis requirements, adopted by the Parliament and implementation started. Other legislation compliant with the EU acquis requirements on road transport is drafted. RST input. Support of the discussions in the Parliament and with the stakeholders. Drafting (assisting in drafting) amendments (comments) to draft laws. Drafting the implementing legislation for transposition of the EU legislation. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning road transport. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval process.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side, time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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2.3 | Alteration of road management system and road works - restructuration of the state monopolist JSC “Automobile Roads of Ukraine” (DAK) | DAK system is reorganized. RST input. Organization of due-diligence of the DAK. Analysis the results of due-diligence of the DAK. Supporting the preparation of reform plan. Supporting the implementation, the reform plan. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| February 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient support from State Automobile Road Agency (Ukravtodor) management and other stakeholders. |
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2.4 | Improvement of processes and services in road and automobile sphere, attraction of investment to sector | Developing road infrastructure. Road processes and services improving. RST input. Assistance in attraction of investments to road infrastructure (road building projects etc). Analyzing and preparations propositions for improvement of road governance, processes and services. Assistance in preparation, adoption and realization of projects. Supporting the implementation of international contract conditions. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning road processes and services (including EU regulations requirements). Support decentralization in road sector. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| June 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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3. | Maritime Sector Reform |
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3.1 | Implementation of Ukrainian responsibilities regarding maritime safety and protection of maritime environment as member of IMO
| Corrective action plan approved, and its implementation started RST input. Supporting the implementation of recommendations of IMO audit. Assistance in developing and approving of the Corrective action plan. Drafting (assisting in drafting) the required primary and implementing legislation to cope with the gaps identified in the IMO audit report and for transposition of the EU legislation. Supporting the Ministry’s efforts to make appropriate primary and secondary legislative changes in response to IMO audit findings Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| June 2018 | December 2019 | Limited administrative capacity on transport acquis requirements of the responsible institutions involved may lead to some operational problems during the project implementation. |
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3.2 | MARAD functioning | Operational MARAD RST input. Development propositions for capacity building and functioning of MARAD. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning sufficient functioning of MARAD. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| May 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient support of all related stakeholders |
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3.3 | Alteration of maritime management system - Corporatization of USPA
| Corporatization of USPA. RST input. Assistance in the preparation to corporatisation and its implementation. Assistance in development and implementation principles of corporate governance. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation and documents. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| March 2018 | December 2019 | Lack of cooperation will |
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3.4 | Adoption Methodology of calculation of port dues | Adopted Methodology of calculation of port dues RST input. Developing the draft Methodology of calculation of port dues and its updating. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| May 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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3.5 | Improvement of processes and services in maritime sector, attraction of investment to sector | Developing maritime infrastructure. maritime processes and services improving. RST input. Assistance in attraction of investments to maritime infrastructure. Supporting and coordination the project of concession of Yuzny port. Developing documents concerning the project of concession of Yuzny port. Analyzing and preparations propositions for improvement of maritime governance, processes and services. Assistance in preparation, adoption and realization of projects in maritime sphere. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning maritime processes and services (including EU regulations requirements). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| December 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side, time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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4. | Inland WaterwaysSector Reform |
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4.1 | Adoption of IWW draft law | IWW Law compliant with the EU acquis part of the AA, adopted by the Parliament. RST input. Support of the discussions in the Parliament and with the stakeholders. Drafting (assisting in drafting) amendments (comments) to draft law. Drafting (assisting in drafting) priority implementing legislation.
| February 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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4.2 | Improvement of processes and services in iww sector, attraction of investment to sector | Developing iww infrastructure, iww processes and services improving. RST input. Assistance in attraction of investments to iww infrastructure. Analyzing and preparations propositions for improvement of iww governance, processes and services. Assistance in preparation, adoption and realization of projects in iww sphere. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning iww processes and services (including EU regulations requirements). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes. Assistance, preparation and supporting Dnipro development initiatives projects.
| February 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side, time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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5. | Aviation Sector Reform |
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5.1 | Increasing links between EU and Ukraine | Links between EU and Ukraine increased. RST input. Analyzing and preparations propositions for increasing links between EU and Ukraine. Coordination and support of attraction of new airlines to the Ukraine. Developing documents, drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning links between EU and Ukraine.
| September 2017 | December 2019 | Excessively time-consuming process with regard to the adoption of the prepared and coordinated legal drafts both laws and bylaws. |
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5.2 | Adoption of Strategy of aviation development 2030 | Strategy of aviation development 2030 approved. RST input. Developing the draft of Strategy and its updating. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes. Drafting (assisting in drafting) priority implementing measures.
| October 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation |
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5.3 | Assistance in implementation of EU Common Aviation Area agreement | EU Common Aviation Area agreement implementation RST input. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning implementation of EU Common Aviation Area agreement. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| September 2017 | December 2019 | EU Common Aviation Area agreement does not enter into force. |
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5.4 | Improvement of processes and services in aviation sector, attraction of investment to sector | Developing avia infrastructure, avia processes and services improving. RST input. Assistance in attraction of investments to avia infrastructure. Supporting and coordination the project of concession of multimodal avia terminal Bila-Tserkva. Developing documents concerning the project of concession of multimodal avia terminal Bila-Tserkva. Analyzing and preparations propositions for improvement of aviation processes and services. Assistance in preparation, adoption and realization of projects in aviation sphere. Drafting (assisting in drafting) legislation concerning aviation processes and services (including EU regulations requirements). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes. Supporting and coordination of regional airports development measures. | December 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side, time consuming negotiations. Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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6. | SOEs reform |
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6.1 | Updating the list of companies under the Ministry in need of corporatization and privatization | Updated the list of companies under the Ministry in need of corporatization and privatization. RST input. Analysis and developing propositions to list of companies under the Ministry in need of corporatization and privatization. Assistance in development of the roadmap for corporatisation and privatization for selected priority SOEs under the Ministry. Developing documents and assistance in drafting legislation concerning the corporatization and privatization. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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6.2 | Alteration of SOEs management system | SOEs management system changed. RST input. Assistance in implementation boards in selected SOEs. Assistance in the preparation to corporatisation selected priority SOEs under the Ministry and its implementation. Developing documents and assistance in drafting legislation.
| August 2018 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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6.3 | Conducting a set of transparent competitions for appointment of 10 directors of SOEs under the Ministry’s control | 10 directors of SOEs under the Ministry’s control appointed based on results of the transparent competitions.
RST input. Assistance in developing requirements for directors of SOEs under the Ministry’s control. Developing documents and participation as expert institution in competitions.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Lack of activity of the nomination committee. Insufficient political support and commitment, excessive critics from the public side. |
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6.4 | Supporting for improving staff efficiency | Staff efficiency in selected SOEs improved. RST input. Developing propositions for improving staff efficiency. Organizing workshops, seminars, trainings etc. Assistance in developing related documents.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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| Sustainable financing for the infrastructure projects |
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7.1 | Attraction investments, grant support, international technical assistance in transport sector | Investments, grant support, international technical assistance in transport sector attracted. RST input. Assistance, organizing, supporting attraction investments, grant support, international technical assistance in transport sector. Cooperation with EU, EBRD, EIB, WB, financial institutions. Assistance in the elimination of infrastructural bottlenecks program realization, preparation pipeline of projects and its approval with the European Commission and banks via Neighbourhood Investment Facility, including 200 mln EURO grant support. IFIs financing Counsel coordination and development. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders. | August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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7.2. | Developing Ukraine Investment Plan for EaP countries | Developed Ukraine Investment Plan for EaP countries RST input. Developing draft Ukraine Investment Plan for EaP countries, supporting in implementation. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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7.3 | Creating the list of infrastructure projects | Developed online register of with prioritization criteria according to the best EU practices. RST input. Developing online register of with prioritization criteria according to the best EU practices. Implementing online register of infrastructure projects with prioritization criteria according to the best EU practices. Training MoI stakeholders. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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7.4 | Developed pipeline of projects, prepared projects under the elimination of infrastructural bottlenecks program | Pipeline of projects, prepared projects under the elimination of infrastructural bottlenecks program developed. RST input. Developing Pipeline of projects, prepared projects under the elimination of infrastructural bottlenecks program. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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7.5. | Infrastructure project cycle management reform | Approved plan for improving the infrastructure cycle management RST input. Cooperation with the EU financed project. Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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8 | Transport strategic documents |
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8.1 | Approving NTSU action plan | NTSU action plan approved. RST input. Assistance in prioritisation of the measures of NTS action plan. Assistance in developing and updating. Developing (supporting) related documents (analysis, backgrounds etc). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes. Supporting implementation. Cooperation with the EU funded project and stakeholders. Supporting attraction of donors and investors for financing the NTS measures.
| September 2018 | December 2019 | Long process of approval with the all stakeholders |
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8.2 | Approving Logistic strategy of Ukraine | Logistic strategy of Ukraine approved. RST input. Assistance in developing and updating draft Logistic strategy of Ukraine. Developing (supporting) related documents (analysis, backgrounds etc). Supporting in the discussions with stakeholders and approval processes. Supporting implementation. Cooperation with the World Bank and stakeholders. Supporting attraction of donors and investors for financing the Logistic strategy measures.
| June 2018 | December 2018 | Long process of approval with the all stakeholders |
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9 | Public Administration Reform |
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9.1 | Optimization of the organizational structure of the Ministry in line with the relevant policy framework established by the Government | Organizational structure of the Ministry optimized. RST input. Supporting in developing and implementation of organizational structure changes. Assistance in renewing the key Ministry staff as part of the implementation of the Concept of Reform Staff Positions approved on 11 November 2016. Developing (supporting) related documents. | June 2017 | December 2019 | Frequent changes in the key personnel and political leadership of the beneficiaries, of the Ministry. |
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9.2 | Assessment of the current HR practices and upgrade procedures and methodologies (recruitment, assessment and trainings, career development, remuneration) in line with the new law "On Civil Service" and its secondary legislation; | Transparency and effectiveness of HR processes in the Ministry improved. RST input. Supporting in assessment of the current HR practices and upgrade procedures and methodologies. Implementing personal and professional training processes within the Ministry, including best international practices (Public Services, Policy Analysis and Implementation, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation etc.). Developing (supporting) related documents. | August 2017 | December 2019
| Frequent changes in the key personnel and political leadership of the beneficiaries, of the Ministry. |
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9.3 | Simplification and improvement of the efficiency of internal communication, approval and decision-making processes in line with the applicable policy development framework | RST input. Communication, decision –making and other processes in the Ministry improved in line with the applicable policy development framework
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August 2018 | December 2019
December 2019 | Frequent changes in the key personnel and political leadership of the beneficiaries, of the Ministry.
Lack of sources for the coordination of the HRMIS implementation |
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Supporting and coordination the implementation of HRMIS in the Ministry for insuring the transparency of the HR processes |
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9.4 | Supporting the restructuring processes within Ministry | Restructuration of the Ministry by implementing the Directorates. RST input. Assistance in restructuration of the Ministry by implementing of the Directorates. Developing (supporting) related documents.
| July 2017 | December 2019 | Long process of Public Administration reform caused by the legal framework and lack of workforce |
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9.5 | Human resources department development strategy
| HRM strategy for the Ministry developed. RST input. Assisting in drafting the HRM strategy for the Ministry
| July 2018 | December 2019 | Lack of workforce |
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9.6 | Supporting for improving staff efficiency | Staff efficiency in MoI improved. RST input. Developing propositions for improving staff efficiency. Organizing workshops, seminars, trainings etc. Assistance in developing related documents.
| August 2017 | December 2019 | Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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10 | E-governance |
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10.1 | Assistance for implementation of e-government projects and open data approach as part of the 2016-2020 Public Administration Reform Strategy | Improvement of e-government processes and services The launch of the carrier’s e-cabinet. RST input. Assistance in developing: the concept, secondary legislation, terms of reference, the system and preparing for the presentation. Work is underway to improve the functionality and bug fixing. RST input. Assistance in developing secondary legislation, coordination of activities of the working group on e-ticket implementation RST input. Creation a chapter on the MoI’s website, where information on all expenditures of the Ministry of Infrastructure, State Service for Transport Safety, State Service of Sea and River Transport, State Aviation Administration are published online. Coordination in developing the Road Fund Analysis and Monitoring Module.
HRMIS implementation. RST input. Assistance and coordination of the HRMIS implementation within the Ministry of Infrastructure. | August 2017 | December 2019
| Insufficient commitment and cooperation among the beneficiaries and relevant institutions. |
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| Cooperation according cross reforms 1) Cooperation of URA components RST inputs: Providing coordination and ensure alignment with RDO in activities related to transforming Ministries and implementation of Public Administration Reform
General RST input for all reforms. Organizing workshops, round tables, conferences etc Participation in trainings, workshops, round tables, conferences etc Promotion actions of reforms priorities. Cooperation with MoI, donors, public and private stakeholders, establishing links. Participation in discussions.
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