REANIMATION PACKAGE OF REFORMS coalition of non-governmental organizations
Kyiv 6 Olhynska St, second floor, office 21 +38 067 401 20 48 platforma.reform@gmail.com www.rpr.org.ua/en
About us
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The Reanimation Package of Reforms is the largest coalition of leading Ukrainian non-governmental organizations which have pooled their efforts to facilitate and implement reforms in Ukraine. The RPR functions as a coordination center for 72 non-governmental organizations and 23 expert groups which develop, promote, and control implementation of the reforms. The number of coalition members is constantly growing. Strategic tasks of the RPR: to turn civil society experts into the subjects of policy-making; to consolidate and coordinate public efforts; to guarantee the quality of reform-related proposals; to advocate adoption and implementation of the developed reforms; to communicate changes to the Ukrainian society and the international community.
Financial assistance
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We are working to make Ukraine a state: with fair justice and economic and political competition; without opportunities for corruption and abuse of power; where every citizen knows their rights and can exercise them; where the authorities, the political parties, the media, and the non-governmental organizations are effective and accountable to the public.
Priorities of the RPR for 2016-17: judicial reform
anticorruption reform public administration reform
reform of law enforcement agencies
economic reform
decentralization election law reform
Financial and organizational support
Structure
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Assembly of NGOs
RPR Board
highest body of the RPR
strategic management body
executive body
consists of representatives of all 72 members of the coalition
includes 12 wellknown and influential persons selected by the Assembly of NGOs
key functions: advocacy, communication, international relations, facilitating activities of expert groups and NGOs
RPR Secretariat
The RPR has a three-tier horizontal governance structure ruled by collective decisions. The Assembly of NGOs-members of the RPR is the highest body of the RPR. These members are authoritative, experienced NGOs with impeccable reputation and have the right of vote at the Assembly. The Board of the RPR is a strategic management body that implements the strategy adopted by the Assembly and develops and approves tactical decisions. The Secretariat is the executive body of the RPR. Key functions of the RPR Secretariat are advocacy and communication support of the activity of the civil platform and its members. Representatives of NGOs-members of the RPR and individual experts work in groups on specific areas. Each expert group works in the form of public meetings and opinion exchange. The aim of the groups is to implement relevant reforms, ensure good governance in a particular area, secure partnership between government and society, and support the possibility of public control over the activities of the authorities.
The Board
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The Board of the RPR is a strategic management body that implements the strategy adopted by the Assembly and develops and approves tactical decisions. Co-Chairmen of the RPR Board
Taras Shevchenko
Yaroslav Yurchyshyn
Members of the RPR Board
Iryna Bekeshkina
Inna Borzylo
Igor Burakovsky
Ihor Koliushko
Ivan Lukeria
Vitaliy Shabunin
Oleksandr Sushko
Viktor Taran
Hlib Vyshlinskyi
Mykhailo Zhernakov
RPR Groups
Anticorruption reform Yaroslav Yurchyshyn yar.yurchyshyn@gmail.com
Local self-government reform and decentralization of power Anatoliy Tkachuk taf58@ukr.net
Economic development Hlib Vyshlinskyi hlib.vyshlinsky@ces.org.ua
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Judicial reform Roman Kuybida kuybida@gmail.com Mykhailo Zhernakov mykhailo.zhernakov@gmail.com
Public administration reform Ihor Koliushko klio@pravo.org.ua
Election law reform
Law enforcement bodies reform
Yevhen Radchenko eradchenko@internews.ua
Oleksandr Banchuk banchuk@gmail.com
Tax and budget reform
Reform of financial sector and pension system Ruslan Chornyi Volodymyr Dubrovskyi cherniy@finclub.net vlad.dubrovskiy1@gmail.com Maria Repko maria.repko@ces.org.ua Vitaliy Melnychuk melnychuk9@gmail.com
Energy sector reform
Media reform
Viktor Butok viktor.butok@gmail.com
Ihor Rozkladay igor@medialaw.kiev.ua
Reform of public finances
Sviatoslav Pavliuk pslavko@gmail.com
Roman Holovenko golovenkor@gmail.com
Viktor Taran taran.viktor@gmail.com
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Healthcare system reform Zoriana Chernenko szslaw@gmail.com
Educational reform. Reform in the sphere of science and research Natalia Shulha n.i.shulga@gmail.com
Cultural policy Natalia Kryvda n.kryvda@britishmba.in.ua
Volodymyr Bakhrushyn vladimir.bakhrushin@gmail.com
Youth policy
National memory policy
Environmental protection and sustainable development
Yuriy Yuzych serdukus@gmail.com
Ihor Rozkladay igor@medialaw.kiev.ua
Dmytro Skrylnikov dskrylnikov@gmail.com
E-Governance
E-Democracy
National security and defence
Oleh Levchenko o.levchenko@pard.org.ua
Serhiy Loboyko sl@techinvest.com.ua
Valeriy Sadovskyi val956@ukr.net
Groups’ proposals on the reforms can be found in the RPR Roadmap of Reforms Constitutional reform
RPR-Kyiv
Ihor Koliushko klio@pravo.org.ua
Oleksandr Pliva pliva.olexandr@gmail.com
Volodymyr Shapoval klio@pravo.org.ua
Lesia Shevchenko slesya08@gmail.com
Secretariat
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Artem Myrhorodskyi
Iryna Solomko
Vadym Miskyi
Olena Halushka
Christina Parandii
Head of the Secretariat
Head of Communications Department
Head of Advocacy Department
Head of International Relations Department
International Relations Manager
Inna Nerodyk
Artem Skrypnyk
Andriy Hevko
Olena Prokopenko
Bohdan Yatsun
PR Manager
SMM Manager
Advocacy Manager
Advocacy Manager
Analyst, Advocacy Manager
Iryna Kononova Office Manager
Karina Manzhai Event Manager
Nataliia Vyniarchuk
Ivan Omelian
Fundraising Consultant
Regional Coordinator
Organizational assistance to the RPR Secretariat is provided by the representatives of the NGO “Center for Democracy and Rule of Law�: Solomiya Borshosh, Viktor Artemenko and Natalia Yevchenko.
international relations
communication
advocacy
Areas of activity 11
NGOs-members of the RPR AgroReformsUA
Charitable Foundation “Right to Protection”
Civil Society Institute
All-Ukrainian Association of Small and Medium Businesses “Fortress”
Center of Reform Support
Civil Society Online
All-Ukrainian Sustainable Development and Investments Agency
Center for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM)
Coalition of Civic Organizations “For Sober Ukraine”
Centre of Policy and Legal Reform
Committee of Voters of Ukraine
Anti-corruption Action Center Association for Community Self-organization Assistance Association for Support of Defense of Ukraine Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors
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Association on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving
Bureau of Ecologic Investigations
CASE-Ukraine
CCC Creative Center
Centre for Economic Strategy Centre for Innovations Development at NaUKMA Centre for Political Studies and Analysis “EIDOS” Centre for Research of Liberation Movement
Centre UA
Congress of Cultural Activists
CrimeaSOS
Cultural Assembly
DeJure Foundation
Detector Media
Chamber of Tax Advisors
Development and Security Association
Civic Organizacion «Center For Economic Research And Forecasting»
DiXi Group
Civil Network OPORA
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Easy Business
Internews Ukraine
Rodyna
EnvironmentPeople-Law
Interns’ League
Transparency International Ukraine
LEAD Office
Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research
Life
Ukrainian Centre for European Policy
Election Law Institute
Europe Without Barriers Foundation of Regional Initiatives (FRI)
MAMA-86
Ukrainian Forum of Philanthropists
Forum “Health”
Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation
Initiative E+
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
Institute of Social and Economic Transformation
Institute of World Policy
National Ecological Centre of Ukraine
Network of Energy Innovations “Greencubator” “No Bribery” Movement
Ukrainian Homeland Defence Support Movement Ukrainian Insurance federation
Ukrainian Science Club
Ukrainian Archaeologists Association
Partnership for Every Child PLAST – National Scout Organization of Ukraine Podolian Agency for Regional Development Regional Press Development Institute
Union of Ukrainian Youth in Ukraine
Vostok-SOS
Youth Nationalistic Congress
Wikimedia Ukraine
Achievements of the Members of the RPR Coalition
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Formation of an independent system of agencies in charge of investigating high-profile corruption: the National Anticorruption Bureau and the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office. (Anti-corruption Action Center) Launch and maintenance of the online system of public procurement Prozorro. (Transparency International Ukraine) Launch of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, introduction of the system of state financing of political parties and public monitoring of the transparency of party finances. (Centre “EIDOS”, Transparency International Ukraine, Centre of Policy and Legal Reform) Introduction of electronic system for disclosure of assets, income, and expenditures of public officials. (Anti-corruption Action Center, Centre “EIDOS”, Transparency International Ukraine) Development of the legislative framework and assistance with the amalgamation of territorial communities, considerable expansion of their financial and administrative capabilities. (Civil Society Institute, Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research) Establishment of the market price for gas for the consumers, which has paved the way for introducing market relations in this field. (Civil Network OPORA, DiXi Group, All-Ukrainian Sustainable Development and Investments Agency, Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”, Network of Energy Innovations “Greencubator”, National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, Association on Energy Efficiency and Energy) Delegation of the Healthcare Ministry’s functions related to the procurement of medicines to well-known international organizations (UNDP, UNICEF, Crown Agents), which resulted in the increased competition, lower purchasing prices, and savings amounting to UAH 760 million. (Anti-corruption Action Center) Making governmental databases on the owners of real estate, land plots, and transport vehicles public. Formalizing a new EU practice of mandatory disclosure of information about the ultimate beneficiary (controller) of a legal entity in an open governmental registry. (Anti-corruption Action Center)
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Participation in the development of constitutional and legislative amendments within the judicial reform, in particular aiming at cleansing the judicial system of professionally unethical judges; establishment of the Public Integrity Council. (Centre of Policy and Legal Reform) Providing a legislative framework to ensure functioning of electronic petitions to the authorities or local self-government bodies. (Centre for Innovations Development at NaUKMA) Launch of the civil service reform: separation of political and administrative offices, introduction of an institute of state secretaries. (Centre of Policy and Legal Reform) Establishment of a public broadcaster – the National Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine – based on the principles of independence from authorities and accountability to the public. (Center for Democracy and Rule of Law, Detector Media) Introduction of annual disclosure of the property structure and ultimate beneficiaries of television and radio channels. (Center for Democracy and Rule of Law, Detector Media) Introduction of a comprehensive system of identification, management, and disposal of seized and confiscated illegallyacquired assets. (Anti-corruption Action Center, Transparency International Ukraine, Centre “EIDOS”) Active involvement in the implementation of reforms within the Visa Liberalization Action Plan with the EU. (Anti-corruption Action Center, Transparency International Ukraine, Institute of World Policy, Europe Without Barriers, Institute for EuroAtlantic Cooperation, Centre “EIDOS”, Centre of Policy and Legal Reform) Unblocking the launch of a competitive market of thirdgeneration mobile technologies 3G. Launch of the system of public finance transparency, assistance with the development and launch of “E-Data”, a unified web portal on the use of public funds. (Centre “EIDOS”)
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union within the project ÂŤEnhancement of the Reanimation Package of Reforms coalitionÂť, and that of the Swedish Government. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the Center for Democracy and Rule of Law and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the Swedish Government.