Role and services

Victor MaziarchukHead of FEAO Ukraine

Founders, 2015

Timeline

2015.10 Start

2015.11 Letter of Intent

2016.02 Kick off event

2016.08 New team

2016.12 Mid term review

2019.01 Part of VRU

2017.04 New structure

Objectives

Enhances the effectiveness and quality of economic and financial legislation being produced by the VRU

Increase the utilisation of financial information available in Ukraine for effective oversight and scrutiny

Beneficiary

Committee on

Economic Policy

Committee on

Industrial Policy and

Entrepreneurship

Budget Committee Committee on

Taxation and Customs

Policy

Committee on

Financial Policy and

Banking

Committee on Social

Policy, Employment

and Pension Provision

Committee on Fuel

and Energy Complex,

Nuclear Policy and

Nuclear Safety

Committee on State

Building, Regional

Policy and Local Self-

Government

Products & Services

Reactive (by request)

Proactive (working

plan)

FEAO products

I) Products:Quarterly budget review Budget best practices

II) Financial/economic synthesis (1 page):InfographicsAccounting chamber 1 page reportReports of State Agency reviews

III) OtherAnswers of State agency - Monthly budget revenue and expenditureMethodology of financial and economic analysis of draft Laws

I) Products:Legal researchSocio-economic researchCost benefit analysisFinancial analysis

Products & Services

Written Oral

69 requests

Products

InfographicsProducts Accounting Chamber reports

Analysis and research

State budget effectiveness

Sobolev Egor – Head of Committee on Corruption Prevention and Counteraction, MP

2016 December 1. Request to FEAO 2. Performance budget implementation: Ukrainian case -

FEAO analytic3. Letter to Prime-minister and Minister of Finance to

solve problem that was figured in FEAO analytic

2017 January1. MP receive answers from Prime-minister and Minister

of Finance.2. FEAO help MP with new request to Minister of finance

– budget program efficiency analysis

2017 March1. MP receive answers from Minister of Finance.

Analysis and Research

State budget effectiveness:

Shkrum Aljona - Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government , MP

1. MP send request to FEAO 2. Calculation for 17 Ministries sum of money that were

returned to state budget - FEAO analytic3. MP send request for all 17 Ministries4. Receive all answers5. Together with FEAO analyses answers and help with

new answers 6. MP send new request to FEAO 7. Calculation for 67 State Agencies sum of money that

were returned to state budget - FEAO analytic8. MP send request for all 67 Ministries9. Receive answers – still now not all

Analysis and ResearchParliamentary Control over Government:

Yednak Ostap - Committee on Environmental policy, MP

1. Receive FEAO analytic – Accounting chamber report2. Send request to FEAO3. Receive FEAO analytic 4. Send parliamentary request (Speaker of parliament

announced this) to the Prime-minister5. Waiting for a response

Analysis and Research

Parliamentary Control over Government:

Markevich Yaroslav – Budget Committee, MP

1. Request to FEAO – Best practice of verification2. Present report to MP3. Preparing presentation and discussion at the Parliament

report – when Ministry of Finance send to Parliament Law about Verification

Analysis and ResearchParliamentary Control over Government:

Ryabchin Aleksey – Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety, MP

1. The FEAO processed 4 requests on:- Energy ombudsmen- Energy cooperatives - Financial evaluation of draft law – Energy ombudsmen- Financial evaluation of draft law – Job creation energy

efficiency

2. 5th request is being developed

Products

Series budget infographics

1. General budget process2. Budget preparing3. VRU adopt State budget4. Budget execution

Products

Series State Fund of Regional Development infographics

Indicative analysis of functions

Successes

1. Establishing as a research unit in the VRU due to good quality analyses

2. Strengthening relationships with some committees, MPs, staff

3. Filling a gap in analytical staff capacity

4. User-friendly products, e.g. use of infographics

5. Deep-dive studies, e.g. on consumer rights

6. Growing communications about FEAO

7. Repeat demands for support

8. Confidence of GIZ with work of WFD

New structure

Head of Office

Budget cluster

1) Senior economist

2) Analyst

3) Analyst

Financial issues

1) Senior economist

2) Analyst

Economic issues

1) Senior economist

2) Analyst

Cross-Cutting Issues

1) Senior economist

2) Analyst

Communication manager

Legal expert

I) Committee on State

Building, Regional Policy and

Local Self-Government

II) Committee on Economic

Policy

III) Committee on Industrial

Policy and Entrepreneurship

I) Budget Committee I) Committee on Taxation

and Customs Policy

II) Committee on Financial

Policy and Banking

I) Committee on Fuel and

Energy Complex, Nuclear

Policy and Nuclear Safety

II) Committee on Social

Policy, Employment and

Pension Provision

Request form

http://rada.gov.ua/

https://feao.org.ua

info@feao.org.ua

facebook:feao.vru

Communication Tools

Office space in the VRU

Materials available at:

i) FEAO website - 895 people/month

ii) FB page - 959 people

iii) monthly newsletter – 1380 people

Contributing to the parliamentary TV channel

Following the Committees’ agenda and participation in the Committees’ meetings

Networking with MPs’ service

Delivering advise to the Committees’ staff

Collaboration with media outlets and NGO