The authors note that several problems need to be addressed to ensure the effectiveness of the European integration process. The experts provide a detailed analysis of the legal framework and recommendations for building a systematic and explicit approach involving all key stakeholders in the process of approximating Ukrainian legislation to the EU acquis.
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On March 31, the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program, together with MPs, organized a parliamentary and municipal forum "Dialogue for Community Development under Martial Law" in Lutsk. These forums are tools that allow us to study the needs of voters and address existing challenges under martial law. It also helps to achieve the goals of the Program to improve interaction between MPs and their constituents.
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The purpose of this analytical review is to provide recommendations to national parliaments and governments on how they can strengthen their own capacity for strategic planning and stress testing by analyzing several potential trajectories of future developments in public policy-making.
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On April 5, 2023, RANG facilitated the online workshop on aspects of digitalization of the law-drafting process, in which more than 220 people participated. The invited expert, Dr. Fotios Fitsilis, explained how modern technologies allow automating, standardizing and speeding up the basic processes of law-drafting improving law-making and reducing relevant administrative costs.
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The Legislative Process Quality Index is a tool for self-assessment of the efficiency of the Parliament's legislative activities, relevant procedures, their effectiveness and compliance with international standards for parliamentarism. The Index methodology was developed by the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program and is based on international standards and foreign experience.
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In this study, Sergiu Galitchi analyzes the law-making process in five European countries (Ireland, Georgia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom (Scotland) and assesses cooperation and consultation between parliament and government on matters of policy and law-making.
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This study identifies the main issues and possible obstacles that need to be taken into account when developing parliamentary standards of conduct. The author recommends the Verkhovna Rada to implement a far-reaching reform of the supervisory mechanism by adopting a new code of ethics and creating a supervisory ethics committee endowed with the necessary means, procedural tools and operational independence for the effective performance of its functions.
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This review presents emergency procedures introduced by the parliaments of European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic made it possible to understand what is most important for parliaments to continue working on a democratic basis during a crisis. Emphasis is placed on the application of virtual and mixed procedures. Considerations that may be useful to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine when planning its own emergency procedures are also given.
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