Strengthening Ombudsman's Office capacity in parliamentary oversight

The USAID RADA: Next Generation Program strengthens the skills of the Ombudsman's Office in parliamentary oversight! On June 27-28, the Program conducted a "Parliamentary Oversight Function" training for 19 staff members of the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. The trainings are organized at the request of the Office and aim at strengthening the institutional capacity of the parliamentary oversight bodies. During the workshops, the participants analyzed the following:

• subjects and objects of parliamentary oversight in Ukraine, their interaction, and communication channels;
• importance of parliamentary oversight, its practices and procedures;
• international experience in the implementation of the parliamentary oversight function;
• ways to improve the exercise of this function in Ukraine. Also, during the interactive sessions, participants modeled the implementation of parliamentary oversight in different situations, discussed the obstacles they faced, and gave recommendations on how to overcome them, taking into account the best international practices learned. It is the third training in a series that the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program conducts for the staff of the Ombudsman's Office. The Program has already organized the "Public Participation in Parliament and the Legislative Process. Advocacy" and "Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" trainings.