1. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Potential and Performance of Ukraine Maxim Boroda, Project Manager International Center for Policy Studies, Ukraine

2. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Project Objective To increase the capacity of the Ukrainian government and nongovernment policy experts to develop effective state policy recommendations.

3. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Project Context State policy priorities must be set out clearly if reforms are to be implemented effectively. Evidence-based analysis helps define these priorities in a transparent manner. This is accomplished by benchmarking Ukraine’s performance on key socioeconomic indicators with that of other countries.

4. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Project Partners 1. Ministry of Economy 2. Ministry of Finance 3. National Bank of Ukraine 4.State Statistical Committee

5. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Training Program 1. Defining the Goals 2. Choosing Domains of Interest 3. Choosing Indicators 4. Selecting Comparator Countries 5.Choosing a Ranking Method 6. Drafting Recommendations

6. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Government: A competitive Ukraine with a high standard of living. NGO: High quality of life for Ukrainian citizens: economic wealth, high-grade public services, and a safe and comfortable environment. Defining the Goal

7. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Government: Economic Development Resources Knowledge Economy Infrastructure Institutions Standard of Living Environment Choosing Domains NGO: Wealth Society Healthcare Education Environment

8. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine EU country World leader in at least one important domain of investigation Common border with Ukraine Former Soviet republic 46 countries were chosen Choosing Countries: Government

9. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Begin with all countries Drop countries due to data constraints Not to exclude important countries 63 countries were chosen Choosing Countries: ICPS

10. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Ukraine suffered from the problem typical for all transition economies. It lacks the achievements of developed countries. Simultaneously, it is already deprived of developing countries’ advantages. Conclusions

11. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Working across government and non-government organizations Working across government departments Building capacity of policy experts to use benchmarking tools Debating policy issues across government departments and between government and non-government organizations Learning to develop a communications plan to engage with broader civil society Successes

12. SEPPAC Developing Socio-Economic Performance and Potential Analysis Capacity in Ukraine Potential and Performance of Ukraine Both reports are available at: www.seppac.ca