The Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Regional Development, Building and Housing, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Ministry of Finance presented a Draft Complex Action Plan (CAP) for reforming the infrastructure projects cycle management in Ukraine at the inter-ministerial meeting in Kyiv on January 18. This Plan was prepared with the support of the EU project “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities for improvement of the infrastructure cycle management” (IPCM).
“The EU and other donors are ready to support the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian transport network. To do this, we need not only proper framework legislation notably in the road and rail sector, but also a reform of the system of how transport infrastructure projects in Ukraine are prepared and implemented. We are glad to support the Ministry and the Ukrainian government in promoting this,” Ambassador Hugues Mingarelli, the Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, stated.
The proposed reform of the IPCM will reduce the time and cost for implementation of infrastructure projects, will create their transparent, accountable and effective management in line with European best practice. For 2019, UAH 55 billion are allocated for road repairs and maintenance, out of which UAH 14.6 billion for local roads.
“As Ukraine lacks a sound basis for transport projects infrastructure cycle management, it is imperative to generate a proper reform. This will lead to substantial time and cost savings for infrastructure projects and will also create an accountable, transparent and effective system for the infrastructure management. In today’s inter-ministerial meeting we discussed with the colleagues from the Regional Development Ministry and the Economy Ministry a series of solutions that should ultimately lead to the development of an efficient and sustainable transport system in Ukraine,”Volodymyr Omelyan, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, said.
The Complex Action Plan covers the legislative, administrative, operational, financial, and organisational issues, namely identifies legal gaps to be filled in line with the requirements of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; promotes infrastructural projects in Ukraine developed in a socially and environmentally responsible manner; Initiates trainings programmes for relevant ministries, agencies, state-owned enterprises and local authorities, etc.
This CAP consists as of today of 20 main measures that follow the Infrastructure project cycle phases: Planning, Formulating and Appraisal, Procuring, Constructing, Operating and Maintaining, Monitoring and Evaluation. Each of the main measures contains concrete and time-framed tasks (75 in total).
Bernard Semeria, Team Leader of the EU project “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities for improvement of the infrastructure cycle management” indicated that the CAP includes the development and adoption of legal and regulatory acts necessary to align Ukrainian legislation with the EU standards and practices. The new practical changes will directly impact the work of central and local authorities, state-owned enterprises and ensure the delivery of results and proper maintenance of their work in accordance to EU norms and standards on IPCM procedures.
