Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Civil society prays for reforms in Ukraine

For a number of years international organizations present in Ukraine and civil society organizations work on publishing lists of systemic reforms that Ukraine needs. There are a number of documents that has been published already, e.g. coalition agreement drafts, Blue Ribbon Commission reports etc.

Coming presidential elections just as previous rounds of elections spur the activity of the independent think-tanks in reform writing exercises. Another report called Modernization of Ukraine has come out authored by a coalition of think-tanks under George Soros Foundation (IRF) in Ukraine. Quality of the report leaves a lot to be desired with some parts better than the others.

The report just repeats numerous previously issued lists of reforms. Authorities in Ukraine pay little attention to these voluminous documents, provided the issues raised come out just before elections and are never persistently kept up on the agenda afterwards.

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