Vox Populi: Citizen and Expert Input into Ukrainian Administrative Reforms

About this grant

The goal of the Vox Populi: Citizen and Expert Input into Ukrainian Administrative Reforms program is to identify ways to incorporate input from citizens and outside experts into the administrative reform process. In post-communist countries, administrative reform is vital in ensuring that a country’s government is responsive to the needs of its citizens. The Orange Revolution made it clear that citizen input is essential for effective governance in Ukraine.Funding will enable the Eurasia Foundation – working in conjunction with several expert analytical institutions – to help communities and grassroots organizations contribute to the administrative reform process. Objectives will include introducing new tools to government representatives, non-governmental organizations and the media for presenting and discussing reforms at the national, regional and local levels; creating feedback mechanisms for receiving and incorporating citizens’ concerns into reform design and implementation plans; increasing public participation in the discussion of reforms; and improving government responsiveness to citizens’ concerns. The Eurasia Foundation, established in 1993, focuses on the development of civil society, public administration and policy, and private enterprise.