Since Russia launched its full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, the OECD has deepened its co-operation with Ukraine, building on three decades of work. Principally through its Ukraine Country Programme, the OECD supports Ukraine, now a prospective member of the Organisation, on a wide range of policy areas.
During the OECD Secretary General's visit to Ukraine in February 2023, an OECD-Ukraine Liaison Office opened in Kyiv, having commenced operations in Paris in June 2022. The Office, co-financed by the governments of Poland and Lithuania, with additional support from Latvia and the Slovak Republic, is currently based at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine.
The Office's primary mission is to support OECD initiatives by facilitating engagement with key stakeholders on the ground and helping to implement the Country Programme. It also ensures that the Country Programme is fully aligned with the Ukraine Plan. Being based in Kyiv allows the staff to maintain direct communication with the representatives of the Government of Ukraine, while enabling efficient co-ordination with OECD members and other international organisations. This approach maximises synergies and minimises duplications, ultimately benefiting Ukraine.
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OECD-Ukraine Liaison Office Contact
34 Yaroslaviv Val, Kyiv, Ukraine
Email: oecdkyiv@oecd.org
Tel: +380 44 272 00 42
The public governance system in Ukraine has demonstrated strong agility and resilience to continue to deliver services to citizens and businesses. The SIGMA Programme analyses its performance through a set of standard indicators based on the Principles of public administration, and provides recommendations.
Large scale emigration and an increasing number of people eligible for pensions have put additional burdens on pension financing in Ukraine. This paper identifies four main policy options to safeguard the system’s fiscal sustainability.
While digital technologies have brought significant benefits to the country, Ukraine’s SMEs are yet to fully tap into the potential of digitalisation. Explore the OECD's guidance on how to help SMEs leverage digitalisation for productivity, resilience and recovery.
Also available in: Ukrainian
This report analyses Ukraine’s efforts to amend laws, build anti-corruption institutions, its measures to detect, investigate and prosecute corruption cases and identifies areas for improvement. It was prepared in the framework of the 5th round of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
This paper aims to support the government of Ukraine in reforming environmental taxation and public funding for environmental protection. Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery and Reconstruction Plan envisions restructuring the current environmental tax system, expanding it to energy and transport and harmonising it with that of the EU.
How can Ukraine address the underlying causes of ineffective competition in the electricity sector? Explore the OECD's recommendations to contribute to achieving a well-functioning and competitive electricity sector.
Also available in: Ukrainian
The OECD Public Integrity Handbook provides guidance to government, business and civil society on implementing the OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity.
Also available in: Ukrainian
The disruption of the education of millions of Ukrainian children demands policy action. Two OECD initiatives look at what Ukraine's policy makers can take from other countries' experiences and draw on data on Ukrainian refugees to launch a new interactive dashboard.
> Learning During Crisis: Insights for Ukraine From Around the World: How can other countries' educational experiences support Ukraine's children – and bolster the re-modelling of an education system fit for the future?
> Ensuring Continued Learning for Ukrainian Refugee Students (interactive dashboard): explore the OECD's dashboard based on data taken by OECD countries that have sought to integrate Ukrainian refugees in their education systems
A simulated 40% reduction in bilateral trade with Russia in all goods and services would have a notable negative real income effect on households in some European G7 countries in the medium term. However, households in Russia would have to withstand a significantly larger negative impact – roughly double the effect of eliminating oil dependency on Russia.
At least 70% of Russia’s imports of, among other items, electronics, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and equipment, chemicals, and business services are from the G7, Europe and Australia. Together, restrictions on exports to Russia from these countries would have an almost 50% larger impact on Russian household income than if these countries restricted imports from Russia.
This also highlights an important point: the benefits of trade – and here the harm potentially inflicted with trade sanctions – is at least as much about Russia's imports as it is about its exports.