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 Addressing the Social Impact of Restructuring Privatised Enterprises in Ukraine May 1996 - October 1998 Ukraine
Description of project A major, complex project advising the government of Ukraine on the basis of pilot studies with Kharkiv City Council on the legal and operational issues associated with the transfer of social assets from major industrial enterprises to new service providers such as municipalities, agencies, non-governmental organisations, and private sector companies. The project focused on the following tasks:  developing a national framework for the transfer of social assets and service provision (such as housing, kindergartens, polyclinics, sports & culture facilities) from enterprises to other service providers improving the institutional capacity of city councils such as Kharkiv to deliver the services associated with these assets such as housing, education, health care and sports & culture addressing the institutional capacity of the national government to ensure a minimum level of social service provision within public expenditure constraints and developing the necessary fiscal transfer mechanisms.The implementation of these tasks was facilitated by the training of 'national resource': a cadre of 30 young managers and consultants who acquired generic and specific skills related to social service management in the course of the project. One of the key outputs of the project was a legislative proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers submitted by Kharkiv City Council with the support of the ministries involved to set up a "Social Partnership Fund" for the transitional management of assets divested from enterprises. The project was successful in developing a framework for the sustainable provision of social services and resulted in an impressive roll-out component facilitated by the Association of Ukrainian Cities involving conferences, workshops, training sessions and the distribution of Russian-language textbooks and service planning software to city councils across Ukraine. | ||
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