The Review was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was developed under the strategic direction Arnault Prêtet, Head of the Digital Government, Innovation, and Public Services Unit, and Anita Richter, Head of the Ukraine Unit in the Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate (GRC). Monica Brezzi, Valérie Frey, Heads of GOV’s Governance Indicators and Performance Division (GIP) and Bill Tompson, Head of GRC’s Eurasia Division, oversaw project completion. Gillian Dorner, GOV Deputy Director, provided guidance and comments on the Review.
The Review was co-ordinated by Simon Callewaert and Elïna Smetanina from GIP; Sarah Babay prepared the manuscript for publication and controlled the quality.
A number of authors drafted the report. Chapter 1 on Resilient Public Governance in Ukraine was drafted by Elïna Smetanina, Arnault Prêtet, and Simon Callewaert. Chapter 2 on Strengthening planning for Ukraine’s recovery and long-term goals was drafted by Simon Callewaert with insights from Martins Krievens. Chapter 3 on Reinforcing Information Integrity was drafted by Craig Matasick, Liudas Zdanavičius, and Charles Baubion. Chapter 4 on Citizen Participation was drafted by Ollin Pérez-Raynaud and Charlotte Denise-Adam. Chapter 5 on The Future of the Public Service in Ukraine was drafted by Alana Baker with insights from Lech Marcinkowski. Chapter 6 on AI in Government was drafted by Joaquin Collao, Piret Tõnurist, and Seong-Ju Park.
This Review would not have been possible without the significant commitment, guidance and support of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (SCMU). The authors are particularly thankful to Oleh Voitovych, Nataliia Kozlovska and Serhii Nawrotskyi.
The authors would also like to express their appreciation to Nataliia Oksha, Serhii Kotsurak, and Olena Biedova from SCMU, Ganna Krasnostup from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Vladyslav Ashurov from the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and Yulia Marushkevych from the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service for their valuable contributions to the preparation of specific chapters of the Review.
Special sincere appreciation is extended to Oleg Melnyk from SCMU for his co-ordination of the Review on behalf of the Ukrainian Administration and for his constructive engagement, contributions, support, and for facilitating all exchanges between the OECD and stakeholders throughout the process of review.
The authors would also like to thank Michal Falenczyk, Marta Sydoryak, and Kateryna Penkova from the GRC Ukraine Unit and Gregor Virant and Martins Krievins from the OECD SIGMA Programme for their invaluable insights and support throughout the review process. The OECD would also like to thank Andris Pelšs, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the OECD, Sapana Agrawal, Simon James and Alan Whaites from the UK government, and Faustine Bentaberry from the French government for their support and insights throughout the review, in particular in hosting a peer-learning and experience sharing visit of Ukraine’s state secretaries in December 2024, as well as the government of Italy, particularly Francesco Leone, for organising the Ukraine Recovery Conference in July 2025.
The authors would also like to extend their gratitude to all Ukrainian institutions and stakeholders who participated in activities organised as part of this project, including the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Agency on Civil Service, the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, the State Regulatory Service, the Government Office for Co-ordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, the Centre for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defence Council, the Higher School of Public Administration, Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities, Association of Ukrainian Cities and representatives of civil society, independent media, academic institutions, and international partners who generously contributed their time and expertise throughout the review process.