{"id":7397,"date":"2016-11-08T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2020-04-06T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:11:02","slug":"announcement-of-the-conference-public-spending-in-ukraine-how-to-achieve-more-at-fewer-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/announcement-of-the-conference-public-spending-in-ukraine-how-to-achieve-more-at-fewer-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of the Conference \u201cPublic Spending in Ukraine: How to Achieve More at Fewer Costs?\u201d, December 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 12, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: President Hotel, 12, Hospitalna street, Kyiv (entrance through Congress Hall)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will be organized by the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) jointly with the Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR)<\/a>, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)<\/a> and the \u201cSupport to the reform of public finances\u201d Project<\/a> realized on behalf of German Government by the federal enterprise Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The conference is supported by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The share of public spending in Ukraine\u2019s GDP is about 44%. This figure is lower than in previous years, but still too high, especially considering the poor state institutions and weak governance. According to CES estimations, if the share of public spending in GDP is reduced to 37% the average annual economic growth rate in Ukraine will rise by 0.9-3.5 percentage points of GDP.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the problem is not only in reducing the role of government and a proportional reduction of budget expenditures – the state must learn to spend money effectively. Each budget program has to lead to reaching a particular purpose which benefits society. What does the population and the country overall need the most: science classrooms or hospital beds? More spending on prison or fewer prisoners? Financing defense capacity or student scholarships?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many countries went through major reviews of public spending and managed to achieve better results at a lower cost. In Ukraine this process is just ahead. Can we take this path and what is needed to do so successfully? These and other questions will be discussed at the conference on December 12.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agenda
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09:30-10:30 <\/strong>Participant registration, welcome coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-12:00 <\/strong>First session
\nModerator \u2013 Olena Bilan, chief economist of Dragon Capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening speech <\/strong>\u2013 Oleksandr Danyliuk, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome speech<\/strong> \u2013 Daniela Bergelt<\/strong>, Head of Cooperation at Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kyiv<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:45-12:00 Panel discussion \u201c<\/strong>How to make government spending more effective: implication of foreign fiscal reforms experience for Ukraine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n