Expected strategic result 2.7.7.2. A fair competitive selection process has been introduced for the purposes of providing assistance to public associations of individuals living with disabilities

A law has taken effect, which:
a) defines the term “public association of individuals living with disabilities” (2 percent);
b) introduces institutional support for public associations of individuals living with disabilities at the national and local levels (if the relevant expenditures are incurred at the local level) (15 percent);
c) establishes the requirement that public associations of individuals living with disabilities shall receive funding out of the state budget or local budgets exclusively based on the outcome of open and transparent competitive selection processes — both for purposes of implementing programs (projects, activities) and as part of institutional support (15 percent);
d) does not provide for any preferences for all-Ukrainian or other public associations of individuals living with disabilities (3 percent).

The Procedure for Conducting a Competitive Selection Process for Institutional Support for Public Associations of Individuals Living with Disabilities approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has come into force, which:
a) introduces institutional support for public associations of individuals living with disabilities exclusively on a competitive basis (3 percent);
b) does not provide for any preferences for specific public associations of individuals living with disabilities (5 percent);
c) establishes nondiscriminatory criteria for eligibility of public associations of individuals living with disabilities to enter the competitive selection process, specifically requirements with respect to the number of members of the organization (several dozen people at most, but optimally – without requirements pertaining to membership), minimum representation in the regions (in one-fourth of the regions at most), and minimum duration of statutory activities (three years at most) (9 percent);
d) establishes justified, clear, measurable, and attainable criteria of evaluation of competitive process bids and selection of the winning bidders (7 percent);
e) ensures complete transparency of the competitive selection process for the award of institutional support and publicity of all competitive process documentation, decisions made, and records documenting the implementation of the budget program and monitoring of the spending of institutional support funds (5 percent);
f) establishes effective, justified, clear, measurable, and attainable key performance indicators (KPIs) of the spending of institutional support funds by public associations of individuals living with disabilities (6 percent).

A resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has taken effect, amending the Procedure for Spending State Budget Funds Allocated for Financial Support of Public Associations of Individuals Living with Disabilities, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 3, 2020, No. 166, Procedure for Spending State Budget Funds Allocated for Financial Support of the Ukrainian Association of the Blind and the Ukrainian Society of the Deaf, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 14, 2018, No. 183, and the Procedure for Conducting a Competitive Process to Select Programs (Projects, Activities) Developed by Civil Society Institutions that Receive Financial Support for Their Implementation, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated October 12, 2011, No. 1049, which:
a) sets forth the requirement that budgetary financial support for implementation of programs (projects, activities) shall be provided to public associations of individuals living with disabilities exclusively on a competitive basis (5 percent);
b) does not provide for any preferences for specific public associations of individuals living with disabilities (5 percent);
c) declares to be void the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 14, 2018, No. 183, On Approval of the Procedure for Spending State Budget Funds Allocated for Financial Support of the Ukrainian Association of the Blind and the Ukrainian Society of the Deaf (2 percent);
d) minimizes opportunities for conducting competitive selection processes without using the software module “Competitive Selection of Projects by Civil Society Institutions” (the electronic system for competitive selection) (2 percent);
e) ensures the publication of all materials of competitive bids, including spending budgets (3 percent);
f) provides for the possibility of remuneration of competitive selection committee members other than representatives of the Fund for Social Security of Individuals Living with Disabilities, state and municipal officials, while specifying the maximum amount / percentage of such remuneration (2 percent);
g) establishes additional standards of transparency of the competitive selection process, including the right of representatives of the mass media and the public to attend the meetings of the competitive selection committee, record video and audio, and broadcast the meetings of the competitive selection committee (3 percent);
h) establishes the requirement that at least depersonalized results of the voting by competitive selection committee members on each issue be made public (2 percent);
i) establishes the requirement that decisions of the competitive selection committee on the results of evaluation of competitive bids and scores given by each member of the competitive selection committee be made public (in depersonalized form) (3 percent);
j) defines a detailed procedure for appealing the decisions of the competitive selection committee to deny participation in the competitive selection process, access to the results of evaluation of competitive bids, and selection of the winning bidders (2 percent);
k) stipulates that decisions of the competitive selection committee formed by the Fund for Social Security of Individuals Living with Disabilities shall be appealed in the manner prescribed by the Ministry of Social Policy (2 percent);
l) stipulates that the winning bidders will receive financial support out of the state budget in accounts opened with state banks (instead of treasury accounts) (1 percent).