On Friday, 29th October 2021, the Closing Conference of EU-funded Twinning Project “Strengthening the Regulatory Capacity of the National Communications Regulatory and Informatization Commission in the Areas of Market Access and Quality of Service Monitoring System” was held in Kyiv.
26 months project implemented by Lithuanian, Latvian, German and Polish experts helped to strengthen Ukrainian electronic communications regulatory authority in fields of market access and quality of service monitoring system in line with the EU standards.
“Considering that the Project was being implemented during a critical period of time for us, such as substantial changes to the national sectoral legal framework, our partners from Lithuanian and Latvian Regulators over more than 2 years have contributed to significant developments in regard to quality of service and market analysis issues, which stand among essential pillars of the telecom sector regulation, and once again have proven 100 percent effectiveness of such technical support as the Twinning instrument”, ̶ Alexander Zhyvotovsky, Partner Country Project Leader, Chairman of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization of Ukraine (NCCIR), said.
Feliksas Dobrovolskis, Director of the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania, MS Project leader, said: “We all agreed that the independence of the regulator is important not only for the communications sector, but also for the entire national economy, therefore, it is very important for such an institution to have a properly prepared legal framework and regulatory levers created on its basis. I am happy that the Twinning project team contributed to the main legal acts giving a solid basis for the national regulatory institution of Ukraine to focus on its efficient operation in line with EU legal framework.”
40 EU experts with total of more than 800 working days has been implemented as well as several study visits (to Lithuania and Latvia) for 21 Ukrainian experts to exchange of practical experience. The Twinning Project has developed 21 documents (guidelines, proposals for secondary legislation, recommendations) with practical regulatory advice which shall ensure smooth implementation of best EU regulatory practices in the fields of Market analysis and Quality of Service monitoring in electronic communications. To strengthen the sustainability of results even further 12 events have been organized: 6 workshops with active involvement of stakeholders and 8 trainings for NCCIR staff.
Twinning is a European Union tool for institutional cooperation between the authorities of EU Member States and those of partner countries. Twinning projects are based on direct exchange of knowledge and expertise.
Central Project Management Agency was responsible for administrative and financial management of the project. It is the third EU Twinning project implemented by Lithuanian partners together with CPMA. Besides Twinning programmes, CPMA supported Rule of Law Reforms in Ukraine and currently is implementing EU funded programme for the Public Finance Management for Ukraine – (EU4PFM) reform.
