The Agency for Legislative Initiatives (ALI) provides systematic support to Ukraine’s key institutions — Parliament and Government — helping them work in concert on the legislative initiatives whose adoption and implementation European integration requires.
ALI will continue this line of work through the project ‘IntegRada: Strengthening the Capacity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in European Integration’, delivered with the support of the EU’s Ukraine2EU initiative. The project will provide coordination and expert support for the timely and effective implementation of the Roadmap on the Functioning of Democratic Institutions. This will contribute both to Ukraine’s European integration more broadly and to strengthening the Ukrainian Parliament’s capacity to drive that process.
A key element of the project is the preparation of comprehensive Legislative Impact Assessments within legislative practice. ALI has been working in this area since 2020, systematically supporting the introduction of Legislative Impact Assessments into Ukrainian parliamentary practice. Among other things, ALI has produced a Handbook on the Methodology of Legislative Impact Assessment and has repeatedly delivered training for staff of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on preparing gender-sensitive Legislative Impact Assessments.
An impact assessment is a structured process for identifying and evaluating the future consequences and likely effects of proposed initiatives (such as draft laws) before they are introduced. It is a practical tool for developing policies and making sound, evidence-based decisions that build the full picture needed.
Under the project, ALI’s experts will conduct assessments of legislative impact and legislation, and deliver training for Verkhovna Rada representatives to strengthen capacity in European integration. Drawing on its own experience and this work, the Agency for Legislative Initiatives will also develop recommendations on introducing ex-ante and ex-post evaluation into the Ukrainian policy cycle. As part of the research, ALI’s analysts will also put forward a vision for establishing a legislative framework for a special full legislative procedure for draft laws related to European integration.
The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ukraine2EU Programme. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Ukraine2EU Programme or the European Union.
