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The Verkhovna Rada passed a law on the phased restoration of competitive examinations for civil service positions and service in local self-government bodies, abolishing the practice of appointing personnel without selection that operated during martial law. More on how the new system will work: the Verkhovna Rada restored competitions for positions as early as 26 October, when 247 people's deputies voted for the document. First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniyenko discussed the details of the reform in an interview with the Press Service of the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, different categories of positions have separate deadlines for announcing competitions and maximum periods of serving in a position without selection.
As Korniyenko noted, the appointment without competition is being replaced by a legally defined schedule — separately for positions of categories "A", "B", "C" and for positions in local self-government bodies that are currently held by persons appointed without selection.
Category "A" — the competition is announced from the date the law enters into force; the maximum announcement period is 12 months;
Category "B" — after 1 month, maximum announcement period 12 months;
Category "C" — after 2 months, maximum announcement period 18 months;
Local self-government bodies — after 2 months, maximum announcement period 18 months.
The maximum period of serving in a position without undergoing a competition will be up to 18 months for categories "A" and "B" and up to 24 months for category "C" and local self-government bodies. The determination of the competition winner becomes the basis for dismissing the person who temporarily held the position without competition. At the same time, the law provides for the possibility of extending service without competition for employees of categories "B" and "C" who received a positive or excellent evaluation based on the results of performance assessment — with their consent and by a decision of the head of the body made within three months after the law enters into force.
Korniyenko emphasized that the mere fact of a person working in a state body does not give them an automatic advantage over external candidates within the same open competition.
"If a current employee and an external candidate participate in the same open competition, they undergo selection according to the rules established for that competition," explained First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniyenko.
At the same time, a separate mechanism is being introduced for the career development of employees already in public service — an internal competition. It is intended to help fill vacancies faster by using the experience and competencies of existing staff, rather than creating an advantage over external candidates.
Clear selection deadlines and an integrity questionnaire have been introduced
The law establishes specific time frames for conducting competitions: for category "A" the period for submitting documents will be 15–30 days, for categories "B" and "C" — 10–30 days. Results of category "A" competitions must be published within 90 days, for categories "B" and "C" — within 60 days, and for internal competitions the period for submitting documents was shortened to 5–10 days with results published within 30 days.
To assess candidates' integrity, an integrity questionnaire is being introduced — a new tool to be submitted by candidates for category "A" positions, as well as for category "B" and "C" positions with increased corruption risk. The list of such positions will be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, and the provision will take effect 12 months after the law enters into force. The competition commission will be able to request materials from NADS regarding a candidate's compliance with integrity criteria, including with restricted access.
Among transparency tools are the possibility of video recording competitions for positions of categories "B" and "C" by decision of the commission, a mandatory motivation letter for category "A" candidates, and publication by NADS of the video recording of the interview with the winner of a category "A" competition within five working days after the results are determined. They will also publish not only the winner but also the runner-up for positions of categories "B" and "C", if there was one.
Separately, the law provides a priority right to appointment for war veterans, but this does not mean automatic appointment based solely on status. Veterans also go through all stages of assessment, and the priority is applied only when candidates have the same result. Similar priority rights are provided for young people who completed internships in the respective body, as well as the possibility of positive measures to equalize gender balance when results are equal.
The function of the suspended Unified Portal of Civil Service Vacancies is being transferred to Diia, which will become the single window for searching vacancies. This should make job searching in the public sector more convenient: instead of viewing announcements on individual bodies' websites, candidates will use a single state web portal of electronic services. At the same time, the requirements for restoring competitions do not apply to positions in state bodies and local self-government bodies located in combat zones or temporarily occupied territories.
We also reported that the Ministry for Veterans' Affairs summed up the results of the first 100 days of work of the renewed team, reporting the employment of 1325 veterans during July–October and plans to create a State Service for Veteran Support.
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