OKSANA REMIGA - CURRICULUM VITAE United Natins Develpment Prgramme 1, Klvskiy Uzviz Kiev, 01021 Ukraine Oksana.remiga@undp.rg http://un.rg.ua KEY QUALIFICATIONS Ecnmist, PhD n Ecnmics Sectrs: Lcal Gvernance and entralizatin, Public Administratin Refrm, Strategic Planning, Reginal plicy, Fiscal Plicy EMPLOYMENT Present Psitin April 2006 till present Senir Prgramme Manager fr Lcal Develpment Cluster 1. Ensure implementatin f prgramme strategies fcusing n achievement f the fllwing results: Thrugh analysis and research f the plitical, scial and ecnmic situatin in the area f public administratin, decentralizatin and lcal develpment, and preparatin f substantive inputs t CCA, UNDAF, CPD, CPAP and ther dcuments. Leading the develpment Lcal Develpment Prgramme, verarching UNDP Prgramme, which ensures hlistic apprach t UNDP prgramming that includes cmbinatin f administrative/institutinal capacity building and farreaching changes t legislatin and prcedures at central level with the expanded interventins n the lcal level 2. Ensure effective management f the CO prgramme within the areas f demcratic gvernance/lcal develpment. Managed prtfli includes three prgrammes, active in all 25 regins f Ukraine. Average annual budget f all three prgrammes is 8.3 Mln. USD 3. Ensure creatin f strategic partnerships and implementatin f the resurce mbilizatin strategy. Crdinatin f prgramme implementatin with the ther UN agencies. Prvisin f tp quality plicy advice services t the Gvernment and facilitatin f knwledge building and management. Participatin in varius knwledge exchange events, presenting plicy recmmendatins in the areas f demcratic gvernance t majr stakehlders including central gvernment, lcal gvernments, academic OKSANA REMIGA 1 UNDP
Previus Emplyment 2005 April 2006 2005 institutins and NGOs. Deputy Directr, Internatinal Centre fr Plicy Studies (ICPS) Organise and supervise prjects wrk flw in ICPS: design f prjects implementatin prcess, establishment f prject management system, establishment f impact-riented mnitring and reprting system Respnsible fr human recurses management Develp public and private sectr cntacts assciated with ICPS activities as a means f cnveying the ICPS views and seeking public cnsensus in the defined plicy area Leading the team f advisrs wrking with Ministry f Ecnmy and Secretariat f Cabinet f Ministries n public administratin refrm Prject Directr fr internatinal prject Mdel fr Public Watch ver Health Care Spending. (funded by LGI, implementing by Internatinal Center fr Plicy Studies (ICPS), Ukraine, in cllabratin with Ecnmic Plicy Research Center f the Eur-Balkan Institute, Republic f Macednia, and Public Plicy Research Center, Republic f Kazakhstan) Leading team f experts, develping general mdel cncept aimed t increase transparency f budget spending, final editing f the dcument Prepare analysis f Ukrainian system f budget frmulatin and budget spending, existing mechanism and current legal basis ensuring access t infrmatin fr the citizens, Leading expert, Secnd Opinins and the Institutinalizatin f Public Cnsultatin in the Plicy Develpment Prcess in Ukraine Prject (funded by CIDA) Supprting Cabinet f Ministries in develpment prcedures f public cnsultatins; Preparing analytical paper n the causes and ways t cmbat shadw ecnmy in Ukraine and leading public cnsultatins n Ukraine s plicy pririties. March Nv Lcal expert fr the prject TA fr multi annual prgramming and implementatin f future crss brder neighburhd prgrammes with UKRAINE, Hypdmi Cnsulting S. A. Prvide an input t the preparatin f Neighburhd Prgrammes Jint Prgramming Dcuments (JPD) -2006 fr the Rmania-Ukraine brder, namely prepare the analysis f the current situatin in the eligible brder area, including SWOT analysis OKSANA REMIGA 2 UNDP
prepare draft prject fiches fr prjects that will be funded under the prgramme ensure clse cnsultatin f all stakehlders (field missins; written questinnaires; interviews; etc.) beynd frmal meetings held in the cntext f the JPD preparatin and adptin. Sept 2002 March Ecnmist, ICPS Final editing f Reginal Trends publicatin Preparing analysis f Ukrainian reginal plicy; preparing analytical reprts n the ecnmic develpment f Western regins f Ukraine fr regular semi-annual Reginal Trends publicatin Preparing analytical reprts n fiscal plicy fr the regular Quarterly Predictins publicatin Designing f prjects and prgrams arund pririty gvernance issues in Ukraine. Selected prjects include: Expert, Participatry Budgeting in Ukraine: Current Practices and Implicatin fr Scaling Up (funded by Wrld Bank) (Prepare analysis and develp recmmendatins n legal basis and practices f the public engagement and public versight n the budget frmulatin and executin) Ecnmist, Regulatry Refrm in the Cmmunal Services Sectr f Ukraine Prject (funded by LGI) (Develpment f Plicy design paper n the regulatry refrm in the cmmunal services sectr (analysis f capital investments)) Ecnmist, The Rle f Lcal Gvernments in Lcal Ecnmic Develpment (funded by LGI) (Analysis f ecnmic cntexts f lcal gvernment actins aimed at stimulating lcal ecnmic develpment, defining the current rles and respnsibilities f lcal gvernments in supprting ecnmic grwth in their areas) Mar 2002 Nv 2002 Prject Crdinatr f Wrld Bank/OECD/CDE Jint Prject n Statistical Capacity Building at Subnatinal Level Design f prject s implementatin prcess and lead the team wrk. Prepare the research n the level f decentralizatin and analyze the needs f different stakehlders fr the subnatinal statistics Final editing f Needs Assessment Reprt n Subnatinal Statistics in Ukraine Crdinating preparatin f Actin Plan n Subnatinal Statistics Develpment with State Statistics Cmmittee f Ukraine Prject Crdinatr f Ecnmic Mdelling and Frecasting OKSANA REMIGA 3 UNDP
1999 Sept 2002 Prject in Ukraine, CBC Capacity develpment prject fr the Ministry f Finance, Ministry f Ecnmy and Natinal Bank. Prject within the framewrk f Technical Assistance fr the Gvernment f Ukraine, prvided by CIDA. Prject is c-arranged by Cnference Bard f Canada(CBC), Internatinal Centre fr Plicy Studies and the Ministry f Ecnmy, Ministry f Finance, Natinal Bank f Ukraine Prvide ecnmic input int the preparatin f prgram utputs including wrking plans, review and prvide feedback n gvernments fellws wrk, input t the develpment f the macrecnmic mdel f Ukrainian ecnmy Crdinate the wrk n the prject between Ministry f Finance, Ministry f Ecnmy, Natinal Bank, ICPS and Cnference Bard f Canada, ensure institualizatin f prject utputs Nv 1998 1999 Sep 1998 1999 1993 Jan 1999 Prject Crdinatr f Centres fr Plicy Excellence, ICPS Training prgram n the principles and practical applicatin f plicy analysis within TA prvided by USAID t the civil servants c arranged by RAND and Gvernment f Ukraine (Ministry f Ecnmy, Ministry f Finance and Natinal Bank) Prvide input t the training materials, t the structure and cntent f weekly and quarterly seminars prvide feedback n the essays and ther training assignments f the civil servants- participating in the prgramme Crdinatr f Open Budget Prject, ICPS Prject was c-arranged by Institute f Refrms and Ukrainian- Eurpean Plicy and legal Advice Centre, financed by TACIS Prepared the analytical paper fr the publicatin Open Budget fr Ukraine (chapter n the revenue side f Cnslidated and State budget) Researcher, Institute f Ecnmics, Natinal Academy f Sciences Was in charge f cllecting infrmatin, analysing and wrking ut trends f develpment f different branches f ecnmy. Was in charge f develping analytical reviews and recmmendatins. EDUCATION Academic Qualificatin Sep 1997 1998 Sep 1990 Jint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria Applied Ecnmic Plicy Curse Institutes f Ecnmics, Natinal Academy f OKSANA REMIGA 4 UNDP
1993 Sep 1983 1988 Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine PhD, Curse n Ecnmic Develpment Academy f Light Industry, Kyiv, Ukraine MA, Engineering LANGUAGES Native Ukrainian, Russian. Fluent in English. OTHER SKILLS Wrd, Excel, E-Views PUBLICATIONS 1. Remiga, O.1999. Budget Revenues, in Open Budget fr Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine: Institute f Refrm, Internatinal Centre fr Plicy Studies, Ukrainian-Eurpean Plicy and Legal Advice Center, p. 31-45 2. Remiga, O.,Bakun, O., Mrinska O., and Rmaniuk, O. 2003. Ukraine, in Serdar Yilmaz, Jzsef Hegedus, Michael E. Bell (eds.) Subnatinal Data Requirements fr Fiscal entralizatin. Washingtn, D. C.: Wrld Bank, p.133-157. 3. Remiga, O., and Blinv, A. (eds.) 2003. Reginal Mnitring 2001-2002. Kiev, Ukraine: Centre fr Plicy Studies, 4. Remiga, O., and Martynenk, N.. Bringing Persnal Incmes Out f the Shadws. Kiev, Ukraine: Centre fr Plicy Studies 5. V. Hnat, K. Liapina, Y Navruzv, V. Nikitin, O. Remiga, 2005. Ukraine, in Sňa Čapkvá (ed.) Lcal Gvernment and Ecnmic Develpment, Budapest, Hungary.: Lcal Gvernment and Public Service Refrm Initiative, p. 135-167. 6. Remiga, O. (ed.), Tatarevsky O., Melnyk, N., Gancheva, Y., Makhmutva, M. 2006. Mdel fr public watch ver healthcare spending. Kiev, Ukraine: Centre fr Plicy Studies. http://www.icps.kiev.ua/eng/library.html?30 OKSANA REMIGA 5 UNDP