Legal directions for improving the activities of the State Agency for the Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine

In this article, the authors conducted a systematic research of the legal areas of improvement of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. The relevance of the research is due to the fact that at this stage of the State Agency’s activities there are a number of unresolved legal issues that require regulatory regulation, in particular, the establishment of a «legislative framework» for the reconstruction processes, distribution of powers between it, state and local authorities and other participants in the reconstruction process, introduction of an electronic document flow system from the contractor to the Treasury, unification of decision-making procedures in regional reconstruction services, etc. It is established that the competence of the State Agency was significantly changed after the full-scale invasion of the russian federation, in particular, in terms of ensuring the elimination of the consequences of armed aggression and reconstruction of infrastructure. That is why, given the short period of the State Agency’s functioning, the authors have analysed the key legal acts on the reconstruction and direct activities of this body, the involvement of international technical assistance in the reconstruction processes in Ukraine, and identified areas for improving its activities in accordance with the leading international practices and standards. On the basis of this analysis, the authors focus on the need to adopt a separate law to define the charter of the State Agency for the Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. It is substantiated that it would be strategically prudent to adopt the Law of Ukraine «On the Basic Principles of Reconstruction of Ukraine» (working title), which would provide for a special status for the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. It is concluded that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should decide to increase the number of employees of the State Agency to 190 and to enshrine the plan for the State Agency’s capacity and transformation in the Government’s programme documents. The State Agency is recommended to develop a target operating model of the Agency’s IT strategy and automation of business processes of the Reconstruction Services (in particular, ERP systems), and document management systems.