Examples of Recent Assignments:

The purpose of the Ukraine Trade Policy Project (UTPP) is to support the Ministry of Economy  (ME) to deliver a more effective trade policy function in GoU. The goal is deeper trade liberalisation and progress on Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The project will work with a range of stakeholders including the ME, a range of line ministries responsible for implementing WTO Agreements and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to produce the following outputs: 

·                Improved strategic approach to negotiation issues.

·                   Capacity developed to implement selected aspects of the WTO Agreements.

·                   Rada better able to bring Ukrainian legislation into conformity with WTO Agreements.

·                   Improved dialogue and communication with wider stakeholders.

Activities Local management and Ukrainian consultants being provided by Interconsult including the provision of expert legal advice, analysis, capacity building from international and national consultants, training and capacity building programmes for government officials. 

To support Ukraine’s accession to the WTO. a thorough analysis of the conformity of Ukrainian legislation with the standards of the WTO and its agreements was made proposals made for bringing Ukrainian legislation into conformity with the standards and requirements of WTO. 

Specific Objectives included: 

·         Carrying out a legal analysis including comparative analysis as for discrepancies in Ukrainian legislation with the requirements of the WTO system including analysis of the legal acts entering into force after 2003 and draft laws which were under consideration at the Parliament of Ukraine.

·         Define ways and mechanism of elimination of discrepancies and gaps in conformity of Ukrainian legislation and WTO agreements; presenting recommendations as for their implementation and drafting changes and amendments to be incorporated into the national legislation.

·         Define prospective of the national legislation development in the context of Doha Agenda for further liberalization and improvement of trade rules. 

Interconsult provided local project management. Legal experts on WTO issues and local staff 

Interconsult Ukraine LLC involved in establishing a comprehensive and credible SPS regulatory system in Ukraine, improving the prospects for increased trade in food-related products and leading to further progress in the path towards compliance with WTO and EU standards. Among the Target Groups and Counterparts were Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Veterinary Service, Sanitary-Epidemiological Department, State Service for Plant Quarantine, the State Customs Service, the Ministry of the Environment and the Medved Institute of Ecological Hygiene and Toxicology.  The results of the project were: An analysis of the effectiveness and compatibility of SPS measures in Ukraine with the conditions and recommendations of international organizations; A comparative analysis with analogous systems in the EU; A strategic plan, agreed with the counterpart, the European Commission, and the WTO (if appropriate) for the implementation of SPS measures, including a costing and timescale for implementation.

Interconsult provided local project management, local experts on SPS and WTO issues and local staff.

The principle objective of the Fibre Optic Communication Link Project is mitigating social and economic impact of the Chornobyl NPP closure by way of Slavutych infrastructure development and information technologies introduction.

Project activities consisted of two main Phases.  Phase 1 was for accomplishing preparatory activities; Phase 2 was for laying the cable, setting up means to operate and maintain the cable, and commissioning the link. 

The aims of Phase 1 were to:

·         undertake a marketing study,

·         develop a strategy to meet local needs,

·         reach an agreement with UkrTelecom on commercial maintenance and commercial operation,

·         develop performance requirements,

·         select the sub-contractor(s) who will develop a detail design, deliver equipment, lay the cable and construct the microwave mountings, set-up and commission the communication link system. 

Interconsult provided an expert team to carry out the activities in Phase 1.

The purpose of the The European Union Co-ordination Project (EUCOP) is to support the development of Ukraine’s EU policy co-ordination mechanism for control and co-ordination of EU policy formation, analysis, impact assessment and implementation and co-ordination of donor support for EU-Ukraine Action Plan implementation.  

The goal is to facilitate the smooth and efficient implementation of EU-Ukraine Action Plan and further deeper integration of Ukraine into European Union.

The project should increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the co-ordination mechanism established by the Government of Ukraine by enhancing its capacity and advising on necessary changes. Attention is to be paid to ensuring the comprehensiveness and coherence of the co-ordination mechanism’s functions and of the overall process of co-ordination. The mechanism should combine both policy and procedural co-ordination of EU integration.

Activities Local management and Ukrainian consultants being provided by Interconsult including the provision of expert legal advice, analysis, capacity building from national consultants, training and capacity building programmes for government officials. 

·         For the UK Government’s broad review of Trade, we analysed the impact of EU Trade regimes on the Ukraine:

·         Undertook research and analysis to determine what access Ukraine has to the markets of the European Union, European Free Trade Area and Central European Free Trade Agreement.

·         Addressed the following questions: what is the trade regime faced by Ukraine?; Where is it exporting to within the EU and what are the main exports?; what are the barriers faced by Ukraine and what would be the effects of lowering those barriers on Ukraine?; identify possible sectoral sensitivities of EU, EFTA and CEFTA states relevant to Ukraine?; Identify compatibility of any enhanced access with other international agreements and WTO rules.

·         To assess possible trade policy interests with respect to access to the European markets, paying particular attention to possibilities of asymmetric liberalisation.

·         This study included tariff and non-tariff barriers including safeguard actions, anti-dumping and countervailing duties.

Interconsult provided local experts to undertake detailed sectoral studies.