Improving Coordination and Financial Support of Justice Sector. Ensuring Information Systems

- WGs, MOJ working as part of justice sector reform coordination mechanism at central operational level

- Dedicated strategic planning capacities (Standing committees, units, staff) of independent justice sector institutions (judiciary,
prosecution, Bar, bailiffs) working as justice sector reform coordination mechanism at local/institutional level (bottom-up coordination)

- Regular liaison and interaction between policy-setting/operational and central/local levels of justice sector reform coordination
mechanism

- Binding obligations of each justice sector institution to submit annual reports evaluating their performance and setting targets for
improvement for next year

- Use of statistics and evidence-based approach in all policy and regulatory initiatives

- Complex quantitative and qualitative M&E methodologies applied in design and review of implementation of all policies relating to
justice sector

- Role of MOJ as justice sector budget ‘integrator’ and main strategic planning body for all relevant components of justice sector

- Regular engagement of experts specialised in financial planning to support strategic planners, research and analysis staff at MOJ,

- Periodic implementation reports, specifying individual stakeholder and sector-wide responsibilities, milestones and performance
indicators, and specific timeframe for their achievement, adjusted and rolled forward to take account of performance experience, in
sufficient time (by mid-calendar year) for any changes to be reflected in institutional budgets

- Internal and external monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mechanisms and review reports attest satisfactory degree of implementation of
each dedicated chapter of JSRS, and of relevant institutional strategic development plans (SDPs),

- Gradual annual reduction in number and increase in length and extent of preparatory steps in legislative development, reducing
‘legislative inflation’ for justice sector

- Medium-and long-term perspective of all regulatory initiatives for justice sector, attested by connection between new regulatory
proposals and underlying institutional or sector-wide strategies, acting as prerequisite policy umbrella for all new legislation

- Strengthened analytical and research capabilities to contribute to practice guides on problematic aspects in interpreting certain pieces
of legislation in justice sector, in order to strike a balance between regulation by statute and secondary legislation;

- Impact assessment and gap analysis methodologies used regularly in all policy development and regulatory initiatives; Acknowledgement and
awareness of regulatory and budgetary impact of all intended regulatory initiatives

- Increased partnerships between MOJ/other justice sector institutions and CSOs, universities (HEIs) in developing strategic documents for
justice sector reform, legislative initiatives, research and analysis of the jurisprudence, practice guides on various legal issues, and
joint oversight in implementation of all sector-related policies

-Increased interoperability and developed IS coordination mechanisms

- PPP agreements with external providers signed to ensure provision of information services

- Strengthened coordination and cooperation with EU and its Member States in justice sector, helping Government to meet relevant EU
Association Agreement and Acquis obligations in substantive public (administrative), private and criminal law, with particular emphasis on
protection of privacy/access to information, property rights, company law, fight against organised crime and corruption

- Coordination role of MOJ in provision of all justice sector information services

- Most information services outsourced to third-party providers on SLAs basis

- Interoperable IS within State bodies (governance bodies / units / staff), between State/non-State actors in justice sector, and between
Ukrainian and international counterparts, based on EU Interoperability Framework standards and PDP requirements

- Full electronic case management systems at all State justice bodies,

- User-friendly websites of State and private actors in justice sector, allowing provision of services based on user perspective

- Practical and effective use of IS by justice sector actors to advance independence, accountability, competence and efficiency

- Automated or on-line systems for measuring user satisfaction

- Ensured the possibility of remote use of information systems.

- Introduced “e-Justice” tools that allows users to go to court, pay a court fee, to participate in proceedings, to receive the necessary
information and documents electronically.