Foreign Affairs committee  Ms. Wittfooth and I shall actually jointly make a statement, if that would please the committee.

Foreign Affairs committee  While the Canadian Bureau for International Education has been active in Ukraine since 1992, the focus of today's presentation is really on the Ukraine civil service human resources management reform project, as we feel that it's especially germane to the focus of the committee’s deliberations and the committee's work in the area of public service partnerships.

Foreign Affairs committee  —an essential precondition to eventual European Union membership. This is being achieved through targeted reforms designed to make the central government human resources management system more accountable and transparent and ultimately more effective. Therefore, our project focuses on leadership development and training, human resources management governance, and infrastructure to support the professionalization of the Ukrainian public service.