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Kyiv, October 30, 2015.<\/em> <\/strong>Reform of Ukraine\u2019s state security services needs to translate into increased trust to them from society. Such a conclusion was achieved by participants of the round table \u201cReforming security bodies, civic and parliamentary control\u201d held at Ukraine Crisis Media Center in the framework of the Ukraine Reforms Communications Taskforce project.<\/p>\n

Opening the event Ivan Po\u010duch, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Ukraine, noted that according to him the reform of Ukraine\u2019s security sector needs to take two directions. First of all, the interests that should be in focus are those of society as a whole, not those of particular political figures. Secondly, the reform must be consistent. \u201cReform consistency can be secured only if there is a clear understanding of \u00a0identified bodies fulfilling \u00a0identified functions. It is not an easy task. But Ukraine is not alone. You have political and macrofinancial support from the European Union,\u201d emphasized Po\u010duch.<\/p>\n

In course of the round table, former representatives of the Security Information Service of the Czech Republic shared their experience of reforming the above-mentioned body. It was reformed within three years in the times of political transformations. Reshaping of the agency happened through splitting of the then Security Service into two institutions: a counterintelligence agency and the ministry of interior. Around 8000 of staff (about 80%) were fired in course of reform. The service\u2019s structure was drastically changed including its territorial aspect: the number of regional offices was considerably cut. \u201cCentral authorities structure can be changed gradually, in a similar way the tax system can be changed. But one cannot do the same with the Security Service,\u201d said Ji\u0159\u00ed Novotn\u00fd, ex-Head of the Czechoslovakian Security Information Service (Counterintelligence Agency).<\/p>\n

Zden\u011bk Vodslo\u0148, former official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Czech Republic added: \u201cThe reform needs to be conducted without looking back at the staff. At first the structure needs to be defined and only later it needs to be filled with people. In parallel, quality training of staff needs to be organized,\u201d noted Vodslo\u0148.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian experts noted that Ukraine currently does not have a unified position regarding reforming its security services. \u201cDevelopment of a reform concept was started back in times of Presidents Yushchenko and Yanukovych. But there has been no movement forward. There are no international examples when the security service would reform itself from inside \u2013 that is what is currently suggested in Ukraine. It actually continues the old path,\u201d emphasized Mykola Sungurovskyi, director of military programs at Razumkov Centre.<\/p>\n

Andriy Gnidets, expert at the Reanimation Package of Reforms, thinks that in course of reform the government needs to work \u00a0on issues such as jurisdiction of cases, deprive the security bodies of functions that are untypical for them, introduce parliamentary control over their activities etc. \u201cA new law on security service needs to be drafted. The current law is too much a framework law. But we have to decide: what model for the Security Service are we choosing?\u201d said Hnidets.<\/p>\n

Czech experts are ready to join the work and help the Ukrainian side to work out the reform vision. \u201cWe made a lot of mistakes in course of transition from the security sector of Czechoslovakia. We were also coming to \u201cdead ends\u201d several times. We are ready to share our experience with our Ukrainian colleagues,\u201d summarized Novotn\u00fd.<\/p>\n

Other participants of the round table included:<\/p>\n

Serhiy Shekhnenko, representative of Ukraine\u2019s Security Service Central Directorate<\/p>\n

Bohdan Sokrut, representative of Ukraine\u2019s Security Service Central Office<\/p>\n

Sergiy Sukhariov, expert at the Union for Assistance to Ukraine\u2019s Defense<\/p>\n

Denys Vasyliev, expert at the Reanimation Package of Reforms<\/p>\n

Iuriy Chyzhmar, expert at the Reanimation Package of Reforms<\/p>\n

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