Agency for Legislative Initiatives 2021-2023 Agency for Legislative Initiatives 2021-2023 Civic organization Agency for Legislative Initiatives has applied to Sida for funding of 14 989 374 SEK to help implement its organizational strategy which contributes to development and promotion of the civic, political and economic concepts of the democratic state that is based on the rule of law. Its programmatic activities are underpinned by its mission envisaging the establishment of democratic values in the Ukrainian society, facilitate the development of effective and well-balanced public policies in Ukraine and to develop political and legal culture of citizens, particularly that of politicians.

Consequently, ALI pursues its strategic objectives by working in four key directions:
Good Governance that consists of working to reform of the Ukrainian Parliament, reforming public governance, and support of the implementation of the Association Agreement with the European Union and a few other sectoral reforms in the Ukrainian public sector;

• Justice and Security; the advocacy to reform of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, promoting judiciary reform as well as facilitation of the development of education standards in law degrees and other specializations;

• Civic and Political Culture that is implemented through the Ukraine School of Political Studies (USPS) and the projects on social audits of the municipalities, as well as promoting innovative approaches and practices in social and political spheres;

• Organizational Development of ALI itself that consists of boosting the communication capacities, improving internal policies and procedures and human capital development, as well as the other organizational development efforts. 

The latter is in line with a second objective which aims to facilitate the transition of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives (ALI), an organization with 20 years of experience, to a qualitatively higher level of independence, sustainability, transparency and resilience in accordance with the best global standards for non-governmental organizations and think tanks. Civilsamhällesorganisationen Agency for Legislative Initiatives (ALI) har ansökt till Sida om finansiering med 14 989 374 SEK för att genomföra sin organisationsstrategi som ska bidra till utveckling och spridning av medborgerliga, politiska och ekonomiska begrepp i en demokratisk stat som bygger på rättsstatsprincipen. ALI:s programmatiska verksamhet drivs av en vision att sprida demokratiska värderingar i det ukrainska samhället, underlätta utvecklingen av en effektiv och välbalanserad offentlig politik i Ukraina, samt att utveckla medborgarnas politiska och juridiska kultur, särskilt politikernas.  

För att uppnå dessa strategiska mål, arbetar ALI inom de fyra följande inriktningarna: 

•Good governance – som består av arbete för att reformera det ukrainska parlamentet, reformera den offentliga styrningen och stödja genomförandet av Associeringsavtalet med EU, samt andra sektoriella reformer inom den offentliga sektorn.

•Rättvisa och säkerhet – förespråkande av att reformera åklagarmyndigheten och inrikesministeriet, främjande av rättsväsendereformer, samt utveckling av normer inom juridiska och andra specialiserade utbildningsprogram inom universitet och högskolor.

•Medborgerlig och politisk kultur, genomförs av Ukrainian School of Political Studies (USPS) i ett projekt för social revision av municipliteter och främjande av innovativa metoder för socialt och politiskt påverkansarbete.

•Organisationsutveckling av ALI; utveckling av kommunikationskapaciteten, förbättring av interna policyer och rutiner, utveckling av humankapital och organisationsutveckling. ALI:s strategiska plan för 2020–2022 inkluderar en ny inriktning för kommunikation och utveckling av ALI.

Det senare är i linje med ett annat mål, som syftar till att lyfta ALI, en organisation med 20 års erfarenhet, till en kvalitativt högra nivå av oberoende, hållbarhet och motståndskraft i enlighet med de bästa globala standarder för CSOs och tankesmedjor. The intervention’s objective is two-fold.
FIrstly, Sweden will support the ALI's mission, vision, and activities in its statutory and strategic areas and, secondly, further strengthen organization’s operational capacity and sustainability.
 
ALI realizes its mission by promoting democratic values in Ukrainian society, forming an adequate and balanced public policy in Ukraine, and developing citizens' and politicians' political and legal culture.
 
The project is directly aimed at supporting the vision of the organization in a 3 years’ perspective: Agency for Legislative Initiatives is a prominent think tank making an impact throughout the political process and at all stages of the policy cycle in the interests of Ukraine's citizens and the advancement of democratic values.
The main strategic areas of ALI's intervention include but are not restricted to i) good governance (improvement of quality of the decision-making process), ii) justice and security (promoting institution building in the security sector and fair justice), iii) civics and political culture, as well as iv) ALI's institutional capacity.
Consequently, the intervention aims at continuing the organizational development journey embarked on by the organization during the preparatory phase (pre-core) when the bulk of priority and key System-Based Audit recommendations have been successfully introduced, as part of the introductory work to align the CSO with Sida core support requirements and eligibility criteria.
Implementation of the remainder of recommendations yielded by the follow-up Verification Audit as well as their internalization will significantly strengthen the institutional capacity of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives and will help achieve the mission and goals of the organization more effectively.