Medium-term Government Priority Action Plan to 2020.

Medium-term Government Priority Action Plan to 2020 is a cross-sectoral policy document applicable to the whole national territory. The scope shall be to create a viable market economy with a view of improving the quality of life in Ukraine. The Medium-Term Plan defines the main objectives and areas of Government activity for 2017-2020 and will form the basis for medium-term budget planning, the Government s annual operational planning, the strategic plans of ministries and other central executive bodies. One of the main objectives of this policy document is improvement of healthcare and social safety net by ensuring sustainable development of the national economy. The Government will ensure the implementation of EU law in Ukrainian legislation and will create the necessary administrative and institutional frameworks in the areas of technical regulation, standardization, market supervision, accreditation and compliance assessment, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary measures in order to improve the quality of products and services and to facilitate Ukraine s access to the EU and other markets. One of the priorities set forth by the Government is the implementation of land reform with a view of creating a legal framework for the operation of the land market in accordance with the model agreed during public discussions and to simplify the state registration of land plots. In the sphere of agro-industrial complex the Government expresses commitment to promote food security, also through ensuring food availability and access to high quality foodstuffs, predictability and sustainability of product markets by increasing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises, by increasing the production of high-added-value agricultural commodities and by diversifying opportunities in the agro-industrial sector, and to bring sectoral legislation into line with EU regulatory standards.
In the sphere of food quality and safety this policy document establishes to harmonise national veterinary and phytosanitary legislation with the EU Directives and Regulations, to improve the safety and quality of food products by introducing European standards and by empowering relevant executive authorities; to ensure proper state control over organic food production, circulation and labelling to facilitate the entry of Ukrainian organic food products into foreign markets and to enable the development of export potential in this area.
In the energy sector the priorities are attributed to the reform of coal industry, increase the share of energy from renewable sources in the structure of energy end-use, to reduce energy consumption and to promote energy efficiency and consumer energy saving. The Government is prepared to develop a governance system, capable of supporting the development and implementation of a cohesive public policy and of providing quality public services to the Ukrainian population and which will be fully compliant with European standards of good governance. The government will introduce new principles of public policy-making and coordination, policy-based strategic planning standards; will ensure the accountability of public administrative bodies and the delegation of relevant powers to local authorities via decentralization.