The grant was implemented by the Institute for Budgetary and Socio-Economic Research with support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy as part of the implementation of the Assistance Program to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine intended to upgrade the qualification of the parliamentary staff in accordance with the needs of the Ukrainian parliament via delivery of a series of training seminars.
     The project’s tasks included developing a training program and delivering a series of seminars for MPs and staff of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Budget Committee. The seminars familiarized the participants with modern approaches to mid-term budgeting, monitoring and evaluating budget programs, methods of cost analysis, as well as practical aspects of applying Performance Program Budgeting in order to improve the efficiency of using budget funds and promote the transparency of the budget process.