“The profile team headed by the Deputy Minister of Defense Stanislav Heyder presented a half-year plan of key steps in the reform of the defense infrastructure during the meeting of the Council of Institutional Reform Donors with the participation of representatives of 25 countries and international organizations.”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua
The profile team headed by the Deputy Minister of Defense Stanislav Heyder presented a half-year plan of key steps in the reform of the defense infrastructure during the meeting of the Council of Institutional Reform Donors with the participation of representatives of 25 countries and international organizations.
“We see infrastructure as one of the key components of our capabilities that needs to be developed. We have a clear understanding of what to do in the next six months and how to transform this area,” Hyder said.
He noted that his team started taking care of this block a month and a half ago, and work is already underway on key points of the transformation processes in the defense infrastructure. Among them are the only development priorities.
Read also: About 6,500 volunteers join the Defense Forces every month – Ministry of Defense Heyder explained that in the conditions of war, in particular, constant missile strikes by the enemy, the development of the necessary military infrastructure for the placement of personnel and equipment is of critical importance. Based on the approaches of NATO member countries, a decision was made to form a military infrastructure development function on the basis of one of the divisions of the Ministry of Defense. That function will be built over the next two months, he said, adding that “our challenge is to define clear priorities and directions for wartime defense infrastructure funding by the start of the new budget year.”
The second step in the defense infrastructure reform is the elimination of duplication, optimization of administrative structures and costs.
Read also: More than 200,000 people have already signed in to the “Army+” application military – Chernogorenko According to Heyder, a number of organizational changes will be introduced by the end of the year, which will allow to remove duplication in the performance of functions in the direction of infrastructure. The administrative structures that currently deal with issues of construction organization in the Ministry of Defense will be significantly reduced without loss of potential. From January 1, 2025, purchases of secondary housing, modular structures, equipment and certain other items of the Ministry of Defense for a total amount of several billion hryvnias will be transferred to the State Rear Operator. The result of these actions will be the release of a significant financial resource, he emphasized.
The third point of the reform is the construction audit.
As the deputy minister emphasized, for the first time the Ministry of Defense will conduct a comprehensive audit of military facilities under construction. “During the next 4-6 months, we will carry out an inventory of all active and frozen projects in order to form a holistic vision of how to effectively spend funds in this direction in 2025 and the following years. A component of this vision will be a strategic plan for the management of objects under construction,” he said.
Read also: An additional almost 500 billion will go to pay the military and purchase weapons – moderated Also, a key point of the transformation processes in the defense infrastructure is the provision of housing for the military.
According to Heyder, instead of multi-year construction projects, clear and transparent financial mechanisms and financial support for obtaining housing will be introduced. The concept of such changes has already been formed, its discussion with financial institutions and non-governmental organizations has begun.
In addition, he assured, transparency and efficient management and operation of the infrastructure will be ensured.
In particular, as Gaider emphasized, work is underway on the corresponding IT system to create a transparent electronic record of lands and buildings of the Ministry of Defense. A prototype of such a solution has already been created, and the first results of the implementation of electronic accounting are expected by the end of the year.
Work has also begun on the creation of a civil real estate agency that will manage land and other real estate on a commercial basis. The work of such an agency is based on the examples of NATO member countries. In order to save costs for the operation of the infrastructure, the implementation of individual energy efficiency pilot projects has already begun, he informed.
Hyder also indicated the need to implement joint projects with partners in the areas of construction, restoration (reconstruction) of defense infrastructure facilities, such as health care facilities, military educational institutions, etc. Bilateral security agreements concluded with partner countries can also become the basis of such joint projects, he noted and added that the implementation of joint projects will make it possible to strengthen the capabilities of the Defense Forces for both military needs and development needs.
“According to the formed vision of the target structure of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the results of the functional audit, the infrastructural direction should undergo a transformation,” – emphasized the Deputy Minister of Defense.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Ministry of Defense is reforming the direction of material support of the Armed Forces.