During time of challenge and turmoil shaping strategic vision and management systems in line with short and long-term needs is of crucial importance. Leaders not only have to understand the long-term objectives of their activity, but as well determine other subjects of strategic action within the system and suprasystem, understand their own purpose and that of those subjects, roles and influences inside subsystems and suprasystems. Clear vision of priorities and long-term objective helps increase effectiveness, improve management of processes and results.
33 representatives of leadership of the Main Investigative Department and Department of War Crimes Investigation of the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) kicked off the process of creation of strategic model of management of war crimes investigation for this pre-trial investigation body on 22-23 August 2024 in Kyiv.
“We are grateful to the Council of Europe for consistent support to the National Police of Ukraine. What we value is that within the process of development of management system and strategy for documenting, investigating war crimes, the Main Investigation Department of the NPU is the driving force along with best Council’s experts and other relevant bodies that support us throughout the process. We engaged all leaders of investigative police units dealing with war crimes. The knowledge they receive will help broaden outlook, develop non-pattern thinking in the context of managing the work on war crimes investigation, find non-linear solutions, and, importantly – dismantle psychological barrier for adopting such solutions”, - Mr. Serhiy Panteleyev, First Deputy Head of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine
“This not just an event. This is a process, which will go on in our Department at least till end 2024. We are confident that as an outcome we will get quality transformations that will bring us closer to working in line with best international and Council of Europe standards”, - Ms. Khrystyna Podyriako, Head of Department of Investigation of War Crimes of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine
“It was an honor for me to be a part of such an important endeavor. The best remuneration during interaction is the extremely motivated audience. These professionals tirelessly investigate war crimes with limited time and human resources. Still, they found time to work on development of the strategic model of management because they have a clear understanding that the result is far more important than the process”, – Mr. Volodymyr Pavelko, Council of Europe expert.
During this session participants:
- Considered approaches to creating and managing complex systems
- Discussed the art of non-linear decision making, strategic cases within governmental sector during full-scale invasion of the aggressor
- Worked on creating offer of value for defined roles of consumers
- Discussed influence leverages for system transformation
- Discussed the context of war crimes investigation in Ukraine, experience and challenges for future implementation
- Described concept of the offer of value “Investigation of war crimes”
- Defined roles of beneficiaries in the system of investigation of war crimes
- Discussed the suprasystem of war crimes investigations, influences and alliances
- Worked on hypothesis of visual sketches of the system of war crimes investigation
The activity is a part of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening Ukrainian Law Enforcement Agencies During War and Post-War Period”.
