The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of positions in the National Police, the State Bureau of Investigation, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the State Emergency Service that require English language skills. Candidates applying for positions in these bodies will also have to speak English. This was announced by the government representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk on Telegram, UNN reports.
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"In accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the Use of the English Language in Ukraine", a list of positions of middle and senior police officers of the National Police, positions of senior officers of other law enforcement agencies, and positions of senior officers of the civil protection service, candidates for which are required to speak English, has been approved. The list comes into force 4 years after the date of termination or lifting of martial law in Ukraine," Melnychuk said.
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MP Oleksiy Honcharenko reportedthat the head of the National Police and his deputies should know English. Heads of departments and his deputies, heads of departments of the duty unit, advisor to the head of the National Police, heads of interregional departments of the National Police and territorial bodies, as well as their deputies, heads of departments, assistants.
Also, the head of the international cooperation unit and his deputies must be proficient in English at the State Bureau of Investigation.
In the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the head of the digital forensic laboratory detectives' unit and his deputies, as well as senior detectives of the unit, should be proficient in English.
Head of the Financial Investigations Unit of the Criminal Analysis and Financial Investigations Department and Senior Detective.
The head and his deputies of the department of the detectives' unit of organizational and analytical support and strategic development of the NABU should also speak English.
In addition, the head of the State Emergency Service, as well as his deputies, department directors, heads of management departments, heads of territorial units of the SES, legal advisers, leading specialists, and psychologists, should be proficient in English.
Recall
On June 4, the Verkhovna Rada passed in the second reading a bill that grants English the status of one of the languages of international communication in Ukraine. The document defines the categories of positions for which candidates are required to speak English, and will also provide for English language instruction in pre-school education institutions.
In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers was instructed to establish lists of positions for which candidates must be proficient in English within six months.