the creator of Public Administration in Ukraine and co-founder of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Self-Government at the CMU (later Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, NASU), the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (KIUS), the global network of Open Society Foundations (Open Society Foundations), NISPAcee (a network of public administration institutes and schools of Central and Eastern Europe), International Foundation "Renaissance", publishing house "Osnovy" (later named after Solomiya Pavlychko), creator of the master's degree in Mohylyanka, editor of "Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy", general director of the University of Central Asia.
The initiator of the development of practical, scientific, and educational directions in Ukraine: "Policy analysis", "Strategic planning", "M&E", etc.
Member of many working groups and collectives, consultant of the World Bank and OECD, doctor of social sciences (Oxford, before that: Bishops, Toronto, Glasgow universities), honorary doctor of the University of North London and the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, honorary professor of the University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", member of the editorial board of the British "Journal of Public Management".