{"id":235,"date":"2024-05-21T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T13:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/?post_type=report&#038;p=235"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:48:39","slug":"public-attitude-state-reforms","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/report\/public-attitude-state-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Public attitudes towards state reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MAIN CONCLUSIONS<\/h2>\n<h3>Level of knowledge about reforms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the research results, respondents believe that the President and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are responsible for implementing reforms in Ukraine (44-45%), although one third of respondents still perceive reforms as a collective responsibility, involving both governmental bodies and the public.<\/li>\n<li>According to the vast majority of respondents, the reforms should be driven by the public (53%), although the authorities (the President (40%), the Government (30%) and the Verkhovna Rada (26%)) should also be involved.<\/li>\n<li>The results of the research indicate a low level of awareness of the reform process in the country &#8211; one third (35%) of respondents are aware of the reforms. At the same time, young people (44-48%) are more inclined to express confidence in the reforms in Ukraine compared to respondents aged 45 and older (25-30%).<\/li>\n<li>In addition to the low level of awareness of the reform process in Ukraine, the perception of the reform process is quite ambiguous: the word &#8220;reforms&#8221; itself evokes positive associations in 41% of respondents, while for a third (30%) of respondents it has a negative connotation.<\/li>\n<li>The vast majority of respondents (57%) do not see the possibility of implementing global, multi-level reforms during the war. According to 24% of respondents, the reforms already implemented by the government have positive effects.<br \/>\nCommunicative activities of the Government of Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>For those respondents who noticed government communication on reforms during the past year, the main sources of such communication were news from Telegram channels (43%), television (41%), social networks (37%), and online media (35%). The least effective communication channels were radio and print media (9% and 8%, respectively).<\/li>\n<li>The research results show that more than a third of respondents would prefer to learn about reforms through video materials with illustrative examples (34%) or news reports (31%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>General opinion on the political, economic and social agenda<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The most pressing problems for Ukrainians today include the threat to life and health due to hostilities or missile attacks (55%), loss of income sources (43%), separation from family members (36%), and loss of job\/business or inability to find a job (33%).<\/li>\n<li>According to the respondents, the most pressing problems at the state\/society level include rising prices (74%), lack of solutions to people&#8217;s real needs by the authorities (57%), violation of human rights and freedoms (45%), media bias, spread of false information and propaganda (39%), and lack of access to quality\/proper medical care or treatment (30%).<\/li>\n<li>The vast majority of respondents use Ukrainian in everyday life (74%): the absolute majority of respondents in the Western region (95%) and Northern region (83%), as well as the vast majority of respondents in the Central region (77%), Kyiv (65%) and Southern region (55%). Respondents in the Eastern region indicate that: 49% speak Russian and 48% &#8211; Ukrainian.<\/li>\n<li>Regarding the respondents&#8217; opinions about the future of Ukraine, there are both positive and negative sentiments: among the &#8220;positive&#8221; feelings, respondents noted hope (50%), optimism (21%), and pride (19%), while among the &#8220;negative&#8221; &#8211; anxiety (44%), fear (23%), and hopelessness (15%).<\/li>\n<li>The research results show that almost half of the respondents (42%) feel they can influence the government, especially younger respondents (18-24 years old, 58%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Trust in information sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Regarding the sources of information about government activities, the most trusted are the official websites of the Cabinet of Ministers and ministries (27%), information from news Telegram channels (26%) and online media (25%). However, 15% of respondents indicated that they did not trust any of the sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Level of awareness of and support for government projects in selected areas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Among the reforms that respondents believe are currently being implemented, the most frequently mentioned were digitalisation (44%), reforms that promote Ukraine&#8217;s European integration (37%), and reform of the army and its provision (34%). In addition to the above, respondents are aware of reforms to fight against corruption (25%), restore and develop energy sector (24%), and rebuild the country (23%). The least recognisable reforms were those aimed at supporting veterans as well as supporting and developing entrepreneurship (9% each).<\/li>\n<li>About half (46%) of respondents who are aware of the government&#8217;s current reforms implementation reported significant results of digitalisation, another 20% see the effects of army reform and European integration. The least noticeable achievements are in working with veterans (3%) and the development of entrepreneurship (4%).<\/li>\n<li>According to respondents, the government&#8217;s most priority areas of activity should be combating corruption (72%), strengthening defence capabilities (59%) and rebuilding the country (44%). These reforms are the ones that arouse the greatest interest: reforms aimed at combating corruption (55%), reforming the army (43%) and rebuilding the country (41%).<\/li>\n<li>According to the respondents, the Government should support small (68%) and medium-sized businesses (52%) in its activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>You can download the full survey report via the form below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survey of public attitudes towards state reforms for the CMU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2386,"template":"","report_cat":[4],"class_list":["post-235","report","type-report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","report_cat-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/report"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"report_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradus.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report_cat?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}