Ivan Lakhtionov

Director of Innovation Projects Program

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March 7, 2024

The battle for food supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Can the old schemes be broken?

The new logistics procurement agency is trying to reform the food supply system for the military. But suppliers who have been securing contracts for years are throwing a wrench in the works.

February 16, 2024

Reconstruction Monitoring: Challenges and Valuable Lessons

The speech of Ivan Lakhtionov, Deputy Executive Director of Innovation Projects at TI Ukraine, at the Reconstruction Monitoring webinar, held by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting on January 10, 2024, within the Control of Recovery Costs project…

November 30, 2023

How to Make Public Procurement Less Attractive for Businesses

Why stopping payments based on the results of State Audit Service monitoring is a bad idea. What can be done instead to give auditors more leverage?

November 2, 2023

Procurement Fever 2023: Where It Came From and Can We Expect Change Next Year

Rallies on the priority of budget expenditures were held in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Cherkasy; online ones seem to have affected the whole country.

August 18, 2022

How the Idea of Localization in Procurement Turned into an Unsolvable Problem

Let’s delve into the new rules and how they will help the local manufacturers of machinery.

July 11, 2022

What should the rebuilding of the country be like?

Main challenges and how they can be overcome.

February 3, 2022

Localization in Action: Will It Be Possible to Support Domestic Manufacturer?

Before the second reading, draft law 3739 on localization in Prozorro was amended so as not to violate international obligations. How will it work now?

December 7, 2021

New Changes to Anti-Monopoly legislation: Solving Problems or Adding New Ones?

A lot has changed in the anti-monopoly legislation recently, and this will also have an impact on public procurement.