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Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Journey: What Does the Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 Reveal?
In 2021, Ukraine lost 1 point in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and now ranks 122nd out of 180 countries in the CPI list.
January 25, 2022
Transparent cities, sustainable state: how (successfully) Ukraine is fighting local corruption
While measuring the openness of local authorities is a relatively new trend, it has already been applied in several countries – Canada, Slovakia, Spain to
January 13, 2022
What’s Wrong with ARMA Competition?
On December 27, 2019, Yanchuk A.V. was dismissed by the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from the post of ARMA head. That
January 10, 2022
Open vs Scanned: What Is It with Open Data in Ukrainian Cities?
Cities have long considered data disclosure to be trouble. The amount of data is growing, and the quality of the presentation is questionable. Why do
January 6, 2022
Escaping Matrix. How Knowledge of Anti-Corruption Bodies’ Work Will Change Your World
In our country, there are events happening almost every day that directly or indirectly affect its anti-corruption capacity. Therefore, it is important that all those
January 5, 2022
Millions for LEDs: How Much Ukrainian Cities Spent on Main Christmas Trees
The cost of preparations of regional centers of Ukraine for the New Year ranges from zero to more than UAH 70 mln. We have analyzed
January 5, 2022
Checking How Successful Small-Scale Privatization Is in Your City
In 2021, more than 1,200 successful auctions for small-scale privatization were conducted in the ProZorro.Sale system, bringing more than UAH 5 bln to the budgets
January 2, 2022
Protection of Whistleblowers: What Has (not) Changed?
It's been two years since the Law on Whistleblower Protection came into force. Are the legal guarantees fully implemented?
January 1, 2022
Sweet Life: New Year’s Sweets for Children in Prozorro
Procurement of gift sets for schools and kindergartens in 2021.
December 30, 2021
Complex and Closed Communication with the State = Favorable Field for Corruption
The 7th Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit was held in Korea on December 15-17. Its main topics: strengthening public space, fighting corruption, and promoting
December 29, 2021
Dark Procurement of Kyivmisksvitlo
The financial audit of an ME revealed an overestimation of the cost of materials and outdated approaches to energy accounting.
Why Should Ukraine Continue the Trend Towards Transparency?
The Prozorro.Sale project is nominated from Ukraine for an international award Open Government Awards and has every chance of winning on December 15.
December 14, 2021
Fakes and Myths about Corruption
Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs Kateryna Ryzhenko spoke about manipulations regarding the Corruption Perceptions Index in Ukraine in the podcast Feykotron by Hromadske Radio.
December 13, 2021
How to Respond to US Sanctions Against Corrupt Officials?
Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs Kateryna Ryzhenko told Channel 4 what could we expect from sanctions.
December 10, 2021
The corruption pandemic. To overcome or to give up?
Corruption is a social disease that gradually affects all state bodies. If the disease is left to its own devices, the uncontrolled spread and complications
December 9, 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.
