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October 22, 2021
Thermal Modernization of Houses in Kyiv
How much did it cost Kyiv residents to make their homes more energy efficient partially at the expense of the state?

October 19, 2021
“Cursed” SAPO Competition: No Head in a Year of Work?
Last week, we “celebrated” a year since the first meeting of the commission for the selection of the SAPO head. The institution has not been…

October 7, 2021
Privatization Blitzkrieg: 5 Changes in the Field of State Property Management to Occur This Year
The “privatization package” of draft laws in the Verkhovna Rada may become one of the key events of the year, at least in the economic…

October 5, 2021
Coronavirus Procurement Now Contains More Risks, than in Spring of 2020
In the spring of 2020, hospitals faced a shortage of safety products, medicines, and equipment. At the same time, time was short, and all this…

September 29, 2021
New “Quick” checks of NACP Declarations: What Will Change?
The Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” gives the NACP the authority to control the correctness and completeness of filling out declarations of officials…

September 24, 2021
School Breakfasts in Kyiv: Binary Multi-Profile and Portions UAH 8 Each
The capital's school food market is once again volatile because of contractors' wars, and canteens are waiting for new equipment.

September 15, 2021
Focus on accountability: how Ukrainian cities fight for openness
The first Transparency Ranking of the 100 biggest cities highlighted the very points of challenge that cities should work on first. For now, the transparency…

September 15, 2021
Kyiv’s Participatory Budget Taken over by MPs’ Teams
Participatory budget is designed to expand the tools of real democracy and at the same time train citizens to develop cooperation skills and understand the…

September 10, 2021
What Your School Buys: First-Grader Kit
UAH 14.5 million was spent on gifts for first-graders. We looked into the content and the price of first-grader kits.

September 7, 2021
First Object of Large-Scale Privatization: Why Delay UMCC Auction?
Postponing the privatization auction of AT United Mining and Chemical Company will allow to engage more investors in the auction, which guarantees high competition and…

September 6, 2021
Interim Measures, Verdicts, and More. Achievements of HACC in 2 Years
September 5 marks two years since the launch of the High Anti-Corruption Court. This time is not enough for the final assessment of the activity…

September 2, 2021
Zelenskyy and Biden’s Anti-Corruption Agreements
The independence and capacity of the anti-corruption ecosystem is what I read in the strategic statement signed by the presidents of Ukraine and the United…

September 1, 2021
What Your School Buys: School Buses
How, why, and from whom educational institutions purchase transport in Prozorro. Analytics of the school bus procurement in Prozorro for 2019-2021.

September 1, 2021
5 Years of E-Declaration: Mission Possible?
On September 1, 2016, e-declaration of officials was launched in Ukraine. What has been achieved in 5 years, and what are the challenges the system…

August 25, 2021
Time Machine: 30 Years of Public Procurement
History of public procurement from Independence to the present day.

August 23, 2021
Independence and Decorruption: No Stopping
Tomorrow Ukraine turns 30. However, there are always serious obstacles to true independence. One of them is corruption.