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June 1, 2020
Crisis and the City: Interesting Cases
This year, COVID-19 joined the list of infectious diseases that affect the functioning of urban spaces and each resident. The impact of the new viral…
May 27, 2020
How Whistleblowers Help during the Pandemic
On December 30, Chinese ophthalmologist Li Wenliang from Wuhan alerted his colleagues about an unknown virus. Then, the information reached the local police. The reaction of…
May 21, 2020
Uncharted Waters on Zelenskyy’s Anti-Corruption Map
A year ago, during his inaugural address, Zelenskyy promised to build a country of opportunities where everyone would be equal before the law and live…
May 19, 2020
Negative Trends and Low Awareness: A Couple of Things about EUACI/NACP Study
The EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention have presented a new study on the situation with corruption in Ukraine.…
May 8, 2020
You Can Look but You Can’t Touch: Ten Versions of Anti-Corruption Law in Six Months
On May 6, the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy has gotten to the law “On Corruption Prevention” again and would again like to change the list…
May 8, 2020
How Hospitals Insure Their Staff during COVID-19
On April 7, the Parliament passed the draft law pursuant to which healthcare workers will receive insurance payouts if they become disabled or die because…
April 29, 2020
One More Step in NACP Reframing
Today, the NACP has launched a competition to select new members of the Public Council. We have been waiting for this decision for ages as…
April 28, 2020
Can You Vaccinate Public Economy against Corruption?
There are social ills that have been affecting governments much longer than the coronavirus. I dare say that a single viral infection can affect the…
April 27, 2020
ARMA Can and Should Work More Effectively: New Draft Law
Prior to 2015, the assets seized in criminal proceedings were either in safe custody of the suspect/accused, or of the investigator/prosecutor himself. However, such storage…
April 27, 2020
Almost 21 mln Pairs of Gloves Procured via Prozorro in Ukraine
Protecting healthcare workers should be a top priority in the fight against the epidemic. However, in Ukraine, more than a thousand medical workers have been…
April 23, 2020
Tests, Masks and Ventilators: COVID-Related Procurement in Ukraine
It is no secret that Ukraine was not ready for the pandemic. Since the first official case of COVID-19, our state has faced a shortage...…
April 21, 2020
The New Law on Procurement Means New Opportunities for Business
Last year, more than 53 thousand companies participated in competitive bidding on Prozorro. The business that is going to participate in public procurement this year…
April 17, 2020
Five Years of NABU’s Hard Work, Yet People Care Only about Convictions
A couple of days ago, mayor Trukhanov was once again served with charges by the NABU and the SAPO because of his wife’s property. This…
April 16, 2020
Procurement of Medical Masks: April 15 Update
As of April 15, over 8.4 million medical masks for a total of UAH 106 million have been procured in Ukraine. This is the 2020…
April 7, 2020
Is Corruption Overcome in Ukraine? Not Quite, Says Europe
In March, the Group of States against Corruption published a report based on monitoring of Ukraine’s anti-corruption progress. For a too long, didn’t read version: we…
April 6, 2020
Medical Procurement during Pandemic: Surging Demand and Price Gouging
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the government and local authorities to respond to the threat rapidly, redistributing budget funds. On April 1, the Government made…
