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September 1, 2020
COVID-19 PROCUREMENTS: APPROACHES NEED TO BE CHANGED
In March, public procuring entities were allowed to procure the most necessary goods and services required to fight against the coronavirus without auctions. With the…
August 27, 2020
ABUSE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: HOW DO YOU REPORT IT?
Every day the Prozorro system handles between hundreds and tens of thousands of procurement reports. Most of them are filed by government agencies, meaning that…
August 25, 2020
DID LUKASHENKO REALLY DEFEAT CORRUPTION IN BELARUS?
The protests in Belarus have generated some turmoil and division among the Ukrainian public. We have been vigorously debating the proceedings for two weeks now,…
August 13, 2020
UKRAINE AT THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RATING
The Transparent Public Procurement Rating is implemented by the Georgian Institute for Development of Freedom of Information with partner organizations. It assesses the public procurement…
August 6, 2020
When Will Forester’s House Be Recovered from Yanukovych to Ukraine?
On July 30, the High Anti-Corruption Court transferred the so-called Forester’s House in Sukholucchia, that allegedly belonged to Yanukovych, to Asset Recovery and Management Agency.…
August 4, 2020
Malaysian court has found Najib Razak, Prime Minister of the country between 2009 and 2018, guilty of corruption. Apart from…
July 31, 2020
WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH NACP’S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY
On June 24, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention published a draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2020-2024. To say that we have been waiting for this…
July 30, 2020
AUDITORS ASSIGN TOO FEW INSPECTIONS
“Auditors appoint field inspections only in 6.5% of cases when monitoring has confirmed a violation. That’s not enough,” says TI Ukraine’s Director of Innovation Projects…
July 24, 2020
No safety in this country
On Wednesday night, the house of the Anti-Corruption Action Center chair Vitalii Shabunin burned. At the time of the incident, his wife and children were…
July 23, 2020
On the night of July 23, 2020, there was an explosion in the house of Anti-Corruption Action Center Chairman Vitalii…
July 21, 2020
NEW REGISTER FROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: WHERE DO BENEFICIARIES FIT IN?
The Ministry of Justice is launching a new Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Sole Proprietors and Public Associations (USR). The data will be transferred…
July 16, 2020
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention has launched the Unified State Register of Political Party Reporting POLITDATA.
July 9, 2020
Two weeks ago, the NACP published a draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2020-2024. The public actively studied this document and on…
July 8, 2020
Special Prosecutors for Extraordinary Corruption: What Happens Next
On July 8, the second stage of interviews is starting with candidates for the positions of anti-corruption prosecutors for SAPO. In fact, this will be…
July 5, 2020
Do No Harm: How *Not* to Support Domestic Manufacturers
A very interesting draft law has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It obliges all public agencies to buy certain mechanical engineering products for public…
