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September 22, 2020
City Transparency: Progress Continues but Slows Down
Commenting on the openness of Ukrainian cities and its dynamics over four years, TI Ukraine’s COO Anastasiia Mazurok points out positive shifts. She said this…
September 22, 2020
How Is Money from COVID-19 Fund Spent
The COVID-19 fund with almost UAH 66 billion was created back in April. And the interim reports on the spending are becoming a hot issue.…
September 21, 2020
Headless ARMA: Risks of Stalling Recruitment for Head of Agency
For almost nine months, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency has been operating without a Head of the Agency. Head of New Year 2020, Oleksii…
September 18, 2020
WHAT IS THE VOICE OF UKRAINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY?
What is democracy for you? From the theoretical point of view, it is a rule of the people. In fact, democracy is a kind of…
September 17, 2020
“This Process for Selection of SAPO Head Will Impact Future Investigations” — Head of Legal
On September 17, the Parliament supported the nominees to the Selection Commission for the Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, on the third try.…
September 14, 2020
COVID-19 INSURANCE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS: HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH
Medical personnel is at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19. Medical workers handle virus cases each day, and in the fight against the illness they…
September 10, 2020
NABU AND THE CONSTITUTION: WHERE WE ARE GOING
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has opened an open plenary session to consider the submission of 50 MPs on the compliance of certain provisions of…
September 10, 2020
WHY HOSPITALS IN THE REGIONS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PCR TESTS
Laboratory centers do not have enough reagents for PCR testing for coronavirus. Why? Because the suppliers cannot keep up with the orders. According to the…
September 10, 2020
Advertising for Taxpayers’ Money: Summary from Prozorro
Public institutions use taxpayer funds to purchase goods and services, and marketing falls under that umbrella. Sometimes it means making public service announcements or spreading…
September 7, 2020
Anti-Corruption Court: Facts, Figures and Some Conclusions
The High Anti-Corruption Court’s performance: figures, facts and some conclusions 16 verdicts and drastic changes in approaches to the criminal process and administration of justice…
September 7, 2020
The anti-corruption court’s first year: it exists, it works and it is worth it
After Euromaidan, a new era began for Ukraine and its efforts at combating corruption. Ukrainians no longer wished to tolerate flagrant embezzlement and scheming that…
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…