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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 16, 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…
April 6, 2020
How Much the Government Spends on Masks
A deficit of masks is clear not only to regular citizens but also to public procuring entities: hospitals, the military, public and local authorities. We…
April 4, 2020
Coming: Rapid Government Response to COVID Scheming
Procurement designed to prevent new cases and further spread of the coronavirus will take place through direct agreements. However, thanks to the joint effort of…
March 17, 2020
What Changed in Ukraine over Five Years of Anti-Corruption Reforms
Source: hromadske Five years ago, major anti-corruption reforms started in Ukraine. Together with Transparency International Ukraine, we are thinking back to the changes that have…
November 13, 2019
ProZorro: 670 Million Hryvnias Hidden in Blacklisted Offshore Zones
Oliver Bullough, a British journalist claims that 10% of the world economy is hidden in the so-called offshore zones. Instead of being allocated to the…
October 7, 2019
It Is Like a Miracle in Ukraine. On Procurement Monitoring in Asian Countries
Things like the DOZORRO community seem entirely impossible.
September 19, 2019
How Kyivavtodor Obstructs Bike Lane Development in the Capital
Kyiv is on the 13th place in the traffic congestion ranking. This problem can be partially tackled by developing a comfortable cycling infrastructure. According to…
August 6, 2019
Punishment for Violating Fair Rules in Procurement
Are fair play rules in procurement being violated? Approach the procuring entity with the demand to fix it. If the procuring entity ignores you, go…
July 25, 2019
Irregularities Found in One in Three Medical Tenders
Medical procurement calls for special scrutiny. Regional Transparency International Ukraine coordinators who monitor procurement highlighted 5 issues prevalent in the medical procurement area such as…
July 4, 2019
Chornobyl in ProZorro: Not Great but Not That Bad
By 2020, UAH 2.9 billion from the Ukrainian budget and EUR 33 million from international donors will be allocated to decommission the Chornobyl Nuclear Power…
June 24, 2019
“Gentle” Control. Work of Auditors in Public Procurement
The State Audit Service should oversee public procurement, but for some reason it is less than enthusiastic about these functions. When ProZorro was introduced, violations…
June 10, 2019
What Obama Told Us at Personal Meeting
Meeting with President Obama: We All Felt Like Equals On 31 May in Ottawa, I was one of nine emerging leaders from different countries across…
June 5, 2019
HOW TO CHECK PROCUREMENT OF YOUR UNIVERSITY
Why check the university’s procurement at all? Because that’s something that the comfort of your studying depends on. Universities repair dormitories, heat up rooms, buy…
April 5, 2019
Potential Changes to ProZorro: What to Expect
Experts have developed new improvements of the procurement sector. What are they about?
January 22, 2019
December 13, 2018
Every year national and municipal institutions spend hundreds of billions via ProZorro, buying repair services, vehicles, furniture or other goods.…
