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A newly adopted draft law, which obliges publishing the prices of building materials in all public procurements, is an essential anti-corruption step to ensure more transparent use of budget funds and all types of international aid, opines the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE). The organization drew attention to their analysis of purchases worth more than ₴20M, which demonstrated that customers publish documents containing the price of material resources in only 21% of cases. Now, documents containing price information

Ukraine constantly needs to invest in the fight against corruption – the government and citizens must monitor each other to achieve the necessary standards, said the US special representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker. “For example, the issue of customs. There should be more digitization in this area so there are fewer corruption opportunities. The Accounting Chamber also needs reliable leadership. The Bureau of Economic Security should be adequately staffed,” she said. Pritzker emphasized that this is necessary for

The government created an Interdepartmental Working Group on Anti-corruption Digital Tools. It will help to promptly and take measures in the field of digitization, which the State Anti-Corruption Program provides for 2023-2025. The plan is to digitize various industries to prevent corruption schemes and fraud. According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation the anti-corruption program envisages the introduction of 63 digital products including information systems, electronic communication networks, and informatization tools. The interdepartmental group will effectively implement these digital products,

protecting the National Bank of Ukraine from political pressure; strengthening the rule of law by maintaining the EU-standard anti-corruption institutions put in place; returning the fiscal deficit “to pre-pandemic levels;” building a fully functioning household gas market without price controls; and not going down the path of tax amnesties.