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Corruption versus integrity in Public Procurement May 2017

Changes In 2014 the following laws were adopted • On the Fundamentals of Anticorruption Policy in Ukraine ( Anti-Corruption Strategy ) to Be Effective within 2014-2017 • On the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine • On Prevention of Corruption In 2015 • LAW “On Public Procurement” was adopted In 2016 • ProZorro becoming mandatory

New specialized agencies • National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption • National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine • The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office • National Agency for Stolen Assets Recovery The High anticorruption court should be established in the near future

Transparency Opened state registers: • ProZorro + BI Prozorro • CETAM – e-system of confiscated and seized property sale • Declarations • Companies’ beneficial owners • Real estate owners • Land registry • Information on cars and their owners

Transparency The Global Registry ( Global Beneficial Ownership Register ) opened on April 2017 positioned Ukraine as officially confirmed the first country, which its beneficiaries readiness to integrate data on electronically. Transparency І nternational Ukraine entered TOP 30 countries in Global Open Data Index ranking . The Global Open Data Index 2016/2017

How is it possible to be the most transparent and the most corrupted country in Europe? Corruption is a complex phenomenon where economic, political and social aspects are interrelated

Capabilities of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to counteract Corruption in Public Procurement INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION as of January 2017

Capabilities of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to counteract Corruption in Public Procurement INVESTIGATE THE UNLAWFUL ENRICHMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS as of January 2017

Capabilities of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to counteract Corruption in Public Procurement Take actions to invalidate agreements between state enterprises and third parties (Civil Code) In 2016 NABU initiated invalidation of agreements between the Public Power Supplying Company, intermediary and consumers (debt assignment) OUTCOME: Refund of 1.44 million USD to the account of Public Power Supplying Company

Capabilities of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to counteract Corruption in Public Procurement Take actions to invalidate agreements between state enterprises and third parties (Civil Code) 07.04.2017 NABU filed a lawsuit to invalidate the contract concluded with Ukrainian seaports Administration. The reason was the violation of the Law of Ukraine "On public procurement“ The amount of the claim is 28.5 million USD.

Complex Phenomenon

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