Energoatom signed a Memorandum on transparent and efficient public procurement system in Ukraine
A memorandum to build
in Ukraine a transparent and efficient public procurement system was signed by
the president of "Energoatom" company Yurii
Nedashkovsky and Transparent Procurement Group of the
Civic Platform "New Country" last week.
In the signing
ceremony were participating coordinators of the Transparent Procurement Group
Olexandr Starodubtsev (Ukraine), Tato
Urdzhumelashvili, David Margania
and David Kyzyria (Georgia), from Energoatom – first
vice president, technical director Olexandr Shavlakov,
executive director for legal issues and procurement procedures Natalia Muzevych, other experts.
Thus,
"Energoatom" company engaged in work directed to the effective reforming
of the public procurement system in Ukraine by turning it into an electronic
trading format. The main objectives of the reform appear curbing and systemic
prevention of corruption, as well as increased competition by simplifying
access to public procurement for business.
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Presently in
Ukraine the legal and institutional bases have been created, called to
regulate traditional "paper" public procurement processes. Concerning
such procedures, the legislation of Ukraine formally meets basic
international norms and standards in this sphere. However, as practice shows,
formal compliance with the Ukrainian legislation does not guarantee transparent,
effective and fair procurement procedures, as also does not contribute to
solving of the core problem in public procurement area, which is to eradicate
systemic corruption. The experience of other countries on the introduction of
an electronic public procurement system in the first year provides a minimum
of 10% economy due to the improved procedures. Regarding Ukraine, this figure
could rise significantly due to the elimination of the causes contributing to
the development of systemic corruption. Yurii Nedashkovsky
noted that excessive bureaucracy in the procurement process could often lead
to negative consequences. The coordinators of the initiative group
"Transparent Procurement”, in turn, noted that the proposed measures to
reform the public procurement system will contribute to achievement of certain
goals, including: the elimination and the system prevention of corruption,
transparency of the procurement procedures, non-discrimination and objective
evaluation of bids, the simplicity of application of the procedures, a
gradual transition to electronic document system, complete reporting and
analysis of all public procurement cases. |