Ministry of Economic Development prolongs activity in reforming public procurement system

Reforming of the public procurement system in Ukraine and bringing domestic legislation to compliance with the EU Directives in this area are included into the most important objectives for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, head of staff Roman Kachur on the opening of an international conference titled "Perspectives of public procurement system development in Ukraine in the framework of integration with the EU and key issues in reforming of the public procurement system".

He emphasized that, despite the difficult situation in the country, the volumes of public procurement had decreased by approximately 40% and made up about UAH 105 billion. An important step in improving the procurement process was signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.

Roman Kachur expressed his gratitude to the EU technical assistance project “Harmonization of public procurement system in Ukraine with EU standards" for the support and aid that the European Union provides to facilitate the reforms of Ukrainian economy. He also outlined further ways of reforming and improving the public procurement system.