Kyiv, 31 March 2016 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and UNDP in close cooperation with the Government of Ukraine are launching a new initiative to increase transparency and integrity in the public construction sector.

Geneva, 23 March 2016 – Valeriya Lutkovska, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, and other representatives from over 100 national human rights institutions (NHRIs) met for their Annual Conference.

Kyiv, 21 March 2016 – A new Open Government Partnership (OGP) Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) report on Ukraine finds that despite recent political turmoil, notable progress has been made in passing laws to improve access to government held information. However, more efforts are needed to improve government accountability.

Kyiv, 18 March 2016 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine hosted the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee on the issues related to the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness, which Ukraine joined with an Action Plan prepared by the CSOs in cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the support of UNDP Ukraine.

Kyiv, 18 March 2016 – The Office of the Ombudsperson held an expert discussion regarding future reform of the forensic psychiatric and prison mental health services in Ukraine based, in part, on recommendations of an independent scoping report commissioned by UNDP Ukraine.

Kyiv, 17 March 2016 - The National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) gathered for its first full-fledged meeting as a plenipotentiary body. This became possible due to the final ruling of the relevant Selection Panel and yesterday’s motion by the Cabinet of Ministers to appoint Mr. Ruslan Ryaboshapka and Mr. Ruslan Radetskyy as two NAPC members. With 4 seats of the collegiate body occupied, the Agency may now take wing and commence its activities.