Irpin, 6 February 2016 – The 3-day annual strategic planning session for the Regional Coordinators of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) welcomed 27 regional representatives to plan their activity, share experiences and best practices.

Kyiv, 5 February 2016 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine endorsed the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness which places the country amongst the leaders of the global legislative openness movement.

How did it happen that Lviv National Agrarian University paid ₴ 3 million to the Technology for Business Company not for computers, but for ... fertilizers?! How did a firm of Boryslav District and Drohobych City Councils' members, in dubious circumstances, win the bid to repair a house for children with special needs?

Growing up in a small town with a population of under 7,000 and very little opportunities – like in many other remote pockets of Ukraine, Andrii Vyshniak easily understood the needs of youth for recreation and started looking for creative ways to encourage youth participation in community life.

Kyiv, 4 January 2016 – The Government of Ukraine started drafting the next national action plan for the continuous implementation of the Open Government Partnership initiative in the country. It is assumed that the plan implementation will last from July 2016 to June 2018.

Ivano-Frankivsk, 29 December 2015 – Representatives of the Ombudsperson's Office and the UMDPL Association conducted a monitoring visit to the National Police's Head Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region to assess its compliance with the access to public information law.