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Helping curb corruption at the local level

2 June 2015, Kyiv – Over 30 civic activists from 17 regions of Ukraine took part in a workshop hosted by UNDP Ukraine to increase their capacity for expanding anti-corruption efforts to regions.

Introducing a budget visualization tool in Vinnytsia

29 May 2015, Vinnytsia - Vinnytsia City Council and Podil Agency for Regional Development hosted the final conference "Transparent City: Possibilities and Challenges for Ukrainian Municipalities" where representatives of Ukrainian municipalities, NGOs, and international institutions discussed the implementation of transparency standards in government at local and national level.

Launching the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption: topping the agenda

21 May 2015, Kyiv – The Minister of Justice met with key international counterparts supporting corruption prevention in Ukraine to discuss steps for establishing the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, possible timelines, CSO engagement in the process, as well as Ukraine's plans to transition to electronic income and property declarations for public servants.

Documenting human rights violations: Balkan experience

11-16 May, Serbia, Croatia - Representatives of the Justice for Peace in Donbas CSO coalition visited Serbia and Croatia within a weeklong study tour supported by UNDP in Ukraine to enhance their professional capacity in documenting human rights violations and implementing international humanitarian law.

Report on the situation of freedom of expression in Crimea as of the beginning of 2015

Summarizing the interim results of monitoring transparency and freedom of speech, the Crimean Human Rights Field Mission states that there are signs of systematic work on the monopolization of information space, including through administrative pressure on independent media, on the peninsula.

Reforms en Route: how changes in legislation affect life in regions

6-8 May, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia - With the support of UNDP and other partners, the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative (RPR) continues its "Reforms en Route" all-Ukrainian tour, presenting their findings on the adoption and implementation of urgent reforms for the country. Having visited more than half of the planned cities in the tour, this time RPR experts visited Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia.