New skills for new opportunities: EU4PFM and the Ministry of Economy organise the fourth training on public procurement
On 31 October, a regular regional training on ‘Public Procurement in the Process of EU Accession: Overview of Potential Legal and Institutional Changes and Strategic Measures to Improve Procurement Efficiency’ took place in Pryluky, Chernihiv region.
The event, organised by the EU4PFM Component 2 «Public Procurement» together with partners from the Ministry of Economy, brought together public purchasers from Chernihiv and Sumy regions and provided participants with a clear understanding of the processes and upcoming changes in public procurement.
Such training sessions are part of a joint awareness-raising campaign by the EU4PFM and the Ministry of Economy. They aim to familiarise the procurement community with the novelties of the draft law ‘On Public Procurement’ and the strategic goals and objectives of the Public Procurement Reform Strategy for 2024–2026. The active participation and numerous questions from the audience demonstrated a high level of interest in the topics discussed. As a result, complex aspects of the legislation became clearer to purchasers from the northern regions of Ukraine.
The event’s regular lecturers were representatives of the leadership from the Department for Public Procurement and Competition Policy of the Ministry of Economy, Tetiana Mishta and Svitlana Slinchak, EU4PFM legal experts Sergii Yaremenko and Oleksandr Shatkovskyi, as well as Yevhen Kostenko, Deputy Director of the Department for Appeals against Public Procurement Decisions of the Antimonopoly Committee.
The speakers encouraged the audience to actively participate in the transition to pro-European principles in public procurement, stressing that the new version of the draft law ‘On Public Procurement’ creates a powerful impetus for such changes. In particular, the draft law provides for the introduction of new types of procurement, such as ‘dynamic procurement systems’, ‘joint procurement’, ‘project competition’ and ‘innovative partnership’. It also improves terminology in line with EU Directives, introduces ethical standards for participants in the process, and KPIs for procurement.
Regional events help to share experience and improve communication with stakeholders in the field. So far, such training sessions have been held in the Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
