The EU4PFM Public Procurement Component held the second event within its roundtable series, launched in April, dedicated to public procurement reform. It was centred on dialogue between the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) and the procurement community. The series aims to foster structured, candid exchange among stakeholders who share a common goal: building a transparent,…
The third and final day of the study visit began at Denmark’s Ministry of Education, where the Ukrainian delegation explored two interconnected topics: the budget design for public schools and performance management in the education sector. Denmark’s budget system is built around balancing two competing objectives – local autonomy and national regulation. Central to this…
The study visit’s second day opened with a profound dive into performance-informed budgeting — its architecture, methodology and practical application in the Danish context. Participants explored the Danish political system and fiscal framework, in-year budget execution and flexibility mechanisms, as well as experiences of performance-informed budgeting in practice. Key features of the Danish political system…
EU4PFM and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine launched a pilot project in March this year to strengthen programme-based budgeting practices at the state level. As part of a three-step implementation approach, a Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Copenhagen for a study visit to Denmark – a country recognised for its highly developed and well-functioning…
EU4PFM has kicked off a new cooperation with the State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCS) in the area of internal audit. The first training session, focused on audit planning, was delivered by EU4PFM experts on Public Internal Financial Control Manfred van Kesteren and Markus Erlmoser. The session covered strategic, annual and engagement-level planning in line…
What makes it difficult for Ukrainian and European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in public procurement markets? And what can be done to improve their access? These questions were explored in a study “From Barriers to Opportunities: SME Participation in EU and Ukrainian Public Procurement Markets”. The findings were presented by the EU4PFM…