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A kick-off meeting was held today between EU4PFM international experts, representatives from the Human Resources Department, and the Department for Specialised Training and Canine Services of the State Customs Service.

EU4PFM released a report titled “Organising Internal Audit in Ukraine: The advantages and disadvantages of centralized vs decentralized approaches” on public sector internal auditing. 

Starting from May 2023, the STS Contact Centre conducts testing of the deployed new software and hardware, which was modernized with the support of the EU4PFM project. The new software and hardware complex made it possible to raise the service to a new level even in test mode, which was immediately felt by users of the Contact Center services.

European partners continue to provide the State Customs Service with the equipment necessary to improve its work and integrate it into the European customs space as soon as possible. This time, EU4PFM provided Ukrainian customs with 120 modern barcode readers to ensure the registration of international postal and express shipments. The scanners will be integrated into the Customs IT system and will be used by employees of international postal exchanges.

Four strategic priorities for Ukraine in the customs sphere in the context of accession to the EU were named by Vytenis Alisauskas, EU4PFM Key International Expert in customs area during the meeting of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Integration of Ukraine into the EU, held on 6 May in Lviv..

Public Institution Central Project Management Agency (CPMA), is planning to announce international public procurement “Development of information and communication system software for electronic audit (e-audit)“ (Services).

The mobile data center will ensure data integrity and service availability in case of failure of the main data center. This is essential not only for data protection but also for uninterrupted customs clearance processes around the clock.

Public Institution Central Project Management Agency (hereinafter – CPMA) (Republic of Lithuania) is planning to procure the Special purpose mobile container (hereinafter – Goods). The final owner and beneficiary of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.

The European Commission positively assessed the results of alignment of customs legislation and customs procedures with those of the EU in the context of Ukraine’s application for EU membership in its report. What Ukraine will be assisted with in the immediate future?

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted Draft Law 8131 on the implementation of the international standard for the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts (CRS) in the second reading and in a whole.