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Transparency and Open Data Initiatives in Ukraine’s Infrastructure Projects

by Oleksii Sobolev, CFAAdvisor to the Minister of Infrastructure

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IN 2015Law on Public Access to Information

crucial amendments

• machine readable format • open data web-portal

Government Decree

• technical standards

• list of datasets to be disclosed (>300 sets)

• proactive disclosure

OPEN DATA WEB-PORTAL

OPEN DATA WEB-PORTAL

Administered by a state agency on e-governance

State budget and donor funded

Open API

MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPARENCYINITIATIVES

Manages Resources

WHY?

250State Owned Enterprises

>$3bnRevenue

256Employees

<$2mAnnual budget

OPEN DATA

What to disclose?

• 50 datasets in CoM Decree• datasets audit

• demand audit

OPEN DATA

What to disclose?

• 50 datasets in CoM Decree• datasets audit

• Low public awareness

• demand audit

• Different IT systems• Paper format storage• Low capacity

OPEN DATA

How to collect?

OPEN DATA

How to collect?

• IT system• reports consolidation

• simple • cheap: $20k

• single server in the MIU• API to data.gov.ua

Construction Sector Transparency Initiative in Ukraine

Why?

• lack of trust among stakeholders • main area of public construction is road

construction

• outdated and depleted infrastructure

• lack of funding

• planning, procurement, implementation and control is done by a single government agency - Ukravtodor

THANK YOU!