On 16 November 2020 a four-day TAIEX expert mission has started in the State Audit Service within the frameworks of Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission aimed to develop institutional capacities as well as correlate and implement national legislation to European Union standards. The experts of the Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) on European experience in control over procurement are involved in this mission.

The State Audit Service is represented by the Chairman of the Service Gennadii Plis, his Deputies Yulia Solyanik, Galyna Vasheka, Oleksandr Shkuropat, as well as representatives of the Department of Financial Control over Procurement and other specialists of the State Audit Service.

Welcoming the participants of the meeting, Gennady Plis expressed his gratitude to the European Commission for organizing such event and stressed the importance of studying advanced European experience and implementing best practices of the Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority aimed to improve public procurement in Ukraine by the State Audit Service’s personnel.

According to the agenda, during the first day the participants of the expert mission received a presentation of Italian colleagues on the role of the Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority in the public procurement management and control system, collaborative supervision over public procurement and providing transparency principle. They also had an opportunity to ask experts questions and participate in the discussion.