Kyiv, 31 March 2016 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and UNDP in close cooperation with the Government of Ukraine are launching a new initiative to increase transparency and integrity in the public construction sector.

Kyiv, 15 March 2016 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and UNDP in Ukraine in close cooperation with the Government of Ukraine are launching a new project to help Ukraine prevent corruption.

On 16 February the Verkhovna Rada adopted in one vote, in the first and final reading, the draft law no. 3755 by MP Denysenko (Petro Poroshenko Bloc's faction). Before the vote a number of significant changes were introduced in the draft law orally, without proper discussion and without consideration in the committee.

Ivano-Frankivsk, 29 December 2015 – Representatives of the Ombudsperson's Office and the UMDPL Association conducted a monitoring visit to the National Police's Head Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region to assess its compliance with the access to public information law.

Seoul, 4 December 2015 – The international knowledge exchange about effective ways to ensure public construction transparency based on Korea's experience was organised by the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre in partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

Kyiv, 6 November 2015 – A 2-day workshop on access to public information, organized by the Media Law Institute with the support of UNDP Ukraine, brought together civic activists from all over Ukraine to increase their capacity for making government information available to the public.

Vinnytsia, 8-9 July 2015 – Regional Coordinators for public relations of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) monitors, human rights activists, and international organizations representatives took part in the first NPM Monitors' Forum.

Kyiv, 8 July 2015 – The Public Council under the State Agency for e-Governance in Ukraine held a meeting to discuss the draft policies to modernize the principles of electronic identification, electronic services, electronic interaction, and disclosure of official information in open data formats.

Odesa, 30 June - 1 July 2015 – The second workshop in a series of capacity enhancement activities on public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies was organized by the Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors (UMDPL Association) and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) with support of UNDP Ukraine.

UNDP invites you to take the survey to determine what government data should be open in the first place and what format of open data is the most appropriate.

Odesa, 27-28 June 2015 – Regional Coordinators of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, social activists, and journalists from different regions of Ukraine took part in the kick-off workshop on "Public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies." 

When you check your smartphone in the morning trying to figure out if you need an umbrella or a heavy coat that day, or use your GPS navigator to avoid traffic jams, or look for directions on user-generated Open Street Map, you are relying on open data. A new law adopted by the parliament will make open data even more ubiquitous and accessible, making the lives of millions of Ukrainians easier.

On 8 August civic experts together with the experts of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights held a seminar "Access to public information: how to arrange the effective work of the government agency" for the officials of the municipal authorities.

National hackathon on communications and human security in conflict situations brought together more than 80 civic activists, IT specialists, web designers and journalists to develop innovative projects and prototypes that aim to enhance public safety and security in Ukraine.

On Friday the venue of the Council of Ministers of Crimea hosted a cross-regional round table as to the prospects for the development of the civil society through adoption and implementation of oblast-level target programmes and implementation of the Law of Ukraine on public associations. The event served as an introduction to the conference "State of the art and challenges for the development of the civil society in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea".

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Council supported the draft Oblast-level Programme to Promote Civil Society Development for 2014 - 2015. The decision was approved by a majority vote at the Council session on 15 November, 2013.

On 14 November Donetsk Oblast Council approved the oblast Programme to Promote Civil Society Development for 2013 - 2015 with the overall budget of UAH 2038 thousand.

The round table initiated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council by the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research and Association for Promoting Citizen Self-Organization was meant to discuss the prospects for the development of the civil society through adoption and implementation of oblast-level target programmes and implementation of the new Law of Ukraine on public associations.

All-Ukrainian Network of CSOs in support of civil society development was created in October in Kyiv with 27 CSOs from all over the country serving as its pillars.