Editor’s notice: That is challenge 11 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly "Ukraine Reforms Tracker" masking occasions from Jan. 13–19, 2025. This article was till just lately titled “Ukrainian Economic system in Transient." The digest highlights steps taken within the Ukrainian parliament associated to enterprise, economics, and worldwide monetary applications.
The Kyiv Unbiased is republishing with permission.
Benchmarks and gentle commitments with the IMF
Software course of closes for head of Bureau of Financial Safety
The submission interval for functions to compete for the place of head of the Bureau of Financial Safety (identified in Ukraine by its acronym BEB) has formally closed.
Whereas the precise variety of candidates stays undisclosed, preliminary indications recommend a robust turnout, with over 40 people anticipated to have submitted their functions. Detailed data, together with the checklist of candidates, is anticipated later this week.
The choice course of will now transfer to the verification stage, the place functions shall be reviewed for compliance with necessities. Following this, candidates will bear a rigorous six-stage analysis. The method consists of assessments of common competencies, legislative data, and the power to resolve sensible instances.
Integrity checks may even be a compulsory part of the choice course of. Finally, the fee overseeing the competitors will select not more than two finalists to advance.
Ukrainian enterprise associations warn towards dangers of repealing 'Lozovyi amendments'
In keeping with Forbes Ukraine, a number of Ukrainian enterprise associations, together with SUP (Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs), Diia.Metropolis United, and the Federation of Employers of Ukraine, together with six different trade organizations, urged lawmakers to reject 4 draft legal guidelines proposing the repeal of sure provisions of the "Lozovyi Amendments."
The amendments, which regulate pre-trial investigation deadlines, are a part of a dedication Ukraine made below its memorandum with the IMF, with implementation anticipated by the tip of December 2024.
Enterprise leaders warn that repealing these provisions may expose entrepreneurs to elevated strain from regulation enforcement and delay the closure of authorized instances, additional burdening the enterprise setting.
Integrity checks may even be a compulsory part of the choice course of. Finally, the fee overseeing the competitors will select not more than two finalists to advance.
Different key financial points
Ukrainian protection minister replaces Protection Procurement Company head, defying supervisory board choice
On Jan. 23, the Supervisory Board of the Protection Procurement Company (DPA) voted to increase the contract of Maryna Bezrukova, the company’s present head, for one more yr. In keeping with anti-corruption watchdogs, this choice totally complied with the regulation governing state-owned property and the company’s constitution.
Nonetheless, on Jan. 24, Protection Minister Rustem Umerov publicly rejected the board’s choice, refusing to acknowledge the contract extension. The minister additionally eliminated two state representatives from the Supervisory Board, Yuriy Dzhyhyr and Taras Chmut, and beneficial dismissing Deputy Minister Dmytro Klimenkov, who oversees the DPA’s operations. Umerov additional introduced plans to nominate Arsen Zhumadilov, head of the State Operator for Non-Deadly Acquisitions (DOT), as the brand new DPA Director. The management change has already been mirrored in YouControl, a Ukrainian public registry system.
On Jan. 25, Anastasia Radina, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s anti-corruption committee, known as on Umerov to resign. Radina accused the minister of undermining protection procurement reform and interesting in guide interference with procurement processes.
The Kyiv IndependentDominic Culverwell