Ukrainian government starts to push for greater transparency in online public information

By Bozhena Sheremeta / March 23, 2015

One of the reasons why corruption flourishes in Ukraine is the lack of public information available freely online. But the parliament is taking the first steps to transparency in this area.

On March 5, Ukrainian Parliament gave preliminary approval (with 243 votes) to a law that would make more public information available online and free of charge. If adopted into law, government agencies would be obliged to publish operational data, statistics and reports on a national open data web platform.

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Bozhena Sheremeta

A graduate of the Economics Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, Bozhena Sheremeta covers the vibrant Ukrainian startup scene for The Kyiv Post. She can be reached at sheremeta@kyivpost.com and followed on Twitter @BozhenaLucky.

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