The Foundation was founded by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov in 2007. Mission of the Foundation is to encourage economic growth of Ukraine by promoting economic reforms. To this end we’ve chosen two ways: development and implementation (I’d like to emphasize ‘implementation’) of long-term economic programs, as well as systemic, well-structured and constructive discussion with the civil society of economic issues vital for the country

После пяти лет значительного роста украинская экономика столкнулась с тяжелыми последствиями мирового экономического спада. Падение спроса и цен на украинский экспорт, а также кризис ликвидности на мировых финансовых рынках обнажили структурные недостатки экономики, не столь явные в благополучные времена, и сделали задачу реформ, как никогда, актуальной. Какой Украина выйдет из кризиса, пока не ясно. Будущее страны во многом зависит от способности власти определить и реализовать четкую программу антикризисных мер и структурных реформ. Что должно лечь в основу повестки дня сегодняшней Украины?

Kyiv, September 10. Simpler tax system will make Ukraine more attractive to inward overseas investors. This was the statement of Lord Nigel Lawson, Finance Minister at Margaret Thatcher’s Government (1983-1989), at the public debate held by the Foundation of Effective Governance and the Intelligence Squared

Kiev, 9 September. A tax reform during the crisis can encourage Ukrainian businesses to go out of shadow and help raise investment. However, it runs a risk of lowering budget revenues and thus will jeopardize payment of pensions and salaries as well as realization of government investment projects. This point was made by Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG) at debate Ukraine Should Introduce Tax Reform Despite the Economic Crisis organized by FEG and Intelligence Squared.

Zaporizhzhya. 15 July. Zaporizhzhya oblast ranks 2nd outdone by Kiev in the competitiveness report of 15 Ukrainian regions and 64th among 134 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index after Croatia and Hungary and ahead of Turkey and Brazil. In addition, the oblast shows better performance among the CIS with exception of the Russian Federation.

Kiev. 2 July. Vinnytsya Oblast ranks 11th in the competitiveness rating of 15 Ukrainian regions and 105th among 134 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) ahead of Moldova and after Nigeria

The idea about this project was born almost at the same time with the idea on creation of the Foundation two years ago as the essence and the nature of the countries’ competitiveness research carried out by WEF are very close to the Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to promote economic growth of Ukraine as this is the only reliable way to improve the lives of all Ukrainian citizens.

Kiev. 25 June. Ukraine is ranked 72nd out of 134 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index Rankings, stated Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG), at the presentation of the final Ukraine Competitiveness Report. The report was prepared within the framework of a partnership project between FEG and the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Kiev, June 16. The Law “On public-private partnership” will allow Ukraine to successfully raise private investments and use the state resources and property more efficiently. The statement was made by the participants of the press conference “Public-private partnership – the instrument to raise private investments in the public sector”.

Kiev. June, 12. The state should stop trying to combat the crisis and start preparing the country for post-crisis period instead. That is it must try to improve the country’s competitiveness. The opinion was expressed by the Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boris Krasnyanskiy, during the public debate “During the crisis the state should stop subsidizing enterprises” organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance together with the Intelligence Squared, London