Kyiv, December 18. Ukraine needs administrative and territorial reform. This is the statement of Volodymyr Groysman, Mayor of Vinnitsa, during the public debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”. This event was held by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with the Intelligence Squared

Kyiv, December 18. With due consideration of every region’s potential, Ukraine has to implement fiscal decentralization and to prepare the regions for financial independence in the future. This is the statement of Volodymyr Yatsuba, MP and former Minister of Regional Development and Building of Ukraine. This statement was made during the debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”, which was organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with the Intelligence Squared

A little more than a year ago, the Foundation for Effective Governance initiated its regional economic development project. After systemic and deep diagnostics of Ukrainian regions, we selected two: the city of Lviv and the region of Donetsk. The project objective is to develop a long-term strategy of economic development for these regions and a mechanism of its implementation

Kyiv, December 17. Decentralization of authorities, financial resources and responsibilities will increase regions’ competitiveness for investments and will improve local governments’ performance. This is the statement of Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, during the debate on the motion “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”

Kiev. 16 December. A dramatic reform of the bankruptcy procedure must be a priority for the government in 2010, said Andrey Lobach, Senior Project Manager of the Foundation for Effective Governance, at international conference Optimizing Bankruptcy System in Ukraine today

Kyiv, Dec.11. Foundation for Effective Governance, in partnership with the Financial Times, held on the morning of Tuesday, December 8, a conference "Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges," focusing on Ukraine's economic outlook, evolving business environment and key investment opportunities

In offering solutions to the state bodies it is important to keep balance between strategy and tactics, short-term and longer-term perspectives. That balance provides a value proposition for those who make decisions. Being always practical and end result oriented is necessary to prove that change is possible in real life, not in theory.

The Financial Times, in partnership with the Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG), will gather senior public and private sector decision-makers for a half-day strategic conference on Ukraine’s economic outlook, its evolving business environment, the key investment opportunities, and the challenges that need to be overcome for those opportunities to be realised

Moscow, October 26, 2009 – In 2010, Ukraine will need to implement a number of reforms to increase the competitiveness of the economy and ensure its growth throughout the post-crisis period. Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, made this statement at a conference “Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities”, held in Moscow by the FEG and newspaper Vedomosti

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