Participants of the round table discussion got acquainted with the main operational aspects of the system of the state procurement; discussed topical issues pertaining to application of the Law “On State Procurement”; and prospects of further refinement of state procurement with consideration of the necessity to implement EU standards in Ukraine.
Representative of the Ministry of Economic Development jointly with experts of the EU Project informed about the state of operation of the national system of state procurement and its compliance with the international standards. They spoke about the state and prospects of implementation of Section 9 (State Procurement) of the EU-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement in the part of refining the system of state procurement.
It was mentioned that the new version of the Law “On State Procurement” came into force on April 20, 2014.
Thereat, international experts focused attention on the fact that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement stipulates gradual implementation of generally available information technologies and means of electronic communications on the basis of international standardization and development of electronic governance, including in the sphere of state procurement.
Upholding topicality of the abovementioned bill, some participants of the meeting stood for the necessity to adjust separate provisions of the bill in the course of its refinement for the second reading.
The concept of functioning of the system of electronic trading, elaborated by the participants of the Pilot project on reforming state procurement, was presented at the end of the round table discussion.