"Chernigov - 28th among the 100 cities of Ukraine the level of transparency,although the actual rating of the city," Oleksandr Lomako
July 28, the Deputy of Chernihiv mayor Oleksandr Lomako took part in the presentation of the results of research of transparency of the 100 largest cities of Ukraine. To the West, which took place at the hotel "Ukraine" was also invited members of the city Council, community activists and journalists. The head of the project "improving transparency in Ukraine" Kateryna Tsybenko said that the study was conducted by "Transparency International Ukraine" jointly with the Institute of political education. According to the results Chernigov ranked 28th in the ranking, having a transparency of 34.6 points out of a possible 100. The rating built by a team of analysts for 91 indicator 13 areas. Investigated areas of budgeting, land use, personnel policy, procurement, the availability of online services, etc. creation of a rating of cities was carried out during may-June. The experts evaluated the official websites of city councils during this meeting talked about the indicators the city should improve its work. According to them, the transparent areas were procurement and budgeting. Regarding housing policy, social services, public property, ethics and conflicts of interest the city received a small number of points. The Deputy mayor thanked for the study and a fairly high evaluation of the work of the Chernihiv city Council in terms of openness and transparency. - The city develops, and it is clear that for one year or a half it is impossible to make all changes required by the modern law and the modern state of development of the society. We are moving in this direction and do positive changes, - said Oleksandr Lomako. */blockquote */blockquote The Deputy mayor noted that some of the recommendations that are given in the results of research, currently, have been or are being addressed. - I believe that rating should be higher. If experts are more carefully conducted studies, and did not analyze only the website of the Chernihiv city Council. A lot of things that belonged to Chernigov as a negative, in fact, been working. In particular, the online queue in kindergartens, the registry of communal property for more than a year in open access. The city is one of the first in Ukraine adopted Budget regulations. Such “absurdities” in the study very much. Therefore, the real place is much higher.*/blockquote */blockquote I am sure that next year it will definitely be different, because the number of changes or already planned or already implemented.*/blockquote */blockquote Last year we wanted to make a new web portal, but through the tender procedure, due to the lack of sufficient number of potential participants it is deposited. Anyway, we'll do it, - said Oleksandr Lomako. He also added that after creating a new portal city Council users will be easier to find information on the activities of the Executive bodies of the city Council. It will be taken into consideration all the relevant recommendations of the experts of the project "improving transparency in the Ukrainian cities." */blockquote */blockquote In addition, Oleksandr Lomako noted that the main indicator of transparency is the ability of the media and the public to participate freely in all activities that take place in city Council. Chernigov went even further - not only activists can attend and freely ask questions directly during the session of the city Council or its Executive Committee. Also a speaker at the event was made by the assistant of the Deputy of city Council Alexander Gaspar. He told about his own vision of the transparency of the Chernihiv city Council and the challenges he personally faced. At the same time, the public activist noted that the updated city government is more transparent than the previous one. The press service of the Chernihiv city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
