Anton Antonenko: adoption of political decisions must be based on quality, up-to-date information
DiXi Group Vice President Anton Antonenko took part in the conference “100+ corruption schemes the government and the public must overcome”, held at the Cabinet of Ministers Club on 26 September. According to the event’s organizer Oksana Velychko, Coordinator of “Together Against Corruption” government-civil society initiative, 110 CSOs described 139 required anticorruption actions to be taken in various sectors. The nearest plans include creation of project teams and appointment of responsible persons representing public authorities and CSOs. Speaking at the conference, Minister Dmytro Dubilet said that the Cabinet of Ministers will establish, jointly with CSOs, working groups to combat corruption schemes in various sectors. In the energy and environment sector, Together Against Corruption (of which DiXi Group is a member) conceived 18 anticorruption ideas concerning performance of public institutions. In the opinion of DiXi Group Vice President Anton Antonenko, this list will be vastly expanded once the project teams will set to work, in particular, as a result of cooperation between various ministries and working groups. “The identified corruption schemes and the ways of overcoming them are the starting point; these ideas could be implemented in the nearest future. We as an analytical center are sure that the adoption of political decisions must be based on clear, verified information which will render corruption offenses impossible. The same applies to policy analysis. Therefore, we need correct and up-to-date information,” DiXi Group Vice President Anton Antonenko said during his speech at the conference. “We work with the Energy Ministry and help them, at least with making data orderly and opening it to the public. As a result, the Ministry is now among the leaders in data opening. The next step is automation of this process. We are ready to help with that,” Mr. Antonenko said. “I would like to devote separate attention to the extractive sector. At present, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has been somewhat slowed down. The Ministry must release the next report by 30 October. We will monitor the publication of this data. The list of anticorruption proposals for the government from Together Against Corruption initiative is available at http://bit.ly/2neUKhm.ЧИТАТИ ДАЛІ
