Officials in Mykolaiv region find no violations in handling humanitarian aid

Department officials inspected the aid that arrived in Mykolaiv between January and April 2024. They found no violations in the handling of humanitarian aid.

According to the Mykolaiv City Council, with the start of the full-scale invasion, Mykolaiv began receiving aid from international donors. The more it came, the more urgent the need to coordinate and control its use became. To this end, a special headquarters was set up in the city to receive and distribute the aid, and a set of regulations was developed to regulate and streamline the procedures for handling it.

"The Department of Internal Financial Control, Supervision and Anti-Corruption is responsible for verifying the proper use of the aid received. The department's specialists conduct inspections and generate relevant reports, which are published on the aid monitoring web portal," the statement said.

According to the city council, officials of the Department checked the aid received in Mykolaiv between January and April 2024. In total, 36 on-site inspections were carried out, during which 11 structural units and 25 utility companies were checked. As part of the inspection, experts examined the available humanitarian aid, checked its accounting, storage and use. In particular, they checked equipment, computers, generators, vehicles and construction materials.

"The inspections revealed no violations in the handling of humanitarian aid," the city council said.

In early June 2024, Mykolaiv authorities presented a website for monitoring humanitarian aid. The mechanism for monitoring humanitarian aid was developed in cooperation with the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in 2022. And in 2023, the developers began to create a website where all reports on the aid received will be published.

The Danes are also going to prevent corruption and support Mykolaiv in this. All purchases made by the Danes are not made locally, but through international organizations, primarily the UN procurement agency. This is one of the ways to reduce the risk of corruption in the region.

In Ukraine, the institute of anti-corruption commissioners has been operating for several years. However, not everyone knows that such officials exist and how to contact them in case of corruption. Mykolaiv City Council has a department responsible for anti-corruption measures. This is where citizens are encouraged to report corruption.

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