26 students of the SME School in Zhytomyr, including 13 ATO veterans and internally displaced persons, received Certificates of successful course completion. The educational project "School of Small and Medium Enterprise in Zhytomyr”, initiated by the NGO GoLOCAL and the International Renaissance Foundation and supported by...
NGO GoLocal, SE ProZorro, and all-Ukrainian NGO “Living Planet” signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The document underlines, in particular, the further mutual work of the parties on popularisation and implementation of non-price criteria in public procurement. According to the Memorandum, the parties continue to lay down...
The educational project “SME School in Zhytomyr” organized the field motivation trip for its participants to visit two Ukrainian enterprises which are a good example of efficiently-run companies. The first destination was the “Oberbeton” plant - the leading producer of precast custom concrete whos production fully...
The “Transferring experience with green public procurement in Slovakia to Ukraine” project kicks into high gear. The online course, created by Ukrainian and Slovak experts to teach civil servants the sustainable procurement concept is now available on ProZorro web platform. Since today anyone can pass the...
December 17, the School of Small and Medium Enterprises will open its doors for those who have planned to start their own business for a long time, but did not know where to start, as well as those who are looking for tips that will...
The project “Transferring experience with GPP in Slovakia to Ukraine” comes to an end: the organizers and the project participants have met to share the final results and achievements during the final conference held on September 25. The representatives of the key stakeholders who made this...
Kindergarten №32 in Bila Tserkva is just one of the few in the city that was fully modified into an energy efficient. 39 windows, 4 glass-stained windows and entrance zone were replaced in a building. So no more worries about freezing in winter for kids...
Let us share with you our new achievements! GoLocal has become part of a team that has been selected to go through the EU Association Lab Incubation Program. This program was created by the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration together...
On July 2, "The First International Cultural Grants Fair" was held in Kyiv. The event was organized by the National Bureau of the EU program «Creative Europe» in Ukraine with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The purpose of this fair was to create an...
Bila Tserkva city became a partner of the USAID Project “Municipal Energy Reform Project in Ukraine”. The Project will support the city in the development of the long-term plans of heat distribution network development, including optimization and integration of the district heating networks, as well...
A number of European countries have used the Green Public Procurement principle for many years to strengthen a sustainable economy and build a new, economical and efficient "circular" economy. We have prepared for you some examples of countries that have begun applying GPP and now benefit...
The first group of civil servants, who have completed the theoretical part of the educational online course on GPP, is ready to put new skills and knowledge to use. Three lecture modules are finished, now it’s time for practice. On July 6, a practical workshop will...
Did you know that motor transport belongs to the largest and the most harmful sources of air pollution - up to 70%? Engines emit a significant amount of carbon oxides, carbohydrate compounds, nitrogen oxides, lead compounds and other toxic and carcinogenic substances. The older the...
The popularity of electric cars is growing every day around the world nowadays. It is nice to realize that the number of electric cars purchased in Ukraine is also growing. Unconditional leaders in the development of electric powertrain are the United States and the largest countries...
As the world population increases and economies rely progressively more on outside resources to meet their demand for energy, water, and food among others, communities are under enormous pressure to find these resources and accommodate waste and emissions. Within the current linear production and consumption economic...
40 civil servants from 11 territorial governmental offices of Kyiv region have started the online training on the Green Public Procurement (GPP) basics. The educational Ukrainian-Slovak project was developed to teach civil servants, responsible for tender procedures, on how to use principles and benefits of "ecological...
One more step on the path of environmental improvement in Ukraine was made on April 13. Experts and practitioners have gathered together to discuss the current situation with public procurement, as well as approaches to improve this mechanism in both public and private sectors. This meeting...
Ukrainian experts will meet in April to discuss an online program for the implementation of green public procurement philosophy in state institutions. The participants of the meeting are the experts involved in the public procurement area in Ukraine: representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and...
If we were asked to describe very briefly the results of 2017, we would say: GoLOCAL has raised 450 000 EUR of funds! Almost half a million of EUR in form of grants and loans from international funds were acquired by GoLOCAL team for the Kyiv region’s...
NEFCO has signed loan agreements with seven Ukrainian cities to implement energy-saving measures starting in 2018. One of the biggest projects that is coming soon - street lights modernization in Bila Tserkva city. The signed agreements total EUR 2.36 million. The projects involve the refurbishment of public...
