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...
On February 16, a meeting of the Tender committee of the Bila Tserkva City Housing and Communal Services Department was held, during which 8 tender proposals for the NEFCO project were opened. In total, more than 20 requests from different Ukrainian companies have been received...
As part of the project “Green Public Procurement: Transfer of Experience from Slovakia to Ukraine” implementing, the official GPP website is launched. On the website http://gpp.golocal-ukraine.com, will be published the latest news in the GPP area, as well as results of the Ukrainian-Slovak project implementing. In...
In 2017, along with you, we implemented important projects on energy efficiency, entrepreneurship development and green public procurement implementation. Being supported by our partners our team has already begun implementing new projects-2018. Let next year be the year of new achievements and victories for everyone! Best regards, GoLOCAL team...
Project Manager Position NGO GoLOCAL involved in regional and municipal development in Ukraine is looking for a talented, proactive and experienced Project Manager. Major tasks to deal with: Project management of international aid programs; Management of current organization`s Projects; Projects` documents drafting (presentations, Gantt charts, logical frameworks,...
Bila Tserkva city administration signed a loan agreement with the Northern Ecological Corporation NEFCO on the launch of the city street lighting modernization project. According to the signed agreement, project implementing will begin in the spring of 2018. The main advantages of lighting modernizing (switching to LED)...
By a majority of the city council deputies votes, the implementation of the Modernization of street lighting in the city of Bila Tserkva was approved today. The next step will be an agreement signing between the municipality and the Northern Ecological Finance Corporation NEFCO, which will...
Keeping a healthy environmental background is one of the key requirements and principles of the European Union. Transparent Green Procurement is one of the important components of the EU environmental program. GPP is actually a tendering process in which government institutions prefer goods or services with...
High-quality street lighting is not just a beautiful, practical and convenient thing, it is, first of all, the safety and comfort of the inhabitants. There is no Ukrainian left who would not have heard of energy-efficient LED lamps, which give a lot of light at...
Public procurement should be not only transparent, but the public procurement authorities should also take care of environment. This is required by the European Union and finally, it is beneficial for all. Non-governmental activists from Ukraine following this philosophy have approached Slovak experts with a...
The first business course for women was successfully completed in Bila Tserkva city. 25 remarkable business ideas are ready for implementation, 25 qualified entrepreneurs are ready to be engaged in a city business developing and finally, Women's Business Club has been established – these all...
Eight Ukrainian energy service companies (ESCOs) are interested in investing in Bila Tserkva energy development through ESCO-contracts and making the city a leader of the Kyiv region and Ukraine for the implementation of this new mechanism. Modernized schools, kindergartens, hospitals and other social sphere buildings...
