Amid a full-scale war and Ukraine’s recovery, public investment is playing an increasingly important role in rebuilding social infrastructure, housing, administrative buildings, and other facilities vital to community life. At the same time, the public must have access to clear, transparent, and verified information about how these projects are being implemented, whether they meet community needs, and how effectively public funds are being used.
The Center for Innovation Development, with the support of the European Union, is launching the project «Invest Watch: monitoring of public investments».
The project’s goal is to increase transparency, accountability, and the effectiveness of public investment projects in Ukrainian communities through independent civic monitoring of 15 projects, as well as the collection, structuring, and publication of data on their implementation.
The project will be implemented in the Sumy, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, and Kirovohrad regions. The monitoring will focus on public investment projects in the areas of social and public infrastructure, specifically educational institutions, healthcare facilities, cultural institutions, administrative buildings, and residential properties.
The project includes:
- the selection and monitoring of 15 public investment projects in local communities;
- a desk review of project, financial, and tender documentation to assess the transparency and effectiveness of budget spending;
- analysis of open data from DREAM, Prozorro, Spending, and official community websites;
- on-site visits to reconstruction sites to assess the actual progress of work;
- conducting interviews with representatives of local self-government bodies, heads of institutions, and project beneficiaries;
- assessing the alignment of project implementation with stated plans, community needs, and accessibility and energy efficiency requirements;
- preparation of 15 project profiles and 15 public investment project fact sheets;
- publication of monitoring results in the public domain, including on the Big Recovery Portal;
- regular updates to the public on the progress and results of the project through partner media and our own information resources.
Invest Watch is intended to serve as a tool for independent public oversight of how public investment projects are implemented at the local level. The project will combine analytical work using open data, on-site inspections of projects, communication with communities, and the public presentation of results.
Expected outcomes of the project:
- improved accessibility and organization of information about public investment projects;
- strengthening the accountability of government agencies and project implementers;
- identifying common problems and risks in the implementation of recovery projects;
- raising public awareness of public investments in their communities;
- strengthening the role of civil society in monitoring reconstruction processes;
- increasing the trust of citizens and international partners in Ukraine’s recovery processes.
The implementation of this project is an important step toward a transparent, accountable, and community-focused reconstruction of Ukraine, in which every investment contributes to genuine recovery, high-quality services, and public trust.
This material was created as part of the «Invest Watch: monitoring of public investments project», which is part of the «Public investment control» project with financial support from the European Union. The Center for Innovation Development is responsible for the content of this publication; its content does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU. The «Control of public investments» project is implemented by the Center for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, and the NGO «Technologies of Progress».