With the beginning of the full-scale invasion and the closure of air traffic, bus transport has become one of the most popular means of travel

Within a few months, the Ukrtransbezpeka resumed raids on carriers and the media began to report more and more news about the exposure of dishonest officials who demand bribes from carriers.

We decided to investigate the grounds for abuse and identify the shortcomings of the existing procedure for such inspections. To do this, we studied the regulatory framework and practice of conducting inspections, namely

 analysed more than 300 court cases

 interviewed 75 passenger carriers in the form of an anonymous survey

 conducted 20 interviews with representatives of the market, Ukrtransbezpeka and the relevant ministry

We will present the report with the results of the analysis at a public presentation organised by the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Institute of Legislative Ideas think tank and the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety on Monday 1 April.

The purpose of the event:

 to highlight the identified shortcomings that indicate inefficiency and corruption risks of some procedures

 to emphasise the need to review the existing state policy

 to outline options for introducing systemic changes to the procedure for conducting raid inspections of carriers

Event agenda:

Moderator of the event - Anna Fedorenko, ‘Institutional Development Foundation’

Introductory remarks:

Sergiy Derkach, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine

Tetyana Khutor, Head of the analytical centre ‘Institute of Legislative Ideas’

Representative of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure

Volodymyr Sheyhus, Executive Director of ISAR ‘Ednannia’

Presentation of the analytical report:

Andriy Klymosiuk, Project Manager, Institute of Legislative Ideas

Discussion of the report and ways to solve the existing problems:

Yevhen Zborovsky, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety

Serhiy Derkach, Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine

Representative of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Infrastructure

Public discussion

 The presentation will be streamed on Ukrinform's YouTube channel. You will have the opportunity to ask questions in the chat, which will be answered by the participants at the end of the event.

Join us!

The event is supported by ISAR Ednannia within the framework of the project ‘Sectoral Support Initiative for Ukrainian Civil Society’