U-LEAD with Europe held an info session for the municipalities of the Lviv oblast with representatives of the Territorial Administration of the Economic Security Bureau in the Lviv oblast. Halyna Khrushchak, Head of the Regional Office of U-LEAD, spoke about it.
“This event is the first step for getting to know each other and establishing communication. The cooperation will allow municipalities to increase revenues for local budgets and help bring businesses out of the shadows,” she said.
The Economic Security Bureau is the central executive authority responsible for countering economic crimes. According to its officials, the Bureau puts quite a lot of emphasis on analytics. That is why they are developing technical support that would allow for accessing information about business entities from various interdepartmental databases.
“Our goal is the cooperation with senior municipal officials in order to fill local budgets. In order to interact with municipalities more efficiently, we will continue to conduct a dialogue with local self-government bodies,” said Valerii Tatsienko, Head of the Territorial Administration of the Economic Security Bureau.
Furthermore, he affirmed his colleagues’ willingness to participate in various round tables, conferences and other events attended by business and municipal representatives. According to him, preventive activities like this will be able to rule out many economic security abuses.
“In order to prevent economic crimes, we are drafting proposals for laws and regulations and initiating amendments to existing ones. Analysts of the Bureau continuously work to identify probable budget losses and submit their recommendations to state authorities,” he said.
Representatives of the Territorial Administration of the Economic Security Bureau in the Lviv oblast spoke about the main directions of their work, including:
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Activities of analysts aimed at preventing crimes;
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Investigation of economic crimes committed by any individual or legal entity;
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Analysis of public procurement in order to prevent embezzlement of public funds;
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Monitoring the receipt and use of international donor aid.