{"id":32093,"date":"2025-01-28T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/about-new\/our-achievements-new\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:22:04","slug":"our-achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/our-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Our achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Our achievements<\/h1> <\/div>\n\t \t
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Centre for Economic Strategy is a Ukrainian non-governmental research body which has been working on promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth since 2015 . The Centre independently analyzes the most important aspects of public policies and works to strengthen public support for reforms. We do not support any political parties or political leaders.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n 2025 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Anti-corruption policy <\/h5>\n

\n Expert contribution to the tax section of the draft Anti-Corruption Strategy of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention up to 2030. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Excise policy and alignment with EU standards <\/h5>\n

\n Advocacy for the gradual increase of tobacco excise duties to EU levels, resulting in the adoption and signing of the relevant law. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Selection process for the Head of the ESBU <\/h5>\n

\n Expert support and public communication during the selection process for the Head of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU), contributing to its lawful completion and the successful appointment of the head. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Alignment with EU legislation <\/h5>\n

\n Analytical support to the Ministry of Economy in the process of aligning national legislation with EU law (SMEs, budgeting, strategic planning), and participation in relevant European integration negotiating groups. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Support for frontline regions <\/h5>\n

\n Expert proposals on supporting frontline regions, which formed the basis for relevant government decisions adopted in the second half of 2025. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2024 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Business support <\/h5>\n

\n Recommendations for the Ministry of Economy on supporting businesses in areas close to the frontline. Some of the recommendations are already being implemented.\r\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Human capital policies <\/h5>\n

\n Support in preparing Ukraine\u2019s Demographic Development Strategy until 2040, which incorporated our quantitative assessments.\r\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Public oversight of ESBU <\/h5>\n

\n Selection through online voting and participation in the Public Oversight Council of the ESBU to ensure transparency and effective operation of the institution. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Support for the Temporary Investigative Commission on Economic Security <\/h5>\n

\n Analytical work for the relevant parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission, which contributed to a 66% increase in tax revenues from the gambling sector compared to 2023.\r\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Strengthening regulation of the gambling market <\/h5>\n

\n Analytical support and communication assistance for the adopted draft law aimed at more effective regulation of the gambling industry. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Advocacy for ESBU reform <\/h5>\n

\n Analytical support and advocacy for the adoption of legislation to relaunch the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2023 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Simplified taxation system <\/h5>\n

\n Recommendations from our study on potential abuses of the simplified taxation system were reflected in the National Revenue Strategy until 2030. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Insurance of war risks <\/h5>\n

\n We recommended that the government consider introducing war risk insurance for businesses exposed to physical asset losses due to the war. In 2023, MIGA insured the first investment projects in Ukraine against war risks. Additionally, the government introduced a mechanism to insure ships exporting and importing goods to Ukraine by sea. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Expert support to the Temporary Investigative Commission on Economic Security <\/h5>\n

\n We provided analytical and communication support to the Commission on Economic Security, which resulted in a number of changes in the gambling sector and the \u201cblack\u201d export market. As a result, the state budget received an additional \u2248 UAH 15 billion in revenues. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2022 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Assessment of war damages in the \u201cRussia will pay\u201d project <\/h5>\n

\n Within the framework of the \u201cRussia will pay\u201d project, in cooperation with state authorities, we are developing calculation methods and calculating the loss from Russia\u2019s invasion. Both Ukrainian and international institutions, notably the World Bank, rely on evaluating the project. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2021 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Cancellation of the amendment on rent for ore in draft law 5600 <\/h5>\n

\n We were the first to draw attention to the change in rental rates for ore mining in Bill 5600 in favour of financial and industrial groups. Thanks to public publicity, the edit was overturned. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Development of adaptive quarantine 2.0, which eased the restrictions for the vaccinated <\/h5>\n

\n The government adopted relevant changes that did not limit the activity of vaccinated persons and businesses with vaccinated personnel. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Economic development strategy of Donetsk and Luhansk regions <\/h5>\n

\n The Cabinet of Ministers approved the economic development strategy of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions until 2030, based on the results of the CES. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2020 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The government has approved the concept of reforming the remuneration of civil servants <\/h5>\n

\n Our recommendations on the system of remuneration of civil servants have been taken into account <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Adaptive quarantine and public and business support policies <\/h5>\n

\n The government has adopted the adaptive quarantine model, and the Verkhovna Rada has taken into account the recommendations of supporting entrepreneurs and the unemployed in a series of anti-crisis laws <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Communications between the government and the NBU <\/h5>\n

\n Government and NBU hold regular meetings to discuss monetary and economic policy <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Medium-term budget planning <\/h5>\n

\n The government has begun to implement medium-term budget planning <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2019 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Privatization <\/h5>\n

\n The list of enterprises prohibited for privatization has been abolished <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2018 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Strategy of state banks <\/h5>\n

\n Recommendations for reform are taken into account <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Privatization <\/h5>\n

\n Recommendations on the basic approaches and the list of enterprises are taken into account <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2017 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Medium-term budget planning <\/h5>\n

\n Among the priorities of the Government <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2016 <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Simplify currency exchange operations <\/h5>\n

\n Administrative fee 2% canceled <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Share participation for the development of Kyiv\u2019s infrastructure <\/h5>\n

\n A simpler and more transparent process has been approved <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Currency liberalization <\/h5>\n

\n Participation in the development of the concept of the new currency law <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-blocks.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-32093","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32093"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42299,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32093\/revisions\/42299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}