In Kharkiv City Council on Thursday, the ceremony of signing a declaration on the city's joining the system of online auctions "ProZorro. Sales ".

"Thus, the Kharkiv City Council has joined the Memorandum (between the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Transparency International Ukraine) on cooperation in the creation of a transparent and efficient system for the sale of state-owned objects in Ukraine, as well as property of state and municipal enterprises," the press- Service of the Kharkiv City Council.

According to the deputy mayor of Kharkov, Mikhail Fateev, in the first half of this year, the city's budget managers at all levels in the electronic system "ProZorro" conducted 1481 tenders. According to pre-threshold purchases during this time, the city saved UAH 3.9 million.

Fateev believes that participation in the pilot project "ProZorro. Sales "will increase revenue to the budget. "Undoubtedly, we expect that the implementation of this project will increase the efficiency of sales, increase revenues to the city budget and utilities," he said..

Advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure, head of the pilot project "ProZorro. Sales "Alexei Sobolev noted that through the system you can rent out the property, sell it, and also sell various services, for example, the right to hold fairs, advertising, attractions, food points.

"We are looking for those options in which it will be convenient for the city to use electronic auctions. The system has a central database where lots and information about them are placed, and commercial sites that take this data and show it to its customers. If the utility wants to sell something, then, according to statistics, 60% of the cases find buyers in two weeks, "A said.. Sobolev.

"ProZorro. Sales "is an electronic trading system created at the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Transparency International Ukraine, the Deposit Guarantee Fund of individuals, the NBU and Ukrainian electronic platforms based on the principles of the electronic trading system" ProZorro ". It is implemented with the support of the Governments of Germany, Great Britain and Transparency International Ukraine.

The project was joined by the largest Ukrainian companies and banks, as well as the city councils of Vinnitsa, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Ternopil and Lviv.