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9.1.7 TMT sector news
The WB will require the use of the Prozorro platform for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The Prozorro e-procurement system, including the Prozorro Market e-catalogs, meets the e-procurement requirements for World Bank-financed operations. The World Bank team conducted their relevant analysis and provided recommendations for improving the system. WB Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Arup Banerjee noted that project implementation agencies within bank-financed operations can use the e-procurement system and Prozorro Market for tenders that require the use of national procurement procedures with a budget of up to €5M. In the international tender procedures in projects financed by the World Bank in Ukraine, executive agencies can use Prozorro e-procurement systems after the state-owned enterprise Prozorro implements the specified improvements. Following the WB’s recommendations, Prozorro has started adapting the system to the specific standards and conditions approved by the World Bank and will be available in March 2023.
9.1.8 Tourism sector news
The war decreased the flow of foreigners to Ukraine by nearly 50%. About 2 million foreign citizens entered Ukraine in 11 months of 2022, which is half as much as in the same period last year, said the head of the State Tourism Development Agency, Maryana Oleskiv. According to her, they are not tourists, but journalists, volunteers, and representatives from international organizations. But still, they use the services of the industry: hotels, restaurants, transportation, and related services. At the same time, for 9 months of the year, receipts to the state budget from the tourism industry decreased by almost 34% to UAH 1.18B. At the same time, the increase in the amount of tax paid for 9 months was recorded in the Lviv region for UAH 197M
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