How Ineffective Law Enforcement Undermines the Investment Climate

The RRR4U Consortium invites you to join the presentation of its monthly Monitoring Report on the implementation of the IMF Programme and the Ukraine Plan under the Ukraine Facility.

This month’s special topic is: “How Ineffective Law Enforcement Undermines the Investment Climate.”

Despite some progress in reforming the law enforcement system, businesses continue to face challenges that undermine investor confidence, including prolonged investigations, undue pressure from authorities, searches, disruptions to business operations, and uncertainty in the enforcement of regulations.

High-profile cases involving Ukrainian companies demonstrate that the lack of clear rules, adequate institutional safeguards, and a completed reform of the bodies responsible for investigating economic crimes remain among the key barriers to private investment and Ukraine’s economic recovery.

During the event, we will examine the current state of reforms at the Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) and the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR), analyze how businesses assess the performance of law enforcement agencies, and discuss how these challenges affect Ukraine’s investment climate.

Event agenda:

16:00–16:10
“Progress on the implementation of the Ukraine Facility Plan”, Alona Korohod, Project Expert at DiXi Group

16:10–16:20
“Ukraine’s progress in implementing the IMF Programme”, Viacheslav Kurylo, Senior Policy and Data Analyst at IAA

16:20–16:30
Special topic: “How Ineffective Law Enforcement Undermines the Investment Climate”, Maksym Samoyliuk, Senior Economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy

16:30–17:30
Discussion with representatives of government institutions and civil society:

▪️ Yuliia Andrusiv, Deputy Business Ombudsman of Ukraine
▪️ Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Member of Parliament, First Deputy Chair of the Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy
▪️ Taras Kachka, Trade Representative of Ukraine to the EU (online)
▪️ Anastasiia Radina, Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy

Moderator:
Oleksandra Betliy, Researcher at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.

The event is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.

RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organizations: the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, the Institute of Analytics and Advocacy, and DiXi Group.