The Transparent Cities program of Transparency International Ukraine announces a new ranking of cities and an annual assessment of the open data publication in Ukrainian cities. 

This autumn, the analytical team of the Transparent Cities program presents the methodology for the future Open Data ranking. The results of the first pilot study will be presented next spring.

It will entail checking the quantity and quality of mandatory sets of open data published by the city council and its executive bodies. The analysts also plan to check the relevant documents of local authorities regulating the field of open data and the impact of published data on the functioning of local self-government bodies and the lives of citizens. 

Meanwhile, TI Ukraine invites representatives of city councils and the public working in the field of open data to join the discussion of the methodology draft and provide feedback on the research approaches proposed by the team.

To be the first to receive the draft methodology, be able to influence the assessment criteria, express your reservations, and provide suggestions, please leave your contacts at: https://bit.ly/3WCXyTu

This publication was prepared with the support of the Ministry for Digital Transformation of Ukraine, assisted by the Digital Transformation Activity, funded by USAID and UK Dev. Transparency International Ukraine is the project implementation partner.

Transparency International Ukraine is an accredited chapter of the global movement Transparency International. Since 2012, TI Ukraine has been helping Ukraine grow stronger. The organization takes a comprehensive approach to the development and implementation of changes for reduction of corruption levels in certain areas. TI Ukraine launched the Transparent Cities program in 2017. It aims at overcoming corruption at the local level and promoting the best practices of transparency and accountability.

During 2017–2022, the program annually compiled the Transparency Ranking of the 100 Largest Cities in Ukraine. After the full-scale invasion started, the program launched a study of municipal transparency in the context of the large-scale war with Russia. In 2024, the team presented the second study evaluating 80 cities. 5 cities were recognized as transparent, 23 were partially transparent, the other 52 cities were recognized as non-transparent. The program develops quality analytics on various aspects of interaction between the authorities and citizens, transparency and accountability in Ukrainian cities. In particular, these include decolonization processes, housing policy, the state of open data at the local level, etc.