“We consolidate all recovery-related information in one place and make it accessible to everyone,” said Viktor Maziarchuk, Head of the Fiscal Policy Research Center, during the panel discussion “Government Accountability: Effective Tools for Activists and Journalists” at the IWPR Ukraine Forum 2025.
He explained that recovery data is fragmented across different institutions, and sometimes even across departments within a single institution. As a result, official registries often contain incomplete or inconsistent information. The Center collects all payment transactions for each project via Spending.gov.ua, links them with procurement data from Prozorro, and cross-checks them against official reports from the State Treasury Service. When discrepancies arise, the team submits additional requests to government authorities.
“We bring together all recovery data in one place and make it accessible to everyone — both in Ukraine and internationally. The ‘Cost of War’ project is about data, and most importantly, about reliable data,” the expert emphasized.
As part of the project, the Center develops interactive tools — dashboards that allow users to explore all recovery expenditures, from international partner funding and state and local budgets to the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression. Users can select a region, a specific project, or a company’s EDRPOU code to see who received funding, who carried out the work, what amounts were allocated, and what was actually paid. In addition, the Center produces analytical reports and publishes complete datasets, enabling users to study trends, compare expenditures across programs, and draw their own conclusions based on verified data.
“What truly sets us apart is that we publish and share verified data. We can break down every figure to the last kopeck — unfortunately, no one else in Ukraine does this,” he concluded.
