Features of implementation and financing public procurement in the Visegrad group countries in modern conditions

Theoretical and practical principles of implementation and financing public procurement in the Visegrad Group countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia) are revealed in the arcticle. The experience of which is important to use in Ukraine to increase their financial efficiency. Argued, that these countries consider public procurement as a tool not only to meet the current activities of public administration, but also to implement social and environmental policies, especially for "green" procurement. Based on the analysis of the Ukrainian practice of conducting tenders, it was found that the problem in Ukraine is that we are still dominated by price criteria, which do not target customers financially to conduct "green" procurement. In the EU Directives, which guide the Visegrad Group countries, special emphasis make on the development of e-procurement. They are considered as components of e-government, based on the principles of free movement of goods, freedom of placement and provision of services, equal treatment, mutual recognition, proportionality and transparency. It is shown that the use of centralized public procurement increases the financial efficiency of public procurement in these countries. It was found that among the forms of public procurement in the Visegrad Group countries, a new form of innovation partnership is beginning to develop, which is important to introduce in Ukraine. It can only be used when a customer needs to purchase an innovative product, service or work that is not yet on the market and that requires research and a long-term partnership with the customer to develop and finance it. It is proved that the market of public procurement in the Visegrad Group countries, according to EU legislation, is open to foreign producers, in particular, from Ukraine. Therefore, the Ukrainian authorities need to significantly reconsider the bill on localization, the introduction of which may negatively affect to financial and economic relations of our country with EU member states and the Visegrad Group in particular

public procurement, "green" procurement, EU, Visegrad Group, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine