Bìznes Inform (Aug 2017)
The Ways to Improve the Provision of Resources for Higher Education Institutions in Ukraine
Abstract
The article is concerned with an assessment of the allocation of financial resources of universities in terms of both the current and the capital expenditure by means of analyzing the public procurement of the important higher education institutions in Ukraine and elaboration of proposals for improving efficiency of the provision of resources for the national higher education system at the university level. To achieve the purpose set, an analysis of public procurements for 50 leading Ukrainian universities, ranked in the «Top 200 Ukraine» from August 1st, 2016 to July 31st, 2017, has been carried out, using the ProZorro analysis module. It has been found that the share of capital expenditures of Ukrainian universities is lower than in European countries, which has a negative impact on the resource potential of higher education. As a result of the carried out analysis, most of the purchases for higher education institutions are before-threshold and are implemented in a noncompetitive procurement process through the conclusion of a direct contract with the supplier (contractor), which indicates the insufficiently efficient use of financial resources. Recommendations to improve efficiency of the use of funds in terms of public procurement have been made, which would contribute to an increase in the level of the material-and-technical provision of universities and to an improvement of the provision of resources for higher education.
