From June 30 to July 2, CLDP led a procurement-focused program in collaboration with SI Professional Procurement, a GOU entity leading advances in procurement practices across GOU ministries and state-owned entities, and the Ministry of Economy Public Procurement Department. This effort brought U.S. procurement experts to Kyiv to engage with Ukrainian counterparts on international best practices in public procurement, with a focus on transparency, competitiveness, alignment with global standards, and best-value procurement analysis/non-price criteria (NPC), which can open the door to U.S. bidders and prevent lowest-cost bidders from dominating Ukrainian procurements. During the program, CLDP focused on contract types and on designing, applying, and assessing best-value/non-price criteria through a practical exercise in which contracting authorities actively participated.