OREANDA-NEWS. According to the National Public Procurement Transparency Rating of Government Agencies and Commercial Companies 2016, State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” has been assigned the Guaranteed Transparency Category. Thus, Vnesheconombank has once again proved its status of a top rated state corporation.

A commemorative token has been given to Evgeniy Knyazev, Director of Vnesheconombank’s Procurement Department, during an official ceremony hosted by the Russian Chamber of Trade and Commerce.

The National Public Procurement Transparency Rating is an independent research centre specialising in economic and legal analysis of the Russian market for public, municipal, corporate and private commercial procurement.

The procurers rated comprised public and municipal entities including 70 major federal government agencies, 85 major municipalities and 71 procurers whose activities are subject to Federal Law No. 222-FZ dated 18 July 2011, as well as 117 commercial buyers acting in compliance with their internal regulations. Overall, 426 procurers participate in the rating scheme.