Overview
- The coalition, launched Thursday in Kyiv, was set up by a signed memorandum to coordinate procurement planning and share information among national buying agencies.
- The aim is to link members for better planning, sturdier supply chains, and quicker, cleaner purchasing based on practices tested in war.
- Arsen Zhumadilov will chair the first year under rules that rotate leadership later and require unanimous board approval for any new member.
- Partners are weighing Ukraine’s DOT-Chain tools, including a weapons marketplace, a food supply tracker, and an operational stock manager used during the war.
- Founding participants include Ukraine plus Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, though reports differ on whether France or Italy is also a founding member.