In November 2019, the Crystal of the Year event shortlisted the best AHs, which had been evaluated according to the general methodology introduced by USAID DOBRE, U-LEAD with Europe programmes, and the Public Partnership 'For Transparent Local Budgets!' in 106 hromadas from 18 Ukrainian oblasts. 47 DOBRE partner hromadas have been assessed for the second time this year, and their scores show that hromadas have significantly increased the level of budget transparency only in the year between the first and second assessment rounds. The highest possible transparency figure has increased from 46 to 61 points.