Prof. Maxym Striha, the deputy of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, wrote an article in “Dzerkalo Tyzhnia” (Mirror of the week) on the forthcoming external international audit of the Ukrainian science and research system (the final report of this audit is expected to be published on November 4, 2016). On May 11, 2016 the first expert meeting took place in Brussels, where ten leading European experts, with the participation of the delegation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, started the process of independent external audit of the Ukrainian science and innovation system.