In March 2021, the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) began supporting 5 Ukrainian NGOs to encourage the efforts of civil society, the business community and the media to promote a culture of integrity in Ukraine.
According to the results of the National call for proposals of civil society organizations, the following were selected:
- Transparency International Ukraine (TI Ukraine)
- Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAc)
- Media Development Foundation (MDF)
- NGO Nashi Groshi (Our Money)
- Analytical and Advocacy Center “Lviv Regulatory Hub”
Allan Pagh Kristensen, EUACI Head of Unit:
“Our support to the fight against corruption in Ukraine would be half-hearted if we didn’t include support to the active and brave civil society organizations. They are often at the forefront of fighting corruption. Therefore, it is a great pleasure for me to announce support to five new civil society projects that each will make a difference. They were selected in an open call where we received 50 proposals with many good and ambitious ideas. It demonstrates the strong civil society in Ukraine that is key to Ukraine’s development and democracy”.
The winners of the call will receive a grant from the EUACI for the implementation of their projects, which will last for 2021-2022. Each of the organizations has set a priority goal, which will be achieved through the implementation of several different initiatives.
In particular, TI Ukraine will continue to promote the transparency, efficiency and accountability of the anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine through monitoring and advocacy. The project includes monitoring of the work of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) and analysis, assessment of procedural and judicial aspects of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC).
The Anti-Corruption Action Center will implement civil society oversight of the anti-corruption infrastructure’s functioning (NABU, SAPO, HACC) and promote an effective anti-corruption environment, raising public awareness and informing about possible threats to anti-corruption reforms.
The activities of the Media Development Foundation are aimed at strengthening investigative journalism and empowering investigative media and journalists as well. To this end, the Foundation has already announced a call for the Investigative Media Accelerator, which includes training by top media experts and industry leaders on more than 30 topics, from budgeting and P&L to OKR and team management.
The initiative of the NGO Nashi Groshi (Our Money) is aimed at reducing the level of corruption in specific sectors of the economy by combining the efforts of business representatives and investigative journalists. Also, the organization will encourage entrepreneurs and business associations to protect their right to participate in transparent public procurement by actively appealing to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.
While the Lviv Regulatory Hub will carry out regulatory and anti-corruption expertise of local decisions by developing an appropriate methodology, which will be further used by both authorized units (persons) for the prevention of corruption and regulatory authorities.
Since the launch of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative, funded by the EU, co-financed, and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, more than 30 NGOs have been supported in order to strengthen their capacity in anti-corruption activities.
