Last weekend, a group of 30 insightful individuals from key positions in government, parliament, civil society, media, businesses, academia, anti-corruption institutions and international organizations met in Lviv to engage in a lively dialogue about preventing and fighting corruption and promoting integrity and ethics.
The workshop was part of a joint project of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development established to facilitate a dialogue between different spheres of society about the future of anti-corruption.
The public’s growing intolerance to corruption during the full-scale invasion, the well-established anti-corruption infrastructure and new possibilities stemming from the EU integration process provide opportunities for Ukraine. The next steps in countering corruption, and how to mobilize people, institutions and resources to that end, was on the agenda in Lviv.
“While winning the war must be issue number one for Ukraine, there is also a need to think about the day after and how to create an even better society with less corruption. We decided to gather key persons from many different spheres of society. Because countering corruption demands a holistic approach. And the workshop in Lviv showed that this is the way to go. We gained a lot of valuable input and left Lviv upbeat and with new inspiration and good emotions” — Allan Pagh Kristensen, the Head of the EUACI and the initiator of the Future of the Anti-Corruption in Ukraine group said.
This dialogue is one of a series moderated by the working group of the EUACI and OECD on this topic. Based on their results, the project will formulate a vision paper to inspire and guide decision-makers and other stakeholders.
