On January 31, 2020, representatives of international donor organizations announced the decision to renew support for the implementation of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) projects during a meeting with the NAPC leadership.
“We see that the Government is making every effort to restart the National Agency. Having a new leadership is a good sign, but it's also important to have a new Anti-Corruption Strategy. Your priorities should be the electronic declaration system and financing of political parties. When we made the decision to stop helping the NACP, we were convinced that it was the right decision. We have now made a decision to renew the assistance, and we consider that to be the right decision as well”, said Hart Willis, member of the Democratic Governance Office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Head of EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI), noted that NACP has a great chance to implement all the ambitious initiatives that have not been implemented since NACP began its work. According to her, in May 2020, EUACI will begin the second phase of their project.
"We need to expand our priorities and the EU is ready to assist in all areas," said Eka Tkeshelashvili.
"I acknowledge my responsibility and understand that the society, parliament and international partners have high expectations of me,” said NACP Chairperson Oleksandr Novikov. “Our team has the ambitious goal of turning the NACP into the most powerful anti-corruption body, to show the true results of the fight against corruption and, therefore, to restore public trust."
According to Oleksandr Novikov, the NACP’s most ambitious goal is to finalize the Anti-Corruption Strategy in six months. The second priority is the establishment of the quick and effective verification of declarations after the declaring campaign ends on April 1, 2020. The other NACP's priority is the introduction of an electronic reporting system for political parties.
International Partners Restore Cooperation With NACP
