The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) team visited Washington, D.C., to participate in the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF-2025), held within the framework of the Annual Meetings 2025. Beyond the forum’s official program, NACP Head Viktor Pavlushchyk held a number of meetings with international partners.
During a meeting with Gavin Gray, Head of Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and his team, the parties discussed the preservation of NACP’s independence and the enhancement of its financial control mechanisms.
“I am grateful to the IMF for its overall support of the NACP, especially during critical moments, such as when the asset lifestyle monitoring tool was under threat. Currently, the urgent issue is to promptly engage expert support to improve another financial control instrument – full verification of asset declarations. The IMF has already expressed readiness to provide such expert assistance, and it is crucial to develop the necessary amendments before the start of the new declaration campaign on January 1,” emphasized the NACP Head during the meeting.
IMF representatives confirmed their readiness to support NACP with expert guidance on improving its instruments and highlighted the importance of ensuring the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions.
Alan Bakaraze, Director of Investigations, Strategy, and Operations in the Office of the Vice President for Integrity of the World Bank Group, during a meeting with Viktor Pavlushchyk, noted the consistency and transparency of NACP’s work in implementing financial control functions and emphasized that the Bank would continue to support Ukraine in strengthening its anti-corruption prevention system.
The NACP Head briefed partners on the progress in preparing the new Anti-Corruption Strategy, the results of corruption risk assessment activities, and the importance of the upcoming external audit of the NACP.
World Bank representatives reiterated the urgent need to preserve independent and effective anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine. In response, the NACP Head stressed the importance of adopting legislative amendments that would require the NACP’s mandatory approval of draft laws affecting anti-corruption institutions.
“This will serve as an additional safeguard against political or other unjustified interference in the work of anti-corruption bodies,” he concluded.
As a reminder, Viktor Pavlushchyk also took part in an event organized by the Ukrainian NGO “The Foundation for Institutional Development”, which promotes integrity in Ukraine’s public and private sectors, held within the framework of the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF-2025) in Washington, D.C.
Background: In April 2025, the NACP Head met with the World Bank Group Vice President for Integrity, Mouhamadou Diagne, and they agreed that one of the key areas of cooperation could be expert support in identifying corruption risks in the reconstruction sector, which is critically important for Ukraine after the war. The NACP and the World Bank Vice President for Integrity signed a Memorandum of Cooperation at the end of 2023 during the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
In addition, in May of this year, IMF representatives, during their official visit and discussions with Ukrainian government officials as part of the eighth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Program, expressed their support for maintaining and strengthening NACP’s financial control mechanisms over public officials.
