In 2025, the activities of the Department of Educational Work and Training Programs of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) were aimed at ensuring the sustainability of educational processes and implementing innovations for the professional development of public servants and anti-corruption commissioners. This allowed for a record number of participants to be involved in the events. Throughout the year, more than 90 educational and awareness-raising events took place (lectures, seminars, trainings, webinars), including 30 events within the framework of the 2024 asset declaration campaign.
A key achievement was the combination of traditional anti-corruption training with the launch of new strategic directions, particularly regarding the institution of lobbying and the culture of whistleblowing. NACP specialists conducted information events regarding the Law of Ukraine “On Lobbying” and the operation of the Transparency Register, and also carried out explanatory work with an emphasis on legal aspects and the correct submission of corruption reports (open webinar “Corruption: Report Correctly. A Guide for Whistleblowers and Applicants”).
In 2025, the “Integrity Week for Public Servants” was held for the second time, which this year transformed from a local initiative into a nationwide movement. Ministries and central executive bodies, regional military administrations, and city councils joined it.
The Agency implemented a series of advanced training programs on corruption prevention and ensuring integrity in cooperation with the Higher School of Public Administration. In particular, advanced training programs were conducted for anti-corruption commissioners, heads of government bodies, and category “A” civil servants.
Within the previously implemented elective block of disciplines “Anti-corruption Compliance in the System of Local Self-Government,” which is part of the “Local Self-Government” educational and professional program at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Agency specialists conducted a series of lectures and practical sessions for master's degree students.
The NACP also established stable and productive cooperation with the National Defense University of Ukraine: a series of lectures was held within the framework of anti-corruption courses for anti-corruption commissioners performing functions in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, as well as for the heads of the Self-Sustaining Structural Units (SSU) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The national anti-corruption forum “Integrity2030: Anti-corruption Strategy of the Future,” organized by the NACP, served as a platform for professional exchange of experience. During the forum's professional panel “From Idea to Result: How Anti-corruption Practices Change the System,” the best developments of anti-corruption commissioners were presented. In particular, a project for collecting and disseminating successful practices in building integrity was presented, for which 138 applications from state and local authorities were received in 2025. After analysis and processing, NACP specialists selected the 10 best initiatives, and another 20 bodies received encouraging diplomas.
The Department conducted a survey to determine the educational needs of public servants and anti-corruption commissioners for the purpose of updating and developing educational materials in the field of corruption prevention and integrity. More than 60,000 respondents participated, and based on the results, an Analytical Report was prepared.
Digital transformation of training became an important direction. By the end of 2025, the Study.NAZK platform had more than 298,000 users, which is almost three times more than in 2023. In 2025, 81,000 new users joined the training, 460,000 certificates were issued, and the course completion rate rose to 83% (compared to 79% in 2023). This demonstrates the high quality of the content and the motivation of the audience. Throughout the year, new online courses were created (a documentary-style series course on conflict of interest “Joint Work of Close Persons”; the course “Ask the Commissioner!”) and joint educational products were implemented with partners (online courses “Corporate Governance and Anti-corruption Compliance at Municipally Owned Enterprises” and "Step by Step to Transparency. Stairs of Anti-corruption Education").
“2025 became a year of strategic rethinking and laying the foundations for further systemic development for the direction of educational work and training programs. We scaled the coverage of educational and awareness-raising events and ensured the continuous operation of the Study.NAZK platform, and developed educational products for public servants, anti-corruption commissioners, educators, and youth. The experience of 2025 confirmed the high public demand for quality anti-corruption knowledge and demonstrated the team's readiness to work under the conditions of new challenges in 2026. Building on the strategic decisions laid down in 2025, we will continue to work on forming a sustainable culture of integrity, focusing on the needs of target audiences and the long-term priorities of the state's anti-corruption policy,” emphasized Iryna Tymchenko, Head of the Department of Awareness and Training Programmes.
Cooperation with Educational Institutions
Throughout the year, the Department conducted a series of strategic sessions covering all levels of education and bringing together educators, government officials, experts, and the public to jointly develop mechanisms for ensuring integrity in the educational environment. The result was the Strategy for the Development of Integrity in Education for 2026–2030, developed jointly with experts. An Action Plan for the development of integrity in the field of general secondary, vocational, and higher education was also prepared, for the implementation of which an NACP working group was established. The key event was the Forum “Integrity and Education: New Landmarks,” during which the aforementioned Strategy was presented to over 100 participants from the professional community.
Cooperation with General Secondary Education Institutions
The Department developed a curriculum for the teaching and methodological manual “Anti-Corruption Course for Grade 9.” In 2025, the program, along with the “PROIntegrity” teaching and methodological manual, received the “Approved for use in the educational process" seal. The manual "Educational Navigator” — methodological recommendations for heads of general secondary education institutions on the functioning of schools based on the principles of transparency, openness, and integrity — was also approved by an order of the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) for implementation by school principals. The materials were presented at the presentation event “Integrity — A Sustainable Norm in Education,” which brought together educators from various regions of Ukraine.
In 2025, the community of friendly schools increased by over 90% and numbers 1,438 educational institutions — over 53.6 thousand pedagogical workers and more than 550 thousand students (at the end of 2024, there were 754 schools). There are 23 Integrity Hubs in operation, which is 60% more than in 2024. For the community of the “Transparent School” project, over 90 events were held in 12 cities of Ukraine.
In 2025, the nationwide initiative “Integrity Week,” timed to the International Anti-Corruption Day, was implemented for the fifth time. The Integrity Lesson in 2025 brought together more than 113.4 thousand students from more than 2 thousand institutions of general secondary, vocational, and professional pre-higher education from various parts of Ukraine, becoming the most massive in five years and claiming a national record of Ukraine.
Cooperation with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
The “Transparent Universities” project has gained scale — the community includes 91 universities. More than 9 thousand students are studying the discipline “Anti-Corruption and Integrity”; the NACP has begun work on its update and preparation for the second edition.
In five selected HEIs, the piloting of the Recommendations on Transparency and Integrity, which were approved by an order of the MES in 2025, was launched. This project participates in the national initiative “Open Government Partnership.”
Cooperation with Vocational Education Institutions
In 2025, the Department launched the pilot project “Transparent Vocational Education.” To implement it, a National competitive selection of vocational and professional pre-higher education institutions was held, for which 115 applications were received from institutions in 21 regions of Ukraine. Based on the results, 20 institutions from 17 cities and 15 regions were selected. The project covers more than 14.3 thousand students and 1,280 pedagogical workers, creating a powerful testing base for piloting tools of ethical management, internal compliance, and self-assessment of transparency in the vocational education system.
To ensure a systemic approach to the development of project tools, two interagency working groups were created. They worked on the development of teaching and methodological materials for the development of transversal civic and social competencies and recommendations for the transformation of the educational environment in vocational education institutions based on the principles of transparency and integrity; and recommendations for increasing the level of transparency and integrity in the activities of vocational education institutions “Dobrochyn” (Charity), which have been submitted to the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) for approval.
Within the project, interactive educational products have also been prepared for testing. These combine anti-corruption themes with civic education and include elements of simulation, role-playing, and gamification: the quest “Mission: Elections,” the board game “There is a Choice!”, and the training “Me and the State: How to Correctly Address State Authorities.”
The priorities for the Department of Educational Work and Training Programs remain the expansion of cooperation with leading educational providers, the deepening and broadening of information and awareness-raising topics for public servants — particularly regarding lobbying and the institution of whistleblowing, and the development of innovative online courses on the Study.NAZK platform, and the conducting of specialized training for anti-corruption commissioners.
Within the framework of cooperation with institutions of general secondary, vocational, professional pre-higher, and higher education, the Department will focus on the development and implementation of a methodological and didactic framework on integrity and anti-corruption, increasing the capacity of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical workers, as well as implementing principles of transparency and accountability in management activities. Support for the projects “Transparent School,” “Transparent Vocational Education,” and “Transparent Universities” will continue.
Parallel to this, there is a need to develop detailed measures for the State Anti-Corruption Program aimed at implementing the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2026–2030. The preparation of the draft of this strategic document became one of the important results of the Department's work in 2025 and determined the necessity for further systemic work on its implementation at the level of specific tools and practical steps.
Among the main challenges of 2025 are the adaptation of educational programs to martial law conditions, the lack of tested qualitative indicators for evaluating training effectiveness, resistance to change in some educational institutions, the reduction in international technical assistance, and the disproportion between the scale of strategic tasks and available human resources amidst the growing workload related to European integration processes and the expansion of NACP functions.
“In 2025, the educational and training direction of the NACP demonstrated systemic maturity and the ability to scale solutions at the national level. This is not just about quantitative indicators — record audience coverage, and the development of the Study.NAZK platform, or the growth of partnerships with educational institutions. Above all, it is about building the state's institutional capacity to implement a culture of integrity as a management standard. The launch of new directions, particularly in the field of lobbying and the development of the institution of whistleblowing, demonstrates a timely response to legislative changes and public demand. In 2026, our task is to consolidate these results through the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2026-2030 and to ensure the transition from individual educational initiatives to a holistic integrity ecosystem,” concluded Serhii Hupiak, Deputy Head of the NACP.
