A Step Toward Greater Transparency in Ukraine

Ukraine’s anticorruption efforts moved up a gear when on the 31 October 2016 the deadline was reached for state officials, including members of parliament, ministers, and judges, to upload detailed information about their private assets onto a new open-access database. From its conception and legal basis to the technical development in cooperation with the UN Development Program and the Danish government, Ukraine’s e-declaration system has progressed in a stop-and-go fashion.

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Council of Europe: News, 6-7.10.16: The National Agency on Corruption Prevention begins developing key performance indicators https://go.coe.int/lNwWD

UNDP: Article, 09.09.16: E-Declaration for public servants’ assets: public scrutiny to curb corruption? http://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/09/09/e-declaration-for-public-servants-assets-public-scrutiny-to-curb-corruption-.html

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