The Integrity and Anti‑Corruption Review of Ukraine comes at a pivotal moment for the country, which, despite enduring three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, continues to make significant progress in strengthening public integrity and advancing anti‑corruption reforms. The Review aims to accelerate these efforts, contributing to the development of a strong integrity system in Ukraine.
The Review examines strengths and weaknesses of the public integrity framework, offering recommendations focused on outcomes rather than outputs. It compares Ukraine’s progress against OECD and EU averages, providing examples of international good practices to guide areas for improvement.
Prepared as part of the OECD-Ukraine Country Programme, launched in June 2023, the Review supports Ukraine in designing and implementing comprehensive integrity and anti‑corruption strategies and policies. It analyses key areas such as the anti‑corruption strategy, integrity standards, transparency and integrity in decision making, judicial integrity, internal control and risk management, and whistleblower protection. The Review also aims to improve Ukraine’s system of incentivising anti‑corruption compliance in business.
As a Participant to the OECD Working Party on Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC), through the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), and as set out in the Action Plan on Implementation of the OECD Country Programme for Ukraine (approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No 1165 dated 3 November 2023), Ukraine expressed a whole-of-government commitment to adhere to the 2017 OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity and to align the country with OECD and EU standards. Furthermore, Ukraine became a Participant of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with the aim of becoming a Party to the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the Anti‑Bribery Convention) and a full member of the WGB.
Ukraine’s alignment and progress on public integrity are assessed against the OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity and measured using the OECD Public Integrity Indicators where applicable. The OECD Secretariat collected primary data, information and stakeholder inputs through three fact-finding missions to Kyiv in 2024, which included meetings with government officials, business and civil society, as well as online fact-finding interviews and desk research.
Chapters 1-6 were drafted by the Anti‑Corruption and Integrity in Government Division in the Public Governance Directorate and approved by the OECD Public Governance Committee on 21 April 2025. Chapters 7-10 were drafted by the Anti‑Corruption Division in the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs.