Anti-Corruption

During the URC 2025 (10-11 July)

The side event would take place after the official agenda of the URC on July 11, second half of the day.

The idea is to give space for follow up and providing reflections on the state of anti-corruption reforms as well as further related reforms needed for Ukraine’s accession to the EU and implementation of international anti corruption standards. It will provide for informal discussions and networking between interested international and Ukrainian participants of the conference.

Organisers:

Office of the Deputy Prime-Minister for European and Transatlantic Integration
OECD DAF/ACD
EU Presidency
EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI)

Target audience:

International stakeholders with an interest in Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms and EU accession process, Ukraine’s civil society and state officials participating at the URC, representatives of the Italian government, parliament and think tanks working on issues related to Ukraine and interested in the topic. Approximately 50 participants.

Proposed location: Residence of the Danish ambassador to Italy

Agenda

5 min

Welcome by the EU Presidency, the Danish ambassador to Italy Peter Taksøe-Jensen

30 min

Opening remarks and reflection from the forum

Olga Stefanishyna (TBC), Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Justice of Ukraine

Representative of Italy (TBC by Italian side)

Katarina Mathernova, EU ambassador to Ukraine

1 hour

Panel 1: Ukraine’s achievements and next steps in fighting corruption

This panel would focus on the implementation of anti-corruption block of the Rule of Law roadmap and key expectation from Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms on its EU integration track.

Possible speakers:

Lyudmyla Suhak, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine (TBD)

Anastasiia Radina, Chair of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Anti-Corruption Committee (TBD)

Representative of the EU Presidency (TBD)

Wolfgang Nozar, Head of Unit, Fundamentals, Rule of Law, Anti-fraud and Financial Management, European Commission (TBD)/ OR OTHER EU REPRESENTATIVE

Andriy Borovyk, Executive Director of TI Ukraine

Moderator: Iryna Shyba, Deputy Head of the EUACI

15 min

Presentation of the EUACI-OECD paper on whole of society approach to fighting corruption

Allan Pagh Kristensen, Head of the EUACI (TBD)

Oksana Huss, Research Fellow at the Research Centre Trustworthy Data Science and Security of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

1 hour

Panel 2: Raising the Bar: Ukraine’s Accession to the OECD AntiBribery Convention

This panel would focus on Ukraine’s accession to OECD Anti-Bribery convention and alignment with relevant international anti-corruption standards.

Speakers:

Oleksandr Banchuk, Deputy Minister of Justice

Oleksandr Klymenko, Head of SAPO

Nicolas Pinaud, Deputy Director of Directorate of Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

Antonina Prudko, Ukrainian Network of Integrity and Compliance, Head of Secretariat

Moderator: Julia Fromholz, Head of the Anti-Corruption Division, DAF/OECD or Nona Mikhelidze, Senior Fellow, Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

1,5 hour

Networking with aperol

Anti-Corruption

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