
Kyiv, 8 June 2016 – UNDP team that is facilitating the launch of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention hosted a meeting with Jose Ugaz, chair of the board of Transparency International, and Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, newly appointed executive director of Transparency International Ukraine.
At the meeting, they discussed the development of Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions as well as how inevitable frustrations and problems arising along the way should be dealt with. The parties expressed their common opinion regarding the necessity of public attention towards newly established anti-corruption institutions, in particular the necessity of NACP public council establishment.
Jose Ugaz also shed light on general changes in the international TI movement, which is becoming more focused on public activists' investigation of corruption cases. The participants discussed the institutional audit carried out for TI Ukraine by UNDP and pointed out that Ukraine needs strong TI Ukraine.