‘EU: Simply about the Complicated’. Ukrainian national media visit National Anti-Corruption Bureau

On 5 March, journalists from leading Ukrainian media outlets had the opportunity to gain an inside look at the operations of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and see firsthand how the European Union facilitates the fight against corruption in Ukraine. 

The visit to NABU took place as part of a two-day training session ‘EU: Simply about the Complicated’, organised by the EU Delegation to Ukraine. EU Ambassador Katarína Mathernová and the Head of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative, Allan Pagh Kristensen, joined the visit.

Bureau staff shared insights into the institution’s history, its functions, and investigative jurisdiction, and the core principles of NABU’s media relations.

EU Ambassador Katarína Mathernová said that since 2014, Ukraine had already travelled a complex and intensive path in the fight against corruption, adding that Ukrainian media play a key role in this process.

During the visit, Allan Kristensen, Head of EUACI, shared with journalists the programme’s key focus areas. The European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) is the leading technical and expert assistance programme through which the European Union supports anti-corruption reform in Ukraine. Specifically, the EUACI actively invests in IT solutions and digitalisation, provides expert, communication, and legislative support, and helps implement effective HR policies and institutional development. The programme also supports independent audits and transparent merit-based recruitment of heads of institutions.

Allan Pagh Kristensen also discussed the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative’s (EUACI) collaboration with civil society and its support for media engagement in anti-corruption efforts. Notably, the EUACI recently issued a new grant call for investigative journalists, with the results to be announced shortly.

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