The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published the follow-up report of the fifth round of monitoring Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms. The monitoring is conducted under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan — a regional OECD peer-review program that analyses and tracks the implementation of international standards.
The report assesses Ukraine’s progress in anti-corruption reforms, prevention of corruption, and accountability for corruption-related crimes in 2023–2024. It covers nine areas:
- Anti-corruption policy
- Conflicts of interest and asset declarations
- Whistleblower protection
- Business integrity
- Transparency in public procurement
- Independence of the prosecution
- Judicial independence
- Specialized anti-corruption bodies
- Accountability for corruption offences
International partners, government authorities, and civil society in Ukraine contributed to the preparation of the document. The report, in particular, took into account NAKO’s responses to the OECD monitoring questionnaire.
Despite the full-scale war, Ukraine has demonstrated significant progress in fighting corruption, according to the report. Key achievements in the area of defense procurement highlighted by the authors include:
- Legislative updates;
- Establishment of separate agencies — the State Logistics Operator for non-lethal goods and services, and the Defence Procurement Agency, which arms the Defence Forces;
- Use of the electronic platform Prozorro;
- Democratic civilian oversight of the sector.
At the same time, the report emphasizes that Ukraine still needs to implement clearer rules for procurement, scale up the use of Prozorro, and ensure genuine competition and transparency at all stages of the procurement cycle.
The OECD is an international organisation uniting 38 developed countries and setting high standards in economics, integrity, and anti-corruption. Ukraine has cooperated with the OECD since 2003 within the Anti-Corruption Network and the Istanbul Action Plan. In 2022, Ukraine received the status of a potential OECD member and is implementing a special program to align with its standards.