On the Issue of the Administration and Legal Foundation of the State Anti-Corruption Policy in Ukraine

The peculiarities of the formation of administrative and legal foundations of the state anti-corruption policy in Ukraine are investigated. It is found out that in the process of forming and implementing the national anti-corruption policy in Ukraine, a special place belongs to determining the strategy, tactics and specific measures of anti-corruption activity. Accordingly, such a policy should be based not only on the adoption of a package of anti-corruption legislation, but also on the dissemination of knowledge about corruption, the causes of its occurrence and spread, the principles of prevention and counteraction that will contribute to the formation of anti-corruption awareness in society.

A number of problems have been identified in this area. A set of recommendations for resolving them is provided. The directions of improvement of the legislation providing administrative and legal regulation of anti-corruption policy of Ukraine are determined. In particular, the necessity to develop requirements for the formation of the National Anti-Corruption Policy is substantiated. The development of such requirements is proposed to be assigned to the National Anti-Corruption Agency.
It is proposed to review the current national legislation of Ukraine more thoroughly, in terms of the effective formation of the administrative and legal foundations of the state anti-corruption policy. At the same time, they emphasize that such legislative changes need to be implemented in combination with the reforming of the human resources of the anti-corruption actors.
The expediency of systematic conducting of state and public monitoring in order to identify corruption risks is substantiated. Given that timely analysis of corruption risks and the implementation of preventive anti-corruption measures will allow to eliminate violations of Ukrainian law enforcement officials, will have a positive impact on improving the work of these bodies and will enhance their authority.