National Agency on Corruption Prevention

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (Ukrainian: Національне агентство з питань запобігання корупції, romanized: Nacionaľne ahenctvo z pytań zapobihanńa korupciji, NAZK or NACP) is a national anti-corruption agency of the Ukrainian government which is responsible for shaping and implementing anti-corruption policy, while creating an environment conducive to corruption prevention.^[3] It has been functioning since 2016.^[1]

National Agency on Corruption Prevention

Agency overview
Formed	2016[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Ukraine
Headquarters	28 Mykoly Mikhnovskoho Boulevard, Kyiv
Agency executive	Viktor Pavlushchyk[2], Head
Website	nazk.gov.ua/en

The agency is one of the three anti-corruption pillars of Ukraine, created after the Euromaidan revolution, along with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).

In contrast to the NABU, which is a law-enforcement institution, the NACP has a preventive function. As such, the Agency develops regulations that help prevent corruption and ensures compliance with them.

The candidates of the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election were required submit a declaration of income for the year preceding the year of the beginning of the election.^[4] These documents will be scrutinized by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention who will subsequently publish the results of the audit.^[4]

As one of its major services, the agency runs an anti-corruption portal.^[5] The agency maintains a list called International Sponsors of War with companies they deem contribute to the Russian war effort in Ukraine.^[6][7]

Heads of the agency

• Natalia Korchak (2015–2018)^[8]
• Natalia Novak (acting, 2019)^[9][10]
• Oleksandr Novikov (2019–2024)^[9][1]
• Viktor Pavlushchyk (2024, incumbent)^[2]

See also

• 2020–2022 Ukrainian constitutional crisis
• Civil Oversight Council of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine
• Corruption in Ukraine
• European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine – Technical assistance in fighting corruption by the EU and Denmark in Ukraine
• High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine – Ukrainian court concerning corruption in Ukraine
• List of anti-corruption agencies

References

1. "Prosecutor Chosen As Ukraine's New Anti-Corruption Chief". Radio Free Europe. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
2. "Government formally appoints Pavlushchyk as corruption prevention agency chief". The Kyiv Independent. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
3. "National Agency on Corruption Prevention - NACP - Network for Integrity". Network for integrity. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. (in Ukrainian) Elections of the President of Ukraine 2019: figures, dates and candidates, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 November 2018)
5. "NACP Anti-corruption Portal". antycorportal.nazk.gov.ua. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
6. "International sponsor of war". sanctions.nazk.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
7. "Ukraine: Govt. adds 29 intl. companies to list of war sponsors due to their continued operations in Russia". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
8. Ex-NACP head Korchak suspected of inaccurate property declaration, Interfax-Ukraine (28 October 2019)
9. Novikov becomes new head of National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, Ukrinform (15 January 2020)
10. "Government appointed Natalia Novak acting Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. October 20, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.