On February 25, the commission for the selection of a new head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention selected Viktor Pavlushchyk as the winner of the competition. Now his candidacy must be approved by the government.
10 candidates selected by the commission based on the results of the previous stages were admitted to the final interviews. The commission interviewed the finalists on February 24 and 25 and after hearing the candidates, determined the winner.
The competition to select the head of the NACP started in December 2023. It consisted of the following stages: testing for general abilities and reliability; practical tasks and provision of a strategic vision for the development of the NACP; conversations with a psychologist; and interviews for integrity and professionalism. 64 candidates applied for the competition, and 51 of them passed the testing stage. 24 candidates were admitted to the interview stage based on the results of practical tasks.
TI Ukraine analyzed in detail each of those admitted to the interviews and all 10 finalists of the competition. Our experts listened to each interview and noted the details.
“The new NACP head faces really big challenges in reforming and developing the institution, in particular, in accordance with the recommendations of the external audit of the NACP. Time will show how the new leader will cope. We at TI Ukraine will continue to closely monitor the work of the Agency and its new head. I must note that the commission demonstrated a high level of transparency in the competition,” Kateryna Ryzhenko, Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs at TI Ukraine, commented on the results of the competitive selection.
On July 26, 2023, a report was published on the first external independent assessment of the effectiveness of the NACP for 2020–2021. According to the results of the audit, the commission refrained from drawing a conclusion about the effectiveness of the NACP; however, it did not call the Agency’s work ineffective either.
The new NACP head faces really big challenges in reforming and developing the institution, in particular, in accordance with the recommendations of the external audit of the NACP. Time will show how the new leader will cope. We at TI Ukraine will continue to closely monitor the work of the Agency and its new head. I must note that the commission demonstrated a high level of transparency in the competition
Kateryna Ryzhenko
