Capacity-Strengthening of Local Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Ukraine: Key Findings and Recommendations

Abstract

One of the main priorities for the international assistance programmes focusing on anticorruption reforms in Ukraine, is the support of such reforms at the regional and local levels. The regional and local non-governmental organisations are considered as the key actors of this process. In the meantime, the donors face certain challenges with regard to the work in the regions. These challenges are caused by low professional and institutional capacities of a significant number of such NGOs. Every donor programme or organisation looks for its own working methods as well as for the ways to overcome the challenges of local level work. Consequently, the development of the recommendations for donor programmes and organisations focusing on the implementation of anti-corruption projects in Ukraine is crucial on the current stage. The goal of the document is to provide the donor community with the recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of the donors’ cooperation with the non-governmental organisations of regional and local levels.