Side Event: Anchoring Anti-Corruption in a Fragmenting World: Institutional Resilience and Forward Pathways from Ukraine
Mar 24, 2026 | 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Auditorium
Description
The event is organised in partnership with the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI)
In an evolving geopolitical environment marked by shifting power dynamics and growing challenges to rule-of-law systems in various jurisdictions, sustaining anti-corruption reforms is becoming more difficult. At the same time, effective anti-corruption enforcement, especially in complex and high-profile cases, depends more than ever on strong international cooperation, consistent external political incentives and aligned rule of law commitments, all of which are becoming harder to maintain in practice.
Ukraine’s reform experience offers a timely opportunity for examining these issues. Over the past decade, its anti-corruption architecture was shaped jointly with Ukrainian stakeholders by reinforcing external anchors, including development cooperation, EU accession-driven conditionality, and multilateral frameworks providing standards, monitoring, and peer dialogue. The discussion will look ahead: which of these anchors remain effective in today’s geopolitical context, what may need to be adapted, and what additional strategies can countries use to sustain reform momentum, institutional independence, and enforcement capacity?
The discussion will take a forward-looking and practical view of how anti-corruption systems can stay effective, credible, and internationally connected amid today’s global challenges.
13:15–13:20 | Opening Remarks by Moderator
Iryna Shyba, Deputy Head, EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI)
13:20–13:45 | Screening of the Documentary: “After the Era of Silence”
A film tracing the evolution of Ukraine’s modern anti corruption institutions, the development of specialised law enforcement bodies, and the role of international partners in supporting these reforms.
13:45–14:15 | High-Level Panel Discussion.
Panel discussion participants:
- Iryna Shyba, Deputy Head, EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (Moderator)
- Kateryna Ryzhenko, Transparency International Ukraine
- Julia Fromholz, Head, Anti-Corruption Division
