The NUCDU staff member participated in an international scientific and practical conference

On October 17, at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs was hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Peculiarities of Application of Anti-Corruption Legislation: From Investigation to the Sentencing of the Court", co-organized by the Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The conference was attended by the Head of the Corruption Prevention and Detection Sector of the National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine Stanislav Sklyarov.

The event was also attended by the Chairman of the Public Association "Center for Prevention and Counteraction to Corruption", chairman of the Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Volodymyr Martynenko, member of the Board of the Corruption Prevention Department of the Corruption Prevention and Lustration Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Sergey Yaremenko, Valery Sokurenko, Senior Adviser on Anti-Corruption of the European Union Consultative Mission to Ukraine Joseph Gulay, Coordinator of the EUMC Regional Office in Kharkiv Robert Zhulkiewski, Chairman of the Criminological Association of Ukraine, first rector of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs Oleksandr Bandurka, representatives of law enforcement agencies, institutions of higher education of Ukraine and foreign countries.

At the meeting, it was pointed out that the scientific study of corruption as a negative social phenomenon, its crisis nature, as well as its place in the mechanism of criminal activity and counteraction measures is a pressing issue for Ukrainian society.

Volodymyr Martynenko, head of the Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and chairman of the Public Association "Center for Prevention and Combating Corruption" noticed that the this event is extremely important, since the intensification of the search for ways to improve the interaction between the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and justice bodies become more and more urgent.

Robert Zulkiewski, Coordinator of the EUMC Regional Office in Kharkiv, in his speech referred to the experience of Poland, which also went through the difficult way of fighting against corruption, noting that, first of all, it is necessary to change the mentality of citizens. This is the main guarantee of the result.

Participants of the conference assessed the corruption risks and identified the peculiarities of the functioning of the system of preventing and counteracting the corruption in the activities of their units and institutions. The lively debate drew attention to the important role played by civil society and the media in preventing and counteracting the corruption.

Sector of Prevention and Detection the Corruption