🧵The Kremlin pushes the idea that #Ukraine is corrupt. This is wrong. Let me share here the high level findings of the 5th Round of Monitoring Under the OECD Istanbul #AntiCorruption Action Plan. Link to full report ▶️ oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/ant…
▶️#Ukraine's National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) developed a draft #AntiCorruption
strategy in 2020.
▶️Ukraine’s conflict of interest legal framework is comprehensive and the NACP is assigned to oversee its implementation; enforcement by courts is low (needs work)
▶️Asset and interest disclosure system is well-advanced in #Ukraine. The fully electronic system
includes declarations in easily searchable, open data format.
▶️Ukraine has strengthened its already comprehensive framework for protection of whistleblowers.
▶️Numerous reforms ongoing in the past in the area of judicial independence; more work needed on judicial independence and integrity.
▶️Primary public procurement legislation covers all areas of economic activity.
▶️ 🇺🇦 has made an unprecedented leap in tackling high-level corruption through dedicated independent investigative, prosecutorial and judicial institutions. Many high-level corruption allegations have been dealt with in accordance with law, but examples of interference remain.
So much has been done in a short amount of time. Ukraine is developing strong, transparent institutions. Ukrainian society will surely demand that this continues.
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Some interesting tidbits - Putin knows a ton about Ukrainian anti-corruption efforts. This is clearly a huge threat to his regime and one among several reasons for the full invasion.
@OlenaHalushka discusses how much has been achieved with anti-corruption efforts & how Ukrainian achievements/reforms are being adopted in other countries. Ukrainians are risking their lives to expose global corruption networks. Western countries have for too long been enablers.
OPEN LETTER BY 96 EXPERTS ON EASTERN EUROPE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT: Peace and Stability in Europe Depend on #Ukraine's Destiny tinyurl.com/yckrx82b
1. Actions to take now:
•Sanctions on all #Russian banks and a complete ban of Russia from the SWIFT payment system;
• A full stop on buying any oil, natural gas, or other commodities from Russia;
2. • Isolation of Russia and ban of #Russian government members as well as elite members close to the regime from entering #EU countries;
• A seizure of funds and property belonging to Russian oligarchs or enterprises close to #Putin’s regime;
🧵Update from Dr. Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Kyiv Mohila Academia.
1. Thoughts from Kyiv – evening 4 April
Dignity. As the tragedies of Bucha, Hostomel, Irpin, Borodyanka, & of the villages north of Kyiv that lived (and died) through a month of Russian occupation become better known..
2. ...what strikes me (and others) as the most catastrophic, the most revolting, nauseating and disgusting, about these mass killings is that their victims were denied Dignity.
3. These people, and their brethren in Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson, and countless other cities, towns and villages throughout Ukraine that Russian soldiers have temporarily captured, suffered and died not because they were combatants, not because they resisted occupation...
🧵1. #Ukrainians are organizing at level level. Resistance to the occupiers but also, rebuilding, accommodating internal displacement, doing everything they can to keep things running, keeping the economy going, thinking of the future.
2. Just got off the phone with an academic from Rivne The National University of Water and Environmental Engineering. Surreal to hear the air raid sirens. We are going to organise seminars on regional development, crisis management, asset management, local economic dev....
3. If you have expertise in these areas, please reach out. Ukraine has been undergoing decentralisation reforms to strengthen territorial development. The newly created united territorial communities are building their capacity and are thirsty for expertise.
🧵Another update from Professor Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Kyiv Mohilo Academia.
Thoughts from Kyiv – afternoon March 9
1. This war must have a purpose.
2. Perhaps I am being too mystical in my thinking, but history seems to show that changing the course of human development sometimes requires catastrophe . Could it be that all this death and destruction may have some constructive end?
3. In the social sciences, much has been written over the past 4 decades about humanity’s apparently ongoing shift to “postindustrial society” (D. Bell), about the “third wave” of development (A. Toffler), about western society’s transition to “postmodernism” (F. Lyotard).
🧵Update from Professor Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Kyiv Mohila Academia
Thoughts from #Kyiv – morning March 9 1. Ridicule of #Russia’s invasion is becoming increasingly widespread and global.
2. The latest (tongue in cheek) arguments on social media focus on whether the Territorial Brigade of #Mykolayiv should be 8th on the list of Europe’s most powerful armies or whether this spot should be given to the Roma of #Kakhovka who regularly steal Russian tanks.
3. Personally, I am pushing for formal recognition of Ukraine’s farmers as among the best equipped armed forces in Europe. During recent days, their tractors have towed away so much stalled 🇷🇺 equipment (tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems, armored vehicles…)...