On 15 March 2017, an international conference "Political parties financing in Ukraine: current legislation, recent developments and perspectives" took place in Kyiv. More than 100 participants took part in the discussions, among them representatives of the Parliament, the Central Election Commission, the Accounting Chamber, representatives of the judiciary and governmental institutions, international and national experts in political parties financing, NGOs and media community. The conference was organized by the Council of Europe* in cooperation with the Parliament of Ukraine and the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.

As a follow up to the conference, a Technical Paper on “The regulatory framework for political party finance in Ukraine: analysis and recommendations” was developed by a Council of Europe expert** (the Technical Paper can be requested from the Secretariat at [email protected]).

Also, following the link, you may find GRECO’s (The Group of States Against Corruption of the Council of Europe) Addendum to the Second Compliance Report of Third Evaluation Round on Ukraine’s compliance with recommendations regarding transparency of party funding.

Findings and recommendations of participants of the conference could be found here in English and Ukrainian.

To watch video about the conference – go here.

To know more about the conference – go here.

* The conference was organized with the support of the Council of Europe projects “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in reforming electoral legislation and in conducting constitutional reform”, “Reform of the Electoral Practice in Ukraine”, and the Council of Europe and the European Union Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) Project “Fight Against Corruption in Ukraine” – Open Advisory Facility.

**The Technical paper was developed within the framework of the CoE/EU Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) Project “Fight against Corruption in Ukraine” – Open Advisory Facility.