Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) is a regional programme, organised around country specific interventions and supporting alignment of national legislation and practice with European standards, according to the individual needs of the EaP countries. Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) is a regional programme, organised around country specific interventions and supporting alignment of national legislation and practice with European standards, according to the individual needs of the EaP countries. The programme builds on the achievements of the two previous EU/CoE PGG Programmes (PGGI 2015-2018 and PGG II 2019-2023). The country specific interventions are complemented by the regional actions in the PGG priority areas. In addition, the interventions were designed taking into account the priorities of EU accession perspectives, thus targeted assistance will be provided in the areas identified by the CoE monitoring bodies and EC opinions on EU membership, and the subsequent regular reports.

Building upon the Council of Europe and the European Union policy priorities in the context of EaP, the programme aims to assist these countries in their efforts to implement national reforms in line with European standards, among other, in the area of fight against corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing.

The thematic area of fighting against corruption, money-laundering and terrorist financing is one of the components within the overall PGG framework, and consists of a regional and five bi-lateral projects for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

PGG III - Regional

The regional action will strive to improve the effectiveness of the prevention and fight against economic crime in the Eastern Partnership Region taking into account the international standards and good practices. As several emerging issues are gaining attention globally and require effective and immediate solutions (such as the role of private companies in the fight against corruption, the use of new technologies, virtual assets and virtual assets service providers), the project aims to address these aspects through the regional component.

PGG III - Armenia

The Project aims to support the Armenian authorities in strengthening the capacities of the country's anticorruption and anti-money laundering bodies, support the introduction and application of new mechanisms to combat corruption, and raise awareness on anticorruption and integrity.

PGG III - Azerbaijan

The Project will contribute to democracy and the rule of law through implementation of institutional reforms aimed at enhancing capacities of Azerbaijani authorities to prevent and combat corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing in line with European and international standards.

PGG III - Georgia

The project is aimed at strengthening the capacities of the national authorities in the fight against corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing, by contributing to more effective and resilient legislative, institutional, and operational frameworks in Georgia in accordance with European and other international standards.

PGG III - Moldova

The project is designed to respond to the current needs and deficiencies as identified by MONEYVAL and in the obligations contained in the European Commission Opinion on the Republic of Moldova’s application for membership of the European Union. Complementarity will be ensured with the existing National Strategy and the related Action Plan for Preventing and Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 2020-2025 and any future updates of strategic documents. The project is also aligned with Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova 2021-2024, also intended to support the country’s efforts in the fields of anti-corruption and anti-money laundering.

PGG III - Ukraine

The main target of the project is to ensure the integrity and resilience of the national financial system in Ukraine are enhanced and protected from misuse for the purposes of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.