IMPROVING THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF COMBATING CORRUPTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the issue and problem aspects of improving anti-corruption policy, the elements of which are the strategy and tactics of combating corruption criminality. In the article the analysis of the term “state anti-corruption policy”, its components “strategy” and “tactics” are revealed, the ways to counteract corruption in Ukraine, which were formed in 2018 in the framework of the Anti-Corruption School, are indicated. The author systematically presents the areas of improvement of the state anti-corruption policy of Ukraine. The article investigates the issues of improvement of the state anticorruption policy, the components of which are the strategy and tactics of combating corruption. The author notes and analyzes nine steps (areas) to improve anti-corruption policy, and draws attention to interesting ways of overcoming corruption in Ukraine, which were proposed in the anti-corruption school held in 2018. The article reveals the following ways of combating corruption: elimination of the conflict of interests and access to information; more effective functioning of the Law of Ukraine “On Access to Public Information”; deeper decentralization for better eradication of corruption at the local level; creation and empowerment of certain supervisory boards at hospitals; introduction of more resources, such as ProZorro. As a result, the authors’ proposals for improving the strategy and tactics of combating corruption in Ukraine are identified.