INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY

Abstract

It has been stressed that at the present stage anti-corruption policy of the state is characterized by certain isolation from other spheres of executive and administrative activity. That is, the authorities act only in certain areas, which are mainly related to the elimination of the effects of corruption, while most foreign countries focus attention on prevention – the impact on the factors leading to the emergence of corruption. In this sense, domestic anti-corruption policy needs a substantial re-thinking.

The purpose of the article became theoretical and legal study of international experience in the implementation of anti-corruption policy in such countries as the Netherlands, Finland, USA, Japan, South Korea, Georgia, as well as studying the possibilities of its use in Ukraine.

Authors have analyzed organizational structure of specialized anti-corruption institutions, legislation of these countries and methods of implementation of anti-corruption policy. Conclusions regarding the directions and scope of the use of international experience in the implementation of anti-corruption policy in Ukraine have been made. In particular, authors prove that Ukraine while formulating and implementing anti-corruption policy, should focus on: the harmonious combination of coercive and incentive measures; introduction of inter-institutional models for the detection, prevention and combating corruption; balancing state and public interests in the implementation of anti-corruption measures; raising the legal culture and citizens’ legal awareness through anti-corruption propaganda and reforming education; creation of the conditions for impossibility of legalization of incomes obtained through the commission of corruption offenses; systematic nature in reforming state power and minimization of direct contacts between citizens and state officials.

It has been also found out that an important role in the foreign practice of anti-corruption policy implementation plays the combination of organizational (creation of special anti-corruption structures), legal (legislative definition of the principles and mechanisms of combating corruption) and information (ensuring transparency of public administration) aspects. It is the complexity of these aspects that ensures the effectiveness of anti-corruption policy of the state. It has been determined that in the majority of foreign countries, which experience in preventing and combating corruption is positive, the political will of the authorities and the interaction of the authorities and civil society institutions in the prevention and counteraction of corruption play a decisive role.