Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine  Mr Erlend Falch spoke at the Community Integrity Forum ”European values in practice”. The Forum was organised by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) as an annual event focusing on strengthening integrity at local level.

The Council of Europe supports improvement of integrity and ethics at local and regional levels through the Programme "Strengthening Good Democratic Governance and Resilience in Ukraine”. Namely, jointly with the NACP it implements a dedicated Action plan. It serves realisation of the broader State Anti-Corruption Programme within the National Anti-Corruption Strategy.

“Good multilevel governance and decentralisation process are now more important than ever. Democracy depends fundamentally on public trust. Without broad confidence of the public in the integrity of those they elect to represent them, and of those employed to deliver services to them, democratic institutions will falter”, – underlined Mr Falch.

More information is available in Ukrainian.