Analysis of the audits carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the organization of work on preventing and combating corruption in 2022

In order to implement the Anti-Corruption Program of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for 2020-2022, the Department of Corruption Prevention together with the interested structural units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2022 carried out audits on the organization of work on prevention and counteraction of corruption in 13 entities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system, of which 8 health institutions (6 territorial medical associations and 2 medical rehabilitation centers), 2 state-owned enterprises and 3 institutions (hereinafter referred to as a legal entity). According to the results of the inspections, it was established that the work to prevent and combat corruption at the facilities

, where inspections were carried out, is carried out taking into account the requirements of the current legislation. However, there are shortcomings in the operation of these

facilities. Thus, according to the results of the inspections, the most common shortcomings can be identified, in particular, in part:

1) the absence in the regulation on a legal entity and/or in the rules of the internal labor regulations of norms that provide for the implementation of measures to prevent and combat corruption;

2) inconsistency in the content of the tasks and functions specified in the position the instructions of the authorized person on the prevention of corruption or in the regulation on the authorized person specified in the Standard Regulation on the authorized unit (authorized person) on the prevention and detection of corruption, approved by the order of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption of 27.05.2021 No. 277/21;

3) inadequate compliance with the legislation in the field of whistleblower protection; 4) lack of a clearly defined procedure and mechanisms to encourage whistleblowers; 5) non-compliance compliance with the procedure for assessing corruption risks in the activities of a legal entity with the requirements of anti-corruption legislation; 6) lack of specific deadlines for the implementation of measures





on elimination/minimization of corruption risks;

7) failure to provide information on the official website of a legal entity on all channels of notification of the facts of violation of the requirements of anti-corruption legislation;

8) improper organization of work on conducting anti-corruption inspections of business partners; 9) failure to ensure the implementation of one of the main tasks of the authorized person provided for by Article 131 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” — provision of methodological and advisory

assistance on compliance with the law on the prevention of corruption;

10) improper compliance with the law in terms of prevention and settlement of conflicts of interest in the issuance of draft orders on bonuses and other incentives; 11) improper compliance with the law in terms of conflict prevention and settlement interests arising from the joint work of close people. The shortcomings identified during the 2022 inspections will be taken into account during the development of the project



Anti-corruption program of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2023-2025 in terms of the formation of educational anti-corruption measures.

Department for the Prevention of Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs