In 2020, in the Corruption Perceptions Index of the international organization Transparency International, Ukraine ranked 117th out of 180 countries surveyed. In 2012, the international audit firm Ernst and Young ranked Ukraine among the three most corrupt countries in the world, along with Colombia and Brazil from 43. Corruption is one of the most dangerous threats to human rights, democracy, law and order, honesty and social justice and the fair functioning of the state and society as a whole, as well as enterprises, institutions and organizations. Therefore, solving the problem of corruption is one of the priorities of the state.

It should also be noted that according to the Government’s Priority Action Plan for 2021, the NAPC should increase the number of full inspections of declarations of persons authorized to perform state or local government functions, establish systematic work on anti-corruption examination of draft regulations submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, improvement of the system of control over the observance of the legislation on financing political parties and targeted use by political parties the funds allocated from the state budget to finance their statutory activities by introducing an electronic system for submitting and publishing reports of political parties, etc.

Although much work remains to be done, the electronic declaration system is clearly Ukraine’s main achievement on the path to reforming. Together with other measures of ensuring transparency and accountability, the system of e-declaration of property is aimed at restoring public confidence in the state and its representatives. While preparing the state for the upcoming elections, it is important to demonstrate to the citizens of Ukraine how they can contribute to Ukraine’s political reform agenda, making full use of new tools and transparency systems, and ensuring that the government to be honest and open and to people’s serve interests.

Key words: electronic declaration, declaring, corruption, criminal offenses, National Agency on Corruption Prevention.

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