Ukraine without Corruption

December 11, 2018 - February 16, 2019

Project Consultant: Kateryna Taylor

Exhibition Curator: Alina Komisar

Partners: European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) financed by European Union and co-financed and implemented by DANIDA, America House Kyiv, U.S. Department of State Future Leaders Exchange, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Story Center.

The exhibition displayed major corruption schemes, as well as methods and approaches being used today around the world to fight corruption. It explained not only how corruption works, but also what is being done nationally and internationally to combat it. The exhibition featured those who are fighting corruption in Ukraine today and offers practical tips for everyone to take a stand against corruption.

The exhibition “Ukraine without Corruption” is a continuation of the dialogue that began with the Corruption Park. It was an interactive project initiated and financed by the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) in summer 2018. The goal of Corruption Park was to raise awareness about TOP-level corruption and ways of fighting it. The topic of corruption and corruption fight for the broad audience was presented in a comprehensive approach in infotainment format.

The project included 10 inflatable domes with interactive stands with a total area of more than 700 sq. m. and was set in Hryshko National Botanical Garden from 1 to 25 June. Visitors could learn the history of corruption, corruption schemes, enter into Virtual Reality and go through a virtual search in the office of a corrupt official or take a tour through NABU’s secret laboratory; see the artifacts and objects of luxury that were owned by corrupt officials, learn how anti-corruption bodies operate. It was the first social project on anticorruption topic, which received world recognition. More info about Corruption Park here.

Through a joint effort between America House and the EUACI, the project continued at America House Kyiv, this time with the addition of youth voices the exhibit will include digital stories of personal experiences overcoming corruption created by alumni of the U.S. Department of State’s Future Leaders Exchange Program.

The exhibition in America House displayed major corruption schemes, as well as methods and approaches being used today around the world to fight corruption. It explained not only how corruption works, but also what was done nationally and internationally to combat it. The exhibition featured those who were fighting corruption in Ukraine at the day and offered practical tips for everyone to take a stand against corruption.