International Anti-Corruption Academy

Public officials may find themselves in various situations when they have real opportunities to use their duties and powers for personal gain. This is where the conflict of interest (CoI) regulation steps in not allowing a public official to act completely on his/her own and preventing an objectively existing opportunity from escalating into misconduct or corruption.

We believe that there is no one-size-fits-all method for developing an efficient CoI regulation system. Thus, the course rather contains a decision tree that will help a national legislator to make more informed choices when introducing or reforming anti-corruption measures.

The course is focused on CoI regulation systems for public employees of the executive branch. Much of what follows is also applicable to members of parliament, judges, as well as SOEs’ employees. However, anticorruption regulation for these categories often has some peculiarities that are beyond the scope of this course.

This is a self-study course and allows participants to train at their own pace. The material is presented in the form of text, diagrams, drawings and interactive elements. At the end of each part, participants can assess their knowledge with self-test questions.

This course is developed in cooperation with Russian anti-corruption experts and financially co-sponsored by the Russian Federation.