10-YEAR IMPACT REPORT
2015 — 2025
A Decade of Independent, Volunteer-Based Anti-Corruption Work
ORGANIZATIONAL INDEPENDENCE — A CORE PRINCIPLE
The International Anti-Corruption Assembly was founded on a principle that remains unchanged after ten years: complete financial and organizational independence. IACA operates exclusively on a voluntary basis. All members, representatives, and leaders — including the Secretary General — contribute their time, expertise, and resources on a pro bono basis. No salaries are paid. No profits are distributed. No external funding has ever been accepted that could compromise the organization’s impartiality.
This independence is not a limitation — it is IACA’s greatest strength. An anti-corruption organization that is financially dependent on external funders cannot be truly independent. IACA’s ten-year record of zero commercial revenue and zero profit distribution is the clearest possible demonstration of institutional integrity.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2015–2025
Revenue from commercial activity | UAH 0 / EUR 0 |
Profit distribution among members | UAH 0 / EUR 0 |
External grants or donor funding received | UAH 0 / EUR 0 |
Operational model | Zero-External-Funding Self-Funded Hybrid Model |
All operational activities — including legal monitoring, publications, international representation, educational programmes, and humanitarian coordination — are carried out through in-kind contributions of members, including professional services, communications, travel, and organizational support
WHAT ZERO BUDGET BUILT: 10-YEAR IMPACT METRICS
① Humanitarian Aid (2022–2025)
500+ tonnes of humanitarian aid delivered (food, medicine, clothing, equipment)
18 units of military equipment sent to the front (vehicles, generators, tactical gear)
All oblasts regions covered across Ukraine (including frontline cities)
IACA’s humanitarian work covers all categories of aid — food, medicine, clothing, hygiene, equipment — coordinated entirely by volunteer members with zero administrative overhead.
② Institutional Development
6 legally registered affiliated organizations created (all in Kyiv, Ukraine)
6 countries with official representative offices (Ukraine, Italy, Portugal, Czech Republic, Malta, Bulgaria)
15 countries with authorized member-representatives (across 4 continents)
1,200+ members across the IACA ecosystem (members, affiliates and platform participants)
③ Legal Monitoring & Anti-Corruption Investigations
thousands formal appeals submitted to state authorities (over 10 years)
hundreds judicial proceedings monitored (including State Labour Service cases)
④ Education & Capacity Building
Est. 2019 International Anti-Corruption University (online format, certificate programmes)
IACA University operates as an innovative online higher education institution offering professional development in two unique fields not offered by any other institution:
- Corruptiology (Корупціологія) — the systematic study of corruption as a social, legal and economic phenomenon
- Anti-Corruption Navigator Specialist — a practitioner qualification for civil society anti-corruption work
Graduates receive professional qualification certificates recognized within the IACA ecosystem and its 15-country network.
⑤ Publications & Public Awareness
67 pages of publications on the IACA website (Ukrainian) (news, investigations, analysis)
48+ pages of publications (English) (fully translated content)
6 languages of publication (Ukrainian, English, Italian, Czech, Bulgarian, Russian)
5 original content projeсts (Genesis, Price of Corruption, Code of Destiny, Legal Investigations, Administration & Society)
⑥ International Engagement
Year | Event | Location |
2015 | 1st International Forum ‘Territory Without Corruption’ | Kyiv, Ukraine |
2016 | 2nd International Forum ‘Territory Without Corruption’ | Lisbon, Portugal |
2017 | 3rd International Forum ‘Territory Without Corruption’ | Milan, Italy |
2024 | International Festival (organizer) | Prague, Czech Republic x2 |
2024 | World Changers Ethical & Innovation Summit — Speaker | Vatican City (Pontifical Lateran University) |
2025 | Ukraine Reconstruction Summit — Speaker | Washington D.C., USA |
LEGAL FOUNDATION: UNCAC ARTICLE 13 — SINCE 2015
All of the above was accomplished in full compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), Article 13, which has been explicitly referenced in every IACA membership credential since the organization’s founding in 2015. This legal anchor — embedded from day one — ensures that IACA’s work is not only impactful but internationally grounded.
CONCLUSION
Ten years of work. Zero commercial revenue. Zero profit distribution. Zero compromise on independence.
What IACA has built — 6 affiliated organizations, 15-country presence, 500+ tonnes of humanitarian aid, thousands of legal interventions, an anti-corruption university, international forum leadership, and Vatican and Washington summit representation — was built entirely through the voluntary commitment of its members.
This is the most reliable proof of an organization’s genuine mission: not what it says it will do, but what it has done with nothing but conviction, expertise, and integrity.
This article was prepared and published on the occasion of the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day — 9 December: Vyacheslav Sayenko, Secretary General
International Anti-Corruption Assembly (IACA)
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