User:Declarationscontrol/Oleksandra Drik

Oleksandra Drik (born 9 June 1987, Kyiv, Ukraine) — expert on anti-corruption policy from Ukraine, public and media personality, adviser to the Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019—2020).

Education
2008 graduated from the Institute of International Relations Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University with a Bachelor’s degree in international relations.

Continued studies in the United Kingdom.

2009 obtained a graduate diploma in business, law and social sciences from the Sheffield International College. Awarded a University of Sheffield Sheffield International College Progression Scholarship 2009, in recognition of her academic achievements. Entered the University’s Department of Politics same year.

2010 obtained MA in Global Politics and Law with merit from the University of Sheffield. Thesis topic: «How secure is Ukraine? An analysis of military, political, economic and societal security: threats and challenges».

2019 got another degree in Law from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. Thesis topic: «The place of the Constitutional Reform in the process of systematic changes of the social and political life in Ukraine».

Social activity
During the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine joined the social movement for the purification of government from corrupt and non-democratic elites. The movement was lead by famous Ukrainian journalist and later politician Iegor Soboliev who created an NGO called Civic Lustration Committee. After Iegor Soboliev was elected a Member of Parliament and the Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Corruption prevention and Counteraction, Oleksandra Drik chaired the NGO for nearly 4 years. During this time the Organization has widened the scope of its activities covering all aspects of the comprehensive anticorruption reform, including the launch of the electronic asset declaration for public officials, functioning of the newly created anti-corruption institutions such as National Agency on Corruption Prevention and National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine, etc.

2016 initiated and coordinated the coalition of anti-corruption NGOs called «Declarations Under Control» consisting of 6 NGOs. The coalition advcated for launch and proper functioning of the e-declaration system in Ukraine. The system was launched in 2016 and is considered to be one of the main anti-corruption breakthroughs in Ukraine. During this campaign the Kyiv-based English-language outlet included Oleksandra Drik to its weekly list of Ukrainian reformers.

2016 became of 9 co-founders of the Public integrity council, an public body mandated by the law to monitor the execution of the judicial reform. 2017 elected a member of the Public Council in National Agency on Corruption Prevention, resigned same year claiming the political dependance of the leadership and calling for the reloading of the Agency. Advocated for the adoption of the respective law since then, that eventually took place in October 2019 and resulted in complete rebooting of the Agency. 2018-2019 was a member of the Civil Control Council in National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine. During this time created and aired a season of the TV-programme on a national 24 channel called «Detective’s case», which for the first time on Ukrainian TV featured NABU detectives telling the stories of their investigations.

Since 2016 she runs a blog on one of the leading Ukrainan news outlets Ukrainska Pravda and has over 50 publications in Ukrainian and English. In 2017-2019 she aired nearly 100 episodes of the weekly TV program called «Anti-corruption Maidan» on one of the national TV channels.

Parliamentary elections 2019
Stood for parliamentary extraordinary elections 2019 on the list of the parliamentary Samopomich party (#3 on the party list), but the party did not overcome the 5% electoral barrier.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
October 2019 upon the formation of the new Government, the newly appointed Minister of Defence Andriy Zahorodniuk has made Oleksandra Drik his Adviser of anti-corruption policy. When in Ministry she worked on the development of the anti-corruption action plan and reform of internal controls and risk management system. The reform was defined as one of key priorities for Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Ukraine and was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers as the part of the Government Program. Left MOD when the Minister was replaced in March 2020.