Expected strategic result 3.3.3.6. The effectiveness of ARMA has been enhanced by strengthening its institutional capacity, mechanisms for international cooperation, identification and tracking of assets abroad, and by rebooting its leadership team based on the principles of professionalism and impartiality

A law has taken effect, which:
a) improves the procedure of competitive selection of the Head of ARMA in order to attain a higher level of transparency of the selection process and eliminate risks of politicization or bias of the competitive selection committee (15 percent);
b) defines a comprehensive list of compelling grounds for dismissal or termination of the powers of the Head of ARMA, and also provides for the possibility of their suspension exclusively in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (15 percent);
c) institutes guarantees of independence of ARMA from undue interference or influence on the activities of the agency (15 percent);
d) aligns the procedure of independent external evaluation of ARMA performance with the Constitution of Ukraine, and creates preconditions for its effective application in practical activities (15 percent).

at least 80 percent of experts on the formulation and implementation of the anticorruption policy evaluate:
a) the improved procedure of competitive selection of the Head of ARMA as being fully or generally capable of ensuring the transparency of the selection process and eliminating risks of politicization or bias of the competitive selection committee (6 percent);
b) the established list of grounds for dismissal or termination of the powers of the Head of ARMA as containing only compelling reasons for said decision (6 percent);
c) the instituted guarantees of ARMA’s independence of undue interference or influence on the activities of the agency as being completely or generally sufficient for effective accomplishment of the objectives outlined for ARMA (6 percent);
d) the most recent competitive process to select the Head of ARMA as being open, transparent, and unbiased, and the Head of ARMA as having been selected on the basis of an objective evaluation of competencies and integrity of the candidates (6 percent);
e) legal regulation of the procedure of independent external evaluation of ARMA activities as being aligned with the Constitution of Ukraine and ensuring the effectiveness of this procedure in practical activities (6 percent);
f) that external independent evaluation (audit) of ARMA performance is conducted in an impartial and objective manner (5 percent);
g) that external independent evaluation (audit) of ARMA performance is carried out in practice at the intervals prescribed by law, and the audit is full and comprehensive (5 percent).