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We’re excited to announce the winners for Integrity Icon Ukraine who are a dedicated group of civil servants representing the best of the public service. They include Victoria Baltser – Secretary of the Voznesensk municipality in Mykolayiv; Nina Vorokh – head of the Mykhailo-Kotsyubynsk local government in Chernihiv; Volodymyr Huslyakov – Deputy Chief Physician of the Nemyriv City Center for Primary Health Care in Vinnytsya; Dmytro Koshka – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Ecology at the Dnipro Polytechnic University in Dnipro; and Diana Taranyuk – Family doctor of the State Medical Center for Primary Health Care in Kyiv. 

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About - Celebrate, Encourag and Connect Civil Servants | Integrity Icon
About - Celebrate, Encourag and Connect Civil Servants | Integrity Icon

A lack of integrity – which leads to corruption, inequality and insecurity – is a global challenge. Ordinary citizens often feel helpless in the face of graft and mismanagement. There is a need to encourage champions of integrity, which ultimately builds public trust. We ‘name and fame’ public servants who display exemplary integrity and make heroes out of ordinary people doing the right thing.

The value of Integrity Icon is the process, not the outcome. It is a way to create meaningful conversations about what it means to be a public servant and shines a light on the role of ordinary people in strengthening institutions in a society such as ours. It also encourages us to think about what is needed to build an open, inclusive and accountable societies.

Watch our five finalists’ short films below.

Dmytro Koshka

Nina Vorokh

Diana Taranyuk

Volodymyr Huslyakov

Victoria Baltser

INTEGRITY ICON CAMPAIGN TIMELINE:

  • 6 April – 30 June

    Nominations: The people of South Africa nominate public servants who embody the value of integrity and demonstrate the importance of honesty, accountability and personal responsibility. 

  • 1 July – 15 July

    Selection: A high level panel of respected social leaders select this year’s Icons. The 2020 panel included Koketso Moeti of amandla.mobi, Mark Heywood of Maverick Citizen, and attorney and social campaigner Tumi Sole.

  • 16 July- 31 August

    Filming: Locally based film production company to work with 5 young aspiring South African filmmakers to create short mini-documentaries (90 seconds) about the finalists doing their jobs, talking about why it is important to serve with the spirit of accountability and interacting with others who can attest to their integrity.

  • 1 September – 30 September

    National Screening and Public Voting: Short films to be shown on national TV, national and community radio stations, and on social media platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, and YouTube. The public will be encouraged to vote for their favourite Integrity Icon through SMS, Whatsapp and online. National voting begins on 1 September.

  • 1 September – 30 September

    Local Screenings and Dialogues: The short films will be shown in the Icons’ communities through local partners leading a dialogue with the Icons on understanding some of the systemic public service accountability challenges and the creative ways the Icons are addressing these.

  • 15 October 

    South Africa’s fourth cohort of Integrity Icons celebrated at a Final Ceremony and Integrity Summit in Johannesburg.

SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE:

Our goal is to build a broad movement of people recognising and acknowledging ethics and integrity in the public service. To make this possible, we need you. Support us in one or more of the following ways:

  • Spread our Message

    Help us to raise awareness about the Integrity Icons campaign and its importance for promoting service excellence and turning the tide on corruption and misconduct in the public service. Share stories about our Icons and the campaign; host an engagement with one of our Icons; or profile a public servant you believe epitomises integrity and service excellence.

  • Submit a Nomination

    To name the 2021 cohort of Integrity Icons, we need you to help us identify them. Run a nomination drive at your workplace and in your community. Submit as many nominations as you would like, showcasing how your nominee goes over and above the call of duty to be a model of ethics and integrity in the public service.

  • Sponsor the Awards

    It takes a lot of capacity and resources to run a national campaign, profiling and acknowledging excellence in the public service, and amplifying the importance of doing the right thing. Back our campaign with a donation; support our Film Fellowship; contribute an insert or airtime on your publication, channel or station; or sponsor our awards ceremony.