EPAC/EACN

The European Partners against Corruption (EPAC) and European contact-point network against corruption (EACN) are independent forums for practitioners, united in the common goal of preventing and combating corruption. While EPAC has been in existence since 2004, EACN was founded in 2008, modelled after EPAC. EPAC is composed of anti-corruption authorities and police oversight bodies from Council of Europe Member Countries. EACN, a more formal network established by a decision of the Council of the European Union, brings together anti-corruption authorities from European Union Member States. The two networks mostly work together as one, given their equal mission and goals. Most anti-corruption authorities are also in fact members of both. With the overall objective of strengthening cooperation, EPAC/EACN provide a platform for practitioners to exchange expertise and information in the sphere of anti-corruption and police oversight, assist each other, and advocate the implementation of international legal instruments. They recognize the importance of safeguarding the independence of both police oversight bodies and anti-corruption authorities in accordance with fundamental principles of national legal systems.