KYIV. June 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The number of people who are ready to reveal corruption facts is increasing, Transparency International (TI) organization has said.

"Before the beginning of our campaign in November 2014, only 13% of Ukrainians declared their willingness to expose and report on corruption facts to law enforcement bodies," senior analyst of Transparency International Ukraine Oleksandr Kalitenko said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Thursday.

According to him, the organization has held a campaign 'TheyWouldn'tKeepSilent", aimed at explaining the importance of the corruption exposure in the country. After this campaign, according to Kalitenko, 45% of Ukrainians declare their willingness to report on cases of corruption.

"In other words, we have an increase of 32%, but this is only the beginning. Despite the fact that the number of potential "whistleblowers" has doubled, only 2% actually report and not just declare their readiness to report," Kalitenko said.

At the same time, according to the Transparency International, there are some changes in attitude, but still it's necessary to explain the importance of exposing corruption to people.

Lawyer of the TI organization Dmytro Kuzin said that during the year more than 370 people appealed to the organization about the facts of corruption. "More than 370 people per year - it's a lot for an NGO, but still this happens not often enough," Kalitenko added noting that most of these posts refer to the corruption in education, law enforcement and judicial bodies, different state institutions, health care and other areas.

TI representatives noted that they participate in the development of the bill on "whistleblowers" of corruption aimed at their protection. "We suggest amending the Ukrainian legislation regarding physical protection of "whistleblowers": this is the creation of reliable channels of corruption reports," the lawyer said.

In addition, he said, the award for "whistleblowers" of corruption is necessary, if their actions have contributed to a return of the state budget funds. "We would like to reward whistleblowers in the amount of 10% for their report about corruption after the funds are returned to the state budget," Kalitenko said.