Akmal Burkhanov, Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency, met June 21 with Marina Walter, Deputy Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS.

The meeting focused on discussing the current state of cooperation between the Agency and UNDP, as well as identifying joint activities and projects for the future.

The Agency head informed the guest on the latest reforms in Uzbekistan in the field of combating corruption, including new projects, modern mechanisms and their effectiveness, implemented as a result of systemic cooperation with the UN Development Program.

It was noted that with the support of UNDP, a new compliance control system was created in government agencies and organizations - Internal Anti-Corruption Control Units. A system for evaluating the effectiveness of government agencies and organizations in the fight against corruption has been introduced. A special electronic platform for reporting corruption offenses has also been created.

Currently, a draft of a new National Anti-Corruption Strategy based on the New Development Strategy of Uzbekistan is being jointly developed. UNDP also provides expert assistance in the development of national anti-corruption legislation.

Another practical result of cooperation was the recently announced joint contest for grants in the field of preventing and combating corruption.

In turn, Marina Walter highly appreciated the results achieved in a short time within the framework of cooperation between UNDP and the Agency, as well as the ongoing reforms in Uzbekistan.

“Of course, the scale of the results achieved to date is very broad, yet we still have many tasks ahead that we have to solve together. Because the most important factor in the fight against corruption is the formation of intolerance to this evil in society. We will continue to support Uzbekistan’s efforts in this area through the Anti-Corruption Agency in every possible way,” Marina Walter emphasized.

During the talks, the parties exchanged views on strategic areas and new plans for further cooperation. In particular, undertaking joint efforts to improve the policy of openness, to ensure active involvement of civil society institutions in the fight against corruption, to introduce training systems to improve the knowledge and skills of all segments of the population, and others.

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