The Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan systematically studies the experience of foreign countries for introducing modern information technologies, including artificial intelligence technology in combating corruption, as well as creating an anti-corruption training system. A number of actions are being taken to introduce them into domestic practice.

In continuation of this work, representatives of the Anti-Corruption Agency paid a working visit to Slovenia on March 20-22.

For reference: Slovenia is ranked 41st in Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index.

Slovenia made significant progress in the integration of digital technologies among the European countries. Also, the Slovenian government adopted the National program to promote the development and use of artificial intelligence in the period until 2025.

On the first day of the visit, members of the delegation met with representatives of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia. Chief Commissioner Robert Šumi expressed satisfaction with the expansion of cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the dialogue, the parties exchanged experience regarding the monitoring of government programs. The Uzbek side also received detailed information about Slovenia’s experience in introducing digital technologies and artificial intelligence into activities, protecting whistleblowers.

In addition, representatives of the Agency got acquainted with the experience of using electronic programs and products in the activities of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of Slovenia in cooperation with civil society institutions, the formation by the Commission of a strategic document of Slovenia on combating corruption, electronic programs used in the field of declaring income and property of civil servants, and also with the processes of developing anti-corruption training courses for civil servants, the public, particularly, for pre-school and school education systems.

On the second day of the visit, representatives of the Agency visited the Josef Stefan Research Institute.

For reference: The Josef Stefan Institute is one of the leading European research centers in the field of artificial intelligence with more than 1100 scientists involved in research. The Institute supplies its products to the world’s leading companies, including Microsoft and Bloomberg.

Cooperation ties with the Josef Stefan Institute were established in October 2021 during the visit of an Uzbek delegation led by the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency to Slovenia.

During the meeting, the Uzbek side got acquainted in detail with artificial intelligence products, electronic software and consumables developed by the Josef Stefan Institute.

In particular, they studied the work of the ERAR portal, designed to monitor the spending of budget funds using an artificial intelligence algorithm, and also got acquainted with the EventRegistry platform, designed to monitor, analyze and generate media reports.

Negotiations were also held with specialists from the Institute to adapt these platforms to the conditions of Uzbekistan, as well as a number of other issues.

On the last day of the visit, representatives of the Agency met with the leadership of the Ministry of Public Administration.

During the meeting, they were provided with information about the tasks and functions of the Ministry of Public Administration, software products related to the digitization of public procurement processes, its stages and requirements.

The Uzbek side got acquainted with Slovenia’s experience in implementing e-government, publishing open data and introducing information technologies in government, including using artificial intelligence.

Following the meetings, specific mechanisms for interaction were identified for the digitalization of the activities of the Anti-Corruption Agency and the introduction of artificial intelligence.

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