Work Carried Out by the Anti-Corruption Agency in April 2023

05 May 2023
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Anti-corruption expertise

An anti-corruption expertise of 24 legal acts was carried out, 15 of which revealed 49 corruption factors.

Open competitions were held for the position of the head of the Internal Anti-Corruption Control Unit at:

the Uzbek Geological Exploration JSC;
the Center for Provision of Services in Agro-Industrial Complex SUE;
the Electronic Online Auction Center SUE;
the Ministry of Agriculture.

Studying the effectiveness of the activities of Internal Anti-Corruption Control Units:

April 17

in Uztransgaz JSC;

April 18

in Uzbekistan Airways JSC;

Workshop organized for employees of Internal Anti-Corruption Control Units

April 18

Online workshop on the topic ‘Efficiency of the anti-corruption system in government bodies and organizations: analysis of the results of 2022 and long-term plans for 2023’

Results of studies conducted in the field of public procurement and other areas

12 statutory notices were submitted to ministries and departments (for the amount of 14.1 billion soums);
8 enquiries were sent to the State Financial Control Inspectorate (for the amount of 35 billion soums);
6 enquiries were sent to law enforcement agencies (for the amount of 5.5 billion soums).

Working with appeals

Out of 231 appeals in total (including 6 appeals received through the Call Center):

189 appeals considered (42 appeals are under consideration)

1 appeal was resolved positively;
the authors of 51 appeals were provided with legal advice and clarifications;
4 appeals left without consideration;
4 anonymous appeals;
129 appeals were sent to relevant ministries and departments.

The largest number of appeals falls on the following areas:

23 (10.0%) appeals regarding the actions of education sphere employees and offenses in this area;
20 (8.7%) appeals against court decisions;
19 (8.2%) appeals regarding violations in public procurement and tenders;
18 (7.8%) complaints about the decisions of the Prosecutor’s Office and the lack of results on appeals’ consideration by the Prosecutor’s Office;
16 (6.9%) appeals with complaints about the actions and decisions of employees of the internal affairs bodies;
15 (6.5%) complaints about unlawful actions and decisions of employees and officials of local authorities (hokimiyats).

Ensuring the openness of the activities of government bodies and organizations

Draft recommendations and action plans have been developed to further improve the activities of government bodies and organizations to ensure openness that fell into the red (15) and yellow (44) categories of the Openness Index.

The state of live broadcasts of sessions of the Councils of People’s Representatives for 2022 was analyzed.

Public relations and activities of the National Council

April 11-12

Training on the topic ‘Improving the capacity of journalists and bloggers in Uzbekistan to conduct investigative journalism related to corruption issues’ conducted jointly with the Center for Retraining of Journalists;

April 20

Workshop themed ‘Results of the rating assessment of the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in government bodies and organizations, including local executive bodies’ conducted for regional anti-corruption councils;

April 20

Meeting of the Public Council under the Anti-Corruption Agency.

Meetings with representatives of international organizations

April 5

representatives of the Agency met with Yucel Erduran, Program Manager at the Council of Europe, to identify target areas for the implementation of activities within the Promoting Transparency and Action Against Economic Crime Program and further close cooperation in 2023;

April 6

discussion of the development and implementation of the Action Plan 2023-2024 within the framework of the project ‘Assistance in the fight against corruption in Uzbekistan’ between the Director of the Agency and Acting OSCE Project Coordinator, Hans-Ullrich Ihm;

April 18

developing proposals and establishing close cooperation between the Agency and representatives of the mission of the UNDP Istanbul Regional Center to support and increase the effectiveness of reforms in the administrative and public service in Uzbekistan;

April 25

discussing the process of implementation of the Reform Matrix adopted within the framework of the Economic Management Improvement Program between representatives of the Agency and the Asian Development Bank;