On the introduction of an internal anti-corruption system

 

The activities of internal anti-corruption control units in government bodies and organizations were studied, and based on the results an analytical report was submitted to the Administration of the President.

In the field of water management, the draft Departmental Program 2023 was developed and submitted to the National Anti-Corruption Council.

 

Open competitions held for the position of head of the internal anti-corruption control unit

 

• at the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction;
• at the Surkhandarya regional administration.

 

Sociological research

 

The Anti-Corruption Agency, together with the Yuksalish Nationwide Movement, within the framework of the Anti-Corruption Laboratory in Uzbekistan Project, launched a sociological study (survey) aimed at identifying corruption in the civil service.

 

Studies conducted in the field of public procurement and other areas

 

• 8 statutory notices were submitted to the ministries and departments (for the amount of 6 billion soums);
• 4 enquiries were submitted to the State Financial Control Inspectorate (for the amount of 2.3 billion soums);
• 7 enquiries were submitted to law enforcement agencies (for the amount of 13.2 billion soums).

 

In work with appeals

 

A total of 280 appeals were received, of which:

• 227 considered;
• 53 are under consideration;
• 5 were resolved positively;
• 38 provided legal advice and clarifications;
• 6 considered and discontinued;
• 2 anonymous;
• 176 sent to the relevant ministries and departments.

 

Call-center - the authors of 160 appeals who applied to the Agency by short number 1253 were provided with legal advice and clarifications, and 22 appeals were accepted for additional study and consideration.

 

In the field of ensuring the openness of the activities of government bodies and organizations

 

In connection with the fulfillment of the requirements of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-6247 of June 16, 2021, the state of publication of socially significant information as open data in designated resources (for the second quarter of this year) by government bodies and organizations was studied, as a result of which the Ant-Corruption Agency submitted statutory notices to 11 organizations.

Based on the joint decision of the Anti-Corruption Agency and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, remote monitoring has been carried out in 51 state higher education institutions since July 20 in order to study the quality of the open and transparent organization of professional (creative) exams and their live broadcast via the Internet.

The Agency for Mahallabay Work and Entrepreneurship Development under the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction studied the implementation of the tasks defined in the openness legislation, and submitted a statutory notice to eliminate the identified shortcomings.

 

July 20

 

The Agency officer took part in a workshop at the Ministry of Internal Affairs on further improvement of the system for achieving high results in the Openness Index.

 

July 27

 

In cooperation with senior officials of the Compliance Control and Anti-Corruption Unit of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, studies were conducted in the buildings and on the territory of the examinations at the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies.

 

Public relations and activities of the National Anti-Corruption Council

 

July 5

 

Workshop for regional councils on reporting on the methodology for evaluating their activities for the first half of 2023;

 

July 13

 

Seminar on the topic ‘Identification and assessment of corruption risks, as well as the implementation of measures to reduce them’;

 

July 11-12

 

A workshop was organized on the topic ‘The role of investigative journalism in covering corruption and corruption crimes’ in cooperation with the Representative Office of the Regional Dialogue INGO, Slovenia, and the Pioneer Institute think tank, USA.

 

Meetings with representatives of international organizations

 

July 6

 

Meeting of the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Agency with Matilda Dimovska, UNDP Representative in Uzbekistan, regarding the continuation of cooperation ties and discussion of future projects;

 

July 8

 

Meeting of the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Agency with the director of the Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response (SCARDA), who arrived from Japan in Uzbekistan as an international observer in the presidential elections of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

 

July 10

 

Meeting of the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Agency with Makhdum Ali Chishty, head of Chishty Consultancy Ltd, who arrived in Uzbekistan as an international observer in the elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

 

July 20

 

Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Agency officers with representatives of the missions of the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank to discuss issues of combating corruption in the tax system of Uzbekistan;

 

July 21

 

Meeting of Agency officers with representatives of the European Union delegation in Uzbekistan to discuss work within the framework of a joint project;

 

July 21

 

Meeting between the Agency officers and representatives of the UNODC Regional Office in Central Asia to discuss mutual cooperation prospects;

 

July 24-27

 

The British Embassy in Uzbekistan, with the support of the Agency, conducted training courses on the formation of integrity standards in the civil service.

 

Studying foreign experience

 

July 10-13

 

The delegation of the Anti-Corruption Agency studied the experience of the competent authorities of Malaysia in preventing and combating corruption.

 

July 11-13

 

In Strasbourg, the Agency officer took part in a regional seminar of the Council of Europe addressing the issues of business integrity and implementation of compliance in private sector in the countries of Central Asia.

 

July 17-18

 

In Paris, a responsible officer of the Agency took part in a seminar on preparation for the 5^th round of monitoring under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

 

July 26-31

 

Within the framework of the Effective Governance Project of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by the Agency director visited Singapore, where they got acquainted with the experience of this country in the field of public administration and discussed the cooperation prospects.

 

 

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