THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. UP-6013 dated June 29, 2020, the Anti-Corruption Agency was established, which is a specially authorized state body responsible for the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of preventing and combating corruption, ensuring effective interaction between state bodies, funds mass media, civil society institutions and other representatives of the non-state sector, as well as international cooperation in this area.
One of the main tasks of the Agency is the development of international cooperation in the field of preventing and combating corruption and the implementation of systemic measures to strengthen the image of the country and improve its position in international ratings.
To date, the Agency has established international cooperation with a number of organizations:
- The Representative Office of the United Nations in the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- United Nations Development Program in the Republic of Uzbekistan, UNDP;
- The Regional Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Central Asia, UNODC;
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF);
- Office of the Project Coordinator of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Uzbekistan;
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
- Delegation of the European Union;
- The Council of Europe and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL);
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID);
- The World Bank;
- International Monetary Fund;
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Germany;
- International non-governmental organization "Regional Dialogue" of Slovenia.
3 draft of laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2 draft documents of the Cabinet of Ministers and others have been developed with the support of international organizations, including the Methodology for anti-corruption expertise of investment projects and the Methodology for the national corruption perceptions index of Uzbekistan.
Memorandums and other international documents with international partners:
In 2020-2021, the Anti-Corruption Agency signed 8 memorandums on international cooperation:
- December 7, 2020 - Memorandum of Cooperation between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Branch in Central Asia;
- June 5, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- June 16, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- October 11, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia and the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- October 28, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on cooperation between the British Embassy in Tashkent and the Government Partnerships International;
- November 17, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe;
- November 18, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding between the International Anti-Corruption Academy and the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- December 1, 2021 - Memorandum of Understanding on the fight against corruption between the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Anti-Corruption Directorate with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Countries with whose anti-corruption authorities the Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan has established cooperation ties
- Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission;
- Commission for Combating Corruption and Civil Rights of the Republic of Korea;
- French Anti-Corruption Agency;
- National Supervision Commission of the People's Republic of China;
- Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the United States Department of State;
- Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau of Singapore;
- Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of the Republic of Latvia;
- Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Agency for state financial control and anti-corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- The Anti-Corruption General Directorate with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- National Agency on Corruption Prevention, National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine;
- National Anticorruption Center of the Republic of Moldova;
- Anti-Corruption Commission of Afghanistan;
- The General Inspection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
- National Accountability Bureau of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
- Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia;
- Administrative Control Authority and Anti-Corruption Academy of Egypt;
- Federal Ministry of the Interior, ️The German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation, Germany.
