INFORMATION
on the ongoing work on prevention and combating corruption in the Almaty region for the 1st quarter of this year
In the Almaty region, certain work is being carried out on an ongoing basis to prevent corruption.
A meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on anti-corruption issues for the 1st quarter of this year was held, 4 issues were considered (On the results of allocated funds for the implementation of social projects for the formation of an anti-corruption culture for 2023; Listening to the heads of the Department of Health, Physical Culture and Sports, Culture, archives and documentation on the results of anti-corruption monitoring in terms of the implementation of the recommendations of the Anti-Corruption Service (PPP, "Artsport"); On the work done and measures taken to combat corruption in the field of land relations within the framework of the implementation of the Corruption Risk Map of the Almaty region and on the results of the implementation of the Standard Basic Direction No. 4 "Prevention and combating corruption" for the first quarter of this year), 13 recommendations were developed with a deadline of May 1 this year
. Monitoring of the implementation of anti-corruption compliance services in the quasi-public sector of M&E, to date, a compliance service has been implemented in all 215 organizations.
Since the beginning of this year, 2 events have been held in this direction (seminar, meetings). In order to implement the adopted legislative innovations, together with Beeline Kazakhstan, 105 compliance officers and ethics commissioners of the Almaty region were trained in practice with the issuance of appropriate certificates.
The analysis of citizens' appeals to the Anti-Corruption Service, the Akimat of the region and the Open Dialogue portal, as well as operational and investigative practices for 2022, identified the most corrupt areas in the region (education, entrepreneurship, agriculture, construction, customs, energy, healthcare, housing, land, social security).
A schedule for conducting an internal analysis of corruption risks in the activities of regional administrations and quasi-governmental organizations for 2023 has been developed.
In April, according to the schedule, internal analyses of corruption risks are carried out by the regional departments of education, land relations (including in district and city departments), agriculture (State Enterprise for PCV "Talgarirrigation; Iliirrigation; Balkhashirrigation; Ushkonirrigation; Kolsayirrigation; "Sorbulak", LLP "Tau su Kyzmet", Akshi-agroservice), entrepreneurship and industrial and innovative development (JSC "Social and Entrepreneurial Corporation "Konaev").
In order to implement the tasks of strengthening the anti-corruption culture, an action plan is being developed for the implementation of the project "Strengthening the anti-corruption culture" for 2023.
In order to form an anti-corruption consciousness and cultivate the principles of integrity, about 2,000 brochures and calendars with anti-corruption themes were distributed in the region.
59 preventive measures were carried out for the main target groups (youth sector – 6, population – 12, civil servants – 11, business entities and quasi–public sector - 24, budget organizations - 6).
2 anti-corruption videos provided by the anti-corruption service have been published on the website of the Akimat of Almaty region and the websites of regional administrations, akimats of districts and the city of Konaev. In the future, it is planned to shoot two videos as part of the Action Plan.
The Ethics Commissioner of the Almaty region Akim's office Kuanysh Sagymbayev (02/18/2023), together with the Deputy Department of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Almaty region Askhat Takebayev, met with young civil servants of the region. The meeting was aimed at raising the level of ethics of civil servants and informing about new approaches and amendments to the Law on Public Service and clarifications on anti-corruption issues were held.
Further work will be implemented according to the action plan for information work with decomposition at the level of various target groups in the Almaty region for 2023-2025.
17 working meetings with 477 entrepreneurs were held in the region. The events were covered on information platforms, television and the official pages of the Agency. 84 articles were published, 6 TV stories were published (24KZ, Khabar, Zhetysu shopping mall).
20 business problems were received, 16 cases were solved. The rights of 1,290 entrepreneurs (272 KX, 942 preschool organizations, 65 sole proprietors for advertising, etc.) are protected.
For 3 months, monitoring of public procurement through the information system "Single Window of Procurement" prevented unjustified price overstatement in the amount of 473 million tenge.
Work in this direction continues.