In the Almaty region, certain work is being carried out on an ongoing basis to prevent corruption.
By the Decree of the Akimat of Almaty region No. 370 dated October 13, 2021, an interdepartmental regional commission on anti-corruption issues under the Akim of the region (hereinafter referred to as the IAC) was established and approved (on an ongoing basis, appropriate changes are made to the composition of the MVK).
The IAC plan for 2022 was approved taking into account the competence and specifics of the region's work. Monthly monitoring of the corruption situation in the context of districts and cities is carried out, the results of which are necessarily considered at staff meetings and commission meetings.
At the meetings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports of the heads of the departments of construction, housing and communal services, land relations, police, education, the most vulnerable in terms of corruption are regularly heard.
Following the results of the first quarter of 2022, a meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was held on May 5, at which the following issues were considered: On the state of corruption in the field of public procurement of goods, works and services, On the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2015-2025, On the consideration of submissions on the elimination of conditions conducive to the commission of criminal offenses and other violations of the law aimed at By the Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Almaty region in accordance with Article 200 of the CPC of the Republic of Kazakhstan, On the results of the implementation of the standard basic direction No. 4 "Prevention and combating corruption" for the first quarter of this year. As a result of the meeting, 9 recommendations were developed and implemented.
All the recommendations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are aimed at improving the situation in the anti-corruption system, the formation and compliance with anti-corruption standards and the adoption of a number of necessary measures to prevent corruption offenses.
It is planned to hold a meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs following the results of the second quarter of this year.
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 2021, 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 2022 has been developed.
For 6 months of the current year, 18 internal analyses of corruption risks were conducted, 66 corruption risks were identified. Based on the results of the analyses, 68 recommendations were made to eliminate corruption risks. Work is underway to implement the recommendations developed.
It should be noted that corruption risks are present in the activities of almost every state body, organization, and such an effective mechanism as internal analysis allows timely prevention of the most unpleasant consequences.
Some work is being done to form an anti-corruption culture among the population. The possibilities of social networks and mass media are widely used for the effective implementation of information and explanatory work.
In order to increase the level of legal culture of citizens and to combat corruption, articles and publications are regularly published in the media of the region.
For this purpose, a pool of journalists and bloggers has been created, providing constant assistance in the prevention of corruption. A special program "Zhetysu – adaldyk alany" is being conducted on the Zhetysu TV channel as a means of maintaining communication between state bodies and the people.
In 2022, within the framework of the state social order of the regional Department of Internal Policy, the project "Improving the legal culture of the population of the Almaty region, prevention of corruption and offenses in society, the formation of "zero" tolerance for offenses" will be implemented. 6 million tenge was allocated from the local budget for the project.
Also, as part of the action plan for the implementation of the project "Strengthening anti-corruption culture" for 2022, approved by the office of the Akim of Almaty region, a number of events are being held, such as broadcasting 20 anti-corruption videos in public places and on regional television, holding 2 monthly events on the formation of an anti-corruption culture among the youth of the region.
To date, 85 different explanatory events have been held in 6 months to inform the population of the region about the norms of anti-corruption legislation, 17 anti-corruption videos have been posted on the official websites of state bodies of the Almaty region, 120 events have been held on the formation of an anti-corruption culture among the youth of the region (meetings, seminars, flash mobs, promotions, contests), 24 meetings have been organized with civil servants on the prevention of corruption with the invitation of representatives of the anti-corruption service, regional administrations (Department of Religious Affairs, Department of Digital Technologies) held 5 joint events, meetings with representatives of religious associations, various ethnic groups on the prevention of corruption.
From March 14 to 18, 2022, 27 civil servants underwent advanced training on the topic "Anti-Corruption management and compliance" at the branch of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and received a certificate.
Infographics are posted on all official websites of akimats of districts, cities and their pages on social networks.
Special anti-corruption stickers and stickers are pasted in public places and buses.
The implementation of anti-corruption compliance services in the quasi-public sector of local executive bodies has been monitored, and to date, a compliance service has been implemented in all 460 organizations.
Currently, all regional organizations are working on the development and approval of legal acts to combat corruption.
An active participation in the implementation of the Standard Basic Direction No. 4 of the Ethics Commissioner has been ensured.
In the first half of this year, field meetings were held with the population of 7 districts (Karatal, Rayymbek, Talgar, Koksu, Eskeldinsky, Kegensky and Balkhash). 111 explanatory meetings were held, including individual consultations.
At the same time, the Anti-Corruption Service of the region registered 159 (2021 – 69) criminal cases in six months of 2022, 104 of them corruption (2021 - 53), 66 (2021 - 137) persons were brought to criminal responsibility, of which 16 (2021 - 16) managers.
The total damage in completed criminal cases amounted to 216 million 197 thousand (1,617,306,491 tenge) tenge, 181 million 910 thousand (1,596,940,491 tenge) tenge of established damage was reimbursed to the budget.
The issues of combating corruption and suppressing offenses that create conditions for corruption are considered at the meetings of the Akimat, staff meetings and meetings of the interdepartmental commission.
In general, the work on combating corruption is under constant control of the regional akimat.
Department of state-legal support and organization of work of the ATK of the Akim's office of the region