Systematic work is being carried out in the region to combat corruption and suppress corruption crimes.
By the Decree of the Akimat of Almaty region No. 146 dated April 19, 2019, 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 2021 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 2021, a meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was held on April 14, at which the following issues were considered: "On the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2015-2025", "On the consideration of interim results of the work of the Zhetisu-Adaldyk Alany project offices", "On the implementation of the Employment Roadmap for 2020 - 2021" and "On measures taken to ensure the principles of transparency in the activities of housing commissions for the distribution of housing from the public housing fund".
As a result of the meeting, 15 recommendations were developed to improve the work on combating corruption. 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.
According to the results of the second quarter of 2021, on September 3, the following issues were considered: "On hearing the results of the work of the district, city project offices of Zhetisu-adaldyk Alany"; "On consideration of problematic issues in the field of burials (burials), provision of funeral services in the region"; "On the implementation of the International Anti-Corruption Standard ISO 37-001 in state institutions of the Almaty region". 19 recommendations have been developed, which are still being implemented.
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.
Within the framework of the concept of the "Hearing State" of the KSU "Jetis Media", field press conferences of akims of districts and cities of the region are held, where media representatives actively promote the work being implemented in the regions.
In order to increase the level of legal culture of citizens, articles and materials aimed at the formation of legal literacy are regularly published in the media of the region.
A pool of journalists and bloggers has been created to provide constant assistance in the prevention of corruption. Since the beginning of the year, 956 articles have been published in the media on the topics "Corruption is the main obstacle in the development of society", "Sybailas zhemkorlykty zhoyu bagyttary", "Zhemkorlykpen kuresu - azamattyk borysh", "Service without gifts", "Zhemkorlyksyz kogam - nurly bolashak kepili" and others.
In order to prevent corruption among the population, infographics are posted on all official websites of akimats and their pages on social networks. Special stickers and stickers under the auspices of "Stop corruption!", "Say no to corruption!" are pasted on the entrance doors of public places and buses.
A special program "Zhetysu - adaldyk alany" is broadcast on the Zhetysu TV channel as a means of maintaining communication between state bodies and the people.
On the air of the regional TV channel "Zhetysu" in the programs "Zhanyktar/ News" in the state and Russian languages, 37 stories were shown on the topics "Stop, corruption!", "Zhemkorlykka zhol berme!" and others.
12 press conferences, seminars, round tables and open dialogues were held on the information platform "Jetisy media".
At the same time, 1421 information materials on combating corruption have been posted on the official websites of social networks "Twitter" "Facebook" "Instagram" "Vkontakte", "My World" of akimats of districts and cities, regional departments and administrations for 9 months.
Non-governmental organizations are actively involved in the region to conduct explanatory and preventive work on anti-corruption issues.
In this regard, within the framework of the state social order for 2021, 6 projects are being implemented for a total of 7,050,833.28 tenge in the Department of Religious Affairs, in Aksu, Karatal, Koksu, districts and cities of Kapshagai, Taldykorgan.
Measures have been taken to increase the responsibility of the senior management for the commission of corruption offenses by subordinates, all civil servants are officially acquainted with the obligations to prevent corruption offenses.
Independent compliance services have been introduced in subordinate KSU and LLP, orders have been issued, their work plans have been developed, measures have been taken to supplement the functional responsibilities of responsible employees for compliance with corruption legislation.
So today, in the Almaty region, anti-corruption compliance positions have been introduced in more than 200 organizations, as well as the anti-corruption standard ISO 37001 (KSU "Center for Analysis and Forecasting") has been introduced in 1 organization.
In addition, preparatory work was carried out for the implementation of the anti-corruption standard in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial and Innovative Development, the Department for Youth Policy, the Akimat of S.Otenai and Taldykorgan Higher Polytechnic College.
Along with this, in order to activate the work, as well as explain the activities of Compliance in this area, online webinars were held (23.02.21, 26.05.21 and 09.06.2021, and 25.08.21) for the heads of the quasi-public sector of subordinate organizations.
Taking into account the importance of further development of the compliance institute, the regional Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with the branch of ASU, developed special training courses for managers and compliance officers of subordinate organizations of local executive bodies of the region.
The developed program includes modules on the organization of anti-corruption compliance services, corresponding to the anti-corruption management system, analysis of practical cases, as well as post-training support after the seminar.
The purpose of the developed program is to form a set of knowledge about the mechanisms of building an anti-corruption compliance policy system and control procedures in government organizations.
In order to promote a culture of integrity in society, more than 58 preventive measures have been carried out. As part of this, meetings were held with civil servants, with statesmen and honorary civil servants, with leaders of youth movements in the TEDx format, public associations, as well as meetings with the business community.
At the same time, a number of events were held on the basis of the Parasat Zholy centers, contests for the best anti-corruption video in Tiktok, a competition among families "Parasatty Otbasy".
In addition, in order to determine corruption, sociological studies were conducted by anonymous survey among college and university students in the Almaty region.
In September of this year, another video was published on the regional TV channel and on social networks as part of the "Hour of Integrity" project on the topic: "Dinmukhamed Kunaev – adal tulga arnalgan khalkyna barynyn adal tulga".
In order to increase transparency and transparency in the field of public procurement, the Anti-Corruption Service of the region is monitoring the public procurement portal.
Since the beginning of this year, budget funds in the amount of 7 billion 600 million tenge have been saved by reviewing purchase prices.
Last year, the Anti-Corruption Service prevented 183 facts of unjustified purchases, saving budget funds in the amount of 4 billion rubles. 97 million tenge.
During the reporting period of the current year, 671 internal analyses were conducted by state bodies and quasi-public sectors of the region in order to identify corruption risks. As a result of the analysis, the presence of 200 corruption risks was revealed, 730 recommendations were developed, 698 of them were executed.
At each meeting of the interdepartmental commission, the akim of the region gives instructions to all heads of regional departments and quasi-public sector entities to effectively conduct internal analyses and implement the implementation of the recommendations developed.
In the Almaty region for 9 months of 2021, the Anti-Corruption Service of the region registered 87 criminal offenses, of which more than 72.4% or 63 crimes are corrupt.
According to the degree of severity, crimes are classified mainly as grave (57) and especially grave (5), which account for 71.2%, or 62 crimes.
According to operational and investigative practice, the lion's share or 85.7% of corruption crimes are related to bribery, which account for 54 crimes.
155 persons have been brought to criminal responsibility for committing corruption crimes, of which 20 persons are the first leaders of various ranks (regional - 6, city -4, district - 9, rural -1).
70 persons were sentenced, 65 of them to a fine in the amount of more than 119 million tenge, to restriction of liberty – 2, to imprisonment - 3, with confiscation of property and lifelong deprivation of the right to hold positions in public service.
In general, the analysis of legal statistics of corruption offenses committed shows that almost one third of all identified in the reporting period are accounted for by local executive bodies and institutions subordinate to them (25), of which 11 are public procurement, 6 are healthcare, 13 are education, land relations - 1, agriculture - 2, as well as during construction (tenders, public procurement, etc.) - 6. Also, 11.1% are state bodies (10), 7.8% are quasi-public sector (7), 2.2% are law enforcement agencies (2).
In the reporting period, 8 facts of "systemic" corruption were revealed. As a result of the implementation of complex measures, 27 persons were exposed, 29 crimes were registered, 6 criminal cases were sent to court, 1 person was convicted.
In the reporting period, 11 facts of illegal interference in business activities by officials of regulatory authorities (26 crimes) were revealed, 35 officials were brought to criminal responsibility, the rights of 22 business entities were protected.
As part of the support of state programs, 23 crimes were registered. 18 persons were brought to justice, the damage caused amounted to 2.4 billion tenge, 2.3 billion tenge was reimbursed.
5 corruption crimes were registered on the facts of patronage by officials to the subjects of the shadow economy, 4 persons were brought to criminal responsibility, 4 corruption crimes were sent with an indictment, 2 persons were convicted.
The amount of damage caused in criminal cases completed by the proceedings amounted to 3.8 billion tenge (3,850,843,791 tenge), of which 97.2% or 3.7 billion tenge (3,742,332,191 tenge) was reimbursed.
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.
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