CORRUPTION LEVEL REDUCED IN ATYRAU

The first meeting of the regional Anti-Corruption Commission was chaired by the Akim of the Atyrau region Makhambet Dosmukhambetov, the Communications Service of the Atyrau region reports.
The meeting summed up the results of the study "Monitoring the state of corruption in Kazakhstan in 2020" conducted by Transparency International in Kazakhstan, and also discussed the level of corruption in the Atyrau region and measures to prevent it.
Transparency International experts interviewed 9,000 respondents in cities, regional and district centers and studied 1,347 applications submitted to the Open Dialogue portal.
“According to the results of public opinion polls, the share of persons subjected to corruption when applying to government agencies decreased by 2.1% compared to 2019,” Kanat Suleimenov, Head of the Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency in the Atyrau region, said.
Recall, the First Deputy Head of the Anti-Corruption Department of the Atyrau region, Aidos Mamyt, noted that corruption in the region has decreased by 9%.
Alfiya Adiyeva, head of the Adaldyk Alany project office, also spoke about the work done last year.
In order to form an anti-corruption culture in society, the project office "Adaldyk Alany" carried out 72 information and explanatory works.
In addition, the project manager proposed the development of educational videos on electronic services for citizens to raise awareness of the population, as well as the development of a complete digitalization of the thermal modernization system in the Atyrau region, that is, the creation of a special website to ensure transparency.
Summing up the results of the meeting, the head of the region Makhambet Dosmukhambetov stressed that, despite the decline in corruption in the region, it is necessary to intensify the work of the competent authorities to prevent its spread. Emphasizing that the fight against corruption is always on the agenda, he gave a number of instructions to the relevant officials.