International Day Against Corruption has been celebrated annually on December 9, since 2004. On this day in 2003, in the Mexican city of Merida, at a high-level political conference, the UN Convention against Corruption, adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 1, 2003, was opened for signature. To date, the Convention has been signed by about 140 states and ratified by about 80. Kazakhstan ratified this Convention in May 2008.
On the eve of December 9, the Anti-Corruption Service in the Kostanay region held a conference with the participation of prominent public figures, maslikhat deputies and heads of state bodies of the region.
“For 30 years of independence, systemic and consistent reforms to combat corruption in Kazakhstan have made it possible to form our own model of anti-corruption policy. Preventive tools have been introduced such as analysis of corruption risks and anti-corruption monitoring, which involve specialists from the public. The system of encouraging citizens who reported the facts of corruption has been improved. An institute of anti-corruption expertise has been launched, where representatives of civil society are also experts. The institution of personal responsibility of managers for the corruption of subordinates has been introduced. To mitigate risks, compliance services have been introduced in the quasi-public sector, "said the first deputy head of the Department, Daniyar Smagulov, in his speech.
“Speaking about corruption, I try to raise moral issues, questions of morality and the readiness of the society itself to live without corruption. How much each of us is ready to become honest, open, responsible. By admitting corruption crimes, we first of all take away part of the future from our children. For every stolen tenge, I see opportunities stolen from my son, ”Gulmira Kapenova noted in her speech.
On the eve of the International Day against Corruption, a series of events was held in the region as part of the implementation of a comprehensive plan to form an anti-corruption culture. Anti-corruption marathons have been initiated in cities and regions.
At the end of the conference, an award ceremony was held for the winners of various competitions on anti-corruption topics, this is a competition for the best publication in the media, project competitions among students for the best essay. Members of the public for their contribution to the formation of an anti-corruption culture in society and the promotion of the values of integrity were noted with letters of thanks from the Department.