The governor's office of East Kazakhstan region held a meeting of the commission on combating corruption

On April 9, this year, a meeting of the Commission on Anti-Corruption Issues was held under the chairmanship of the Acting Akim of the East Kazakhstan region Smatlaev A. B..

The event was attended by the head of the Anti-Corruption Service of East Kazakhstan Region Zhalmagambet E. N., akims of cities and districts, heads of regional departments, members of the special monitoring group and the project office "Shygys Adaldyk Alany".

During the meeting, information was provided on the implementation of the items of the regional action plan for 2018-2020 in the framework of the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2015-2025 approved by the Governor of the region D. Akhmetov.

It was also noted about the preparation of the draft Action Plan for the next three-year period-2021-2023.

The new document reflects the initiatives aimed at implementing the President's instructions for further modernization of anti-corruption legislation in accordance with the UN, OECD and GRECO standards.

The comprehensive implementation of the plan will significantly increase the level of openness and transparency of state bodies, give a tangible impetus to their transition to the service model, strengthen the potential of public control, and reduce systemic corruption risks in the most important areas of public administration.

Coordination of the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy will be carried out in a new format, with broad public involvement.

Also during the meeting, the head of the anti-corruption service of East Kazakhstan Region spoke about the innovations introduced to the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses.

"Recently, amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses were put into effect, which consolidate the competence of the anti – corruption service to identify and suppress administrative offenses," Zhalmagambet said.

He noted that the Anti-Corruption Service has the right to draw up reports on administrative offenses under 15 articles. Among them are all 6 corruption articles of the Code (Articles 676-681 of the Administrative Code), 2 articles in the field of business activity (Articles 154, 173 of the Administrative Code), 7 offenses that infringe on the institutions of state power and are related to violations in administrative or criminal proceedings (Articles 658-662, 665, 667 of the Administrative Code).

Thus, according to E. Zhalmagambet, today the Agency has at its disposal the entire range of necessary anti-corruption tools.

At the end of the meeting, Acting Akim of the region Smatlaev A. B. warned all heads of state bodies about strict compliance with anti-corruption legislation and gave a number of specific instructions.