On October 16-17th, 2024 Uzbekistan hosted the IV Tashkent Anticorruption Forum to promote innovation, strengthen compliance, and foster global cooperation. The Forum was organized by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic Uzbekistan in collaboration with European Union, the consortium led by GIZ, UNDP and UNODC ROCA. The Forum brought together 250 representatives from anticorruption agencies, international experts, academia and civil society. Participation of the development partners such as OSCE Vienna, the US Bureau of International Narcotics and law Enforcement Affairs (INL), INGO “Regional Dialogue”, Transparency International Latvia, Finland’s Rule of Law Centre, and high-ranking anticorruption officials for the Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, Korea, Lithuania, USA reinforced the forum’s role as a crucial platform for international collaboration and knowledge-exchange in anticorruption efforts.
Nuruipa Mukanova, Secretary General of the Anticorruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, a non-EU member of the MOCCA project and Consortium, did her presentation at the panel discussion “Development and implementation of anti-corruption policy documents: strategies and programs”. The presenters’ of the Panel Discussions were the officials of anti-corruption government institutions from Central Asian and European countries, the Prosecutor General's Office, and Law Enforcement Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Mrs. Mukanova presentation’s key points highlighted the following messages:
- The Kyrgyz Republic adopted a new strategy for 2025 - 2030 just recently in July 2024, the previous strategy covered the period 2021 - 2024. So, differences in a new strategy in terms of:
- strategic priorities,
- anti-corruption tools and measures that are emphasized in the new strategy,
- how the policy areas are prioritized and chosen for the new strategy,
- what approaches are used for assessment of the strategy efficiency,
- how does the strategy empower and motivate the civil society.
The other panelists presented the issues with regard to methodological aspects of policy document formulation (Latvia); assessment of the policy document efficiency (Belarus); establishing an effective system for the detection and recovery of assets stolen as a result of corruption (UNODC); priorities identified in the acting and newly drafted version of the anti-corruption strategy of Uzbekistan (Agengy RUZ); relationship between parliamentary reforms, parliamentary and public oversight measures to prevent and combat corruption (Albania).
The panel discussion from the IV Tashkent Anticorruption Forum has been recorded and is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vgVi-rM1hs&list=PLP1rrIC89eFC_otWokjbox84TNfbAZVoK&index=3&t=1734s
