OECD: Azerbaijan created all necessary conditions for fight against corruption
By Amina Nazarli
The fight against corruption is among the priorities of the state policy in Azerbaijan. To this end, Azerbaijan has been cooperating with the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2003.
These remarks were made by Deputy Prosecutor General, Head of the Central Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General, Kamran Aliyev during the presentation of a report adopted by Azerbaijan in the framework of the 4th Monitoring round of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
A total of 31 recommendations, including 11 new recommendations in the field of education are reflected in the 4th Monitoring Plan. Most of them are identical with the provisions of the next National Plan measures for 2016-2018 years to promote "open government", approved by the presidential order dated April 27, 2016. A number of measures on the recommendations are planned to be implemented until 2019.
Aliyev said that the Istanbul Action Plan provides for the phased implementation and evaluation of anti-corruption reforms in the member countries and Azerbaijan have successfully passed three phases of the monitoring to obtain the corresponding report.
Aliyev stressed that Azerbaijan hosted large OECD expert group
and held meetings and discussions with representatives of the state
structures and civil society institutions.
The delegation prepared a corresponding report on Azerbaijan, which
was adopted during the discussions in Paris last September.
Azerbaijan, along with Georgia, has successfully completed the 3rd
Monitoring round, and became one of the first two countries,
passing to the 4th Monitoring round.
The report highlighted important role of "ASAN Service” centers in the implementation of preventive measures against corruption and the activity of the Main Department, and both structures were presented as an exemplary model for the region.
The OECD representatives expressed their satisfaction with the fruitful cooperation with Azerbaijan and stressed that an anti-corruption legislation that meets international standards was formed in Azerbaijan thanks to the widespread and systematic legal, institutional and administrative reforms.
Progress has been made in the field of corruption prevention, criminal prosecution in this field, enhancing transparency in the sphere of civil service and the judiciary, information, education, and customs regulation of business activity.
In her speech, Tatiana Hvanska, the representative of OECD said that fight against corruption is implemented at the high-level in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan has created the necessary conditions for the fight against corruption, according to the OECD representative. She further stressed that not only government agencies, but also members of the public should be involved in the implementation of anti-corruption measures in Azerbaijan.
“Commission on the fight against corruption and the General Directorate for Combating Corruption are operating in Azerbaijan. Of course, the fight against corruption depends on the will of the government, but society also plays a significant role in the realization of this process. Investigations confirmed that state structures in Azerbaijan are actively cooperating with non-governmental organizations and society, on aspects of the fight against corruption,” she explained.
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