Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - On 28 January 2021, a National Consultative Meeting was held to discuss the draft National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Combating Corruption for 2021-2025.

The event was attended by the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the National Council for Combating Corruption Tanzila Narbaeva.

The meeting was also attended by the UNDP Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Matilda Dimovska, representatives of the chambers of the Oliy Majlis, ministries and departments, non-governmental non-profit organizations, and the media.

In recent years, anti-corruption has risen to the level of public policy. Thus, more than 70 normative legal acts have been adopted aimed at suppressing corruption factors in all spheres of state and social construction. The projects “Sphere without corruption”, “Road maps” and programs were approved, practical interaction with a number of non-governmental non-profit organizations was established. The National Council for Combating Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Agency are effectively working in this direction.

As a continuation of this work, another important document was developed - the draft National Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2021-2025, aimed at the main priority tasks of the state for the near and medium term to prevent and combat corruption. This document, which defines the main priorities for preventing and combating corruption for the next five years, unites and coordinates efforts in this direction.

The draft National Strategy envisages the current situation in the country on combating corruption, shortcomings, and the main directions of future state policy. It is also planned to reflect in it the monitoring of the implementation of these tasks, the definition of the financing mechanism and the expected results from the work done.

At the event on this project, the Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Oliy Majlis on Judicial and Legal Issues and Anti-Corruption N. Umarov spoke, who noted that thanks to the implementation of the Strategy, it is planned to improve national legislation, create an organizational and legal system in the country aimed at preventing corruption, ensuring effective parliamentary and public control, raising the legal awareness and culture of the population, as well as further improving the country's indicators in international ratings and indices in this area.

The participants made proposals to eliminate legal gaps, improve the regulatory framework of the civil service system, further strengthen the independence of the judiciary, gradually introduce a system for declaring income, create effective legal mechanisms for public procurement, and ensure real freedom of civil society institutions and the media.

It is envisaged to finalize the initial draft of the National Strategy based on the proposals made at the end of the meeting.