Uzbekistan: On the path to normative and institutional development of fight against corruption.

Byline: Akmal Burkhanov

The fight against corruption has also become a priority area of state policy in Uzbekistan. This can be seen in the conceptual regulatory acts adopted in recent years in this area, on the example of administrative reforms aimed at preventing corruption. The fact that the President of the Repub lic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Law "On combating corrup tion" in the first days of taking office became the first important step in the formation of the state policy in combating corruption in Uzbekistan. 1. During the past 5 years, more than 80 normative legal documents aimed at putting an end to corruption in all spheres of state and society construction, including more than 10 normative legal documents regulating the field of combating corruption, were adopted. The Decree of the President "On measures to create an environment of intolerant attitude against corruption, to reduce corruption factors in state and community management, and to expand public participation" became another important conceptual document aimed at early prevention of corruption.

The laws "On the openness of activities of the state power and the state governing bodies" and "On public control", as well as the Resolution "On additional measures to ensure active participation of citizens in the budget process" made it possible to assess ever action of all categories of officials among the general public and the people. The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On additional measures to ensure the transparency of the activities of state bodies and organi zations, as well as effective implementa tion of public control", was adopted as a logical continuation of the reforms imple mented in the sphere. The Decree approved the list of information that every state body and organization should publicly announce. The Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to introduce a system for rating the effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts" serves to introduce openness to public administration, further strengthen systematic work in information openness for general use, transparency and quality of the information by international requirements. A system for rating the effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts was introduced following this Resolution. It should be noted that the recently adopted Decree of the President "On measures to increase the level of open ness of the activities of state bodies and...