OSCE trains Tajik civil servants on preventing corruption risks in health sector and state procurement process during COVID-19 crisis

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized three online training courses on how to prevent corruption risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training courses took place online from 12 to 27 November with a special emphasis on risks in the health sector and in the state procurement process. Some 15 participants from Tajik government structures and civil society participated.

The training aimed at building the capacity of government officials to be able to identify general corruption risks, focusing on state procurement process during the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to prevent them. The courses focused on procurement of medical and personal protective equipment, as well as the prevention of corruption in research and development, and increasing transparency in provision of health-care services.

Members of the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Tajikistan on Transparency and Anti-corruption also participated and learned what their role could be in supporting governmental institutions in this process.