Kazakhstan’s anti-corruption policies focus of OSCE–supported training seminar for media representatives

An OSCE-supported training seminar on the fundamentals of anti-corruption practices and international organizations’ rankings of Kazakhstan concluded on 22 April 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Some 25 representatives of the Almaty-based media representatives took part in the seminar.

The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in partnership with the Civil Service Affairs and Anticorruption Agency.

The participants were familiarized with ongoing reforms in the country and the government’s policies to combat corruption. This information was complemented by presentations on the work of international rating agencies that assess Kazakhstan’s anticorruption efforts. The experts reviewed Kazakhstan’s plans to join the group of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member-states and implementation of anti-corruption recommendations under the OECD’s Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan.

The Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan is a sub-regional peer review programme that was launched in 2003 by the OECD. Under the programme, members of the network are reviewed and monitored on a continuous basis for the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption. For Kazakhstan, the next assessment is due next month.

The training seminar was part of the Programme Office’s multi-year efforts to promote good governance by focusing on anti-corruption activities in Kazakhstan. It is a follow-up to a similar event for journalists that took place in February 2019 in Nur-Sultan for capital-based media representatives.