BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. The Commission
of Azerbaijan on Combatting Corruption, chaired by Samir Nuriyev,
convened for its meeting on February 16, Trend reports.
Addressing the meeting, Nuriyev highlighted the efforts
undertaken in the country in 2025 under the leadership of President
Ilham Aliyev, including the key measures that had been undertaken
in the field of combatting corruption. He also briefed the
participants on the amendments made to the legislation and their
impact on public relations.
The Chairman of the Commission noted that a new mechanism for
managing corruption risks was established in the legislation for
2025, adding that relevant norms were added to the legislation to
protect the rights of persons reporting on corruption. He also
mentioned that representatives of non-governmental organizations
and independent experts were involved in the activities of working
groups, ensuring the participation of civil society representatives
in the fight against corruption.
Nuriyev emphasized that the foundations of a result-based
monitoring mechanism for evaluating state programs in the field of
combating corruption had been determined for 2025. He said that
over the past period, the Secretariat of the Commission, with the
involvement of civil society representatives, has developed the
“Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Action
Plan for Strengthening the Fight against Corruption for 2022-2026,”
noting that this mechanism will contribute to evaluating
anti-corruption measures based on precise criteria.
The meeting participants also discussed international
cooperation in the fight against corruption. Within the context of
this cooperation, the outcomes of the reports adopted on the
implementation of the recommendations of the Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO) and the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN)
for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the Republic of
Azerbaijan within the framework of the 5th evaluation round were
also reviewed. The participants of the meeting agreed to continue
measures related to the implementation of the recommendations,
considering the efforts undertaken in this area as
satisfactory.
The meeting also heard reports on Azerbaijan’s participation in
international initiatives in the fight against corruption, the role
of the legal profession in tackling corruption, as well as the
latest reforms in this area. Discussed were also proposals for
increasing transparency and eliminating conditions conducive to
corruption.
During the meeting, the draft rules for managing corruption
risks prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission were also
considered appropriate, and the action plan for the next period was
approved.
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