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Uzbekistan joined the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan in March 2010. This is the first review report on Uzbekistan. This report provides an assessment of anti-corruption legal and institutional framework and a set of recommendations to support anti-corruption reforms efforts in Uzbekistan in three areas: anti-corruption policies; criminalisation of corruption; and prevention of corruption.

This report analyses progress made by Ukraine in carrying out anti-corruption reforms and implementing recommendations of the IAP since the adoption of the Third Monitoring Round report in March 2015. The report focuses on three areas: anti-corruption policy, prevention of corruption, enforcement of criminal responsibility for corruption. The in-depth review of the sector will be conducted separately through a bisprocedure and is not part of the adopted report.

This report presents a general snap-shot of the situation in the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) sector in Ukraine and points out selected key issues and challenges that relate to the integrity of this sector together with a set of recommendations to address them. Each issue of SOEs governance is looked through the “lens of anti-corruption”. At the same time good governance of SOEs in Ukraine is number one prerequisite for eliminating wide-spread corruption and closing loopholes which allow for it. Year 2014 was taken as a baseline, since that year corruption and vested interests have finally been identified by the government as significant factor in SOEs historical underperformance, and the government has announced its clear intention to clean it up.

This report analyzes progress made in Ukraine in developing anti-corruption reforms and implementing recommendations received under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan since the first monitoring round in 2006. The report also provides new recommendations in three areas: anti-corruption policies; criminalisation of corruption; and prevention of corruption.

This report provides information about measures taken by Ukraine to implement the recommendations received in January 2004 under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. The report was prepared on the basis of the answers to the questionnaire provided by Ukraine on 7 August 2006 and the information gathered during the on-site visit in October 2006 and immediately after. The report is structured along the January 2004 recommendations. For each recommendation, summary of measures, analysis and rating of compliance is given in order to reflect the progress achieved by Ukraine.

Petty corruption has been gradually declining in Mongolia, but in general corruption is widespread. Anti-corruption laws and action plans are poorly implemented. The Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) has continued and somewhat stepped up its policy coordination and prevention work, however it lacked independence, resources, and necessary support from state bodies to fully exercise its mandate. Mongolia has also made enforcement efforts to address pervasive grand corruption: several high-level officials were convicted and a number of investigations are ongoing.

Mongolia is a fledgling democracy that undergoes rapid transformation. Exploration of significant mineral resources exacerbated governance and corruption challenges. Mongolia has started a number of important reforms, including in the anti-corruption area, but they are far from producing sustainable results. The joint first and second monitoring rounds report on Mongolia takes stock of the anti-corruption developments in the country, tracks progress or lack of it and recommends further actions.

Combatting corruption is recognised to be a high-priority issue in Mongolia and is mentioned in main political documents and statements of public officials. At the same time, no anti-corruption policy document was approved in Mongolia since the expiration of the previous one which covered period of 2002-2010. The review report welcomes the on-going development of the new anti-corruption strategy, which included extensive public consultations, and recommends adopting the new strategy and action plan as soon as possible. An effective high-level mechanism (e.g. a national council) should be set up for anti-corruption policy co-ordination and implementation; it should be sufficiently independent from the government, represent different branches of power and include a meaningful representation of the civil society, be supported with adequate resources including dedicated staff. The report recommends that reports on anti-corruption strategy and action plan implementation be regularly prepared and made public.

This report analyses the progress made by Armenia in carrying out anti-corruption reforms and implementing the recommendations of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan (IAP) the Third Round of Monitoring Report on Armenia adopted in October 2014. It focuses on anti-corruption policy, prevention of corruption, enforcement of criminal responsibility for corruption and prevention and prosecution of corruption in the higher education sector.

This report analyses progress made by Armenia in carrying out anti-corruption reforms and implementing recommendations received under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan since the second monitoring round in 2011. The report also analyses recent developments and provides new recommendations in three areas: anti-corruption policy and institutions, criminalisation and prevention of corruption.

The report summarises outcomes of the fourth round of Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan monitoring that covered nine countries in the region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan is an initiative of the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN).

Since 2013, a number of important anti-corruption reforms have been implemented in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Nevertheless, corruption levels in the region remain high. This report highlights both the progress made in the region and the remaining challenges that will require further action by countries.

This report provides policymakers, legislators, businesses, civil society organisations and other stakeholders with an assessment of the legal and institutional environment in which civil society operates, together with recommendations for reform designed to enable civil society organisations, business associations, trade unions and the media to play a more active role in the fight against corruption. The report covers a wide range of issues including public attitudes, civil liberties, existing laws that facilitate the establishment of civil society organisations, freedom of the media, governmental transparency and co-operative partnerships between governments and civil society.

This report provides an overview of measures taken by Latin American governments to improve integrity and prevent corruption in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), based on the results of an OECD survey submitted to the public bodies responsible for the ownership and co-ordination of national SOEs in all countries that participate in the Latin American Network on Corporate Governance of State Owned Enterprises (“SOE Network”). The main goal of this report is to guide Latin American jurisdictions toward identifying concrete rules and practices that they could adopt in order to further align themselves with the OECD Guidelines on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises (“ACI Guidelines”).

This first edition of the OECD Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook analyses Member countries’ efforts to uphold integrity and fight corruption. Based on data from the Public Integrity Indicators, it analyses the performance of countries’ integrity frameworks, and explores how some of the main challenges to governments today (including the green transition, artificial intelligence, and foreign interference) are increasing corruption and integrity risks for countries. It also addresses how the shortcomings in integrity systems can impede countries’ responses to these major challenges. In providing a snapshot of how countries are performing today, the Outlook supports strategic planning and policy work to strengthen public integrity for the future.

The purpose of this review is help policymakers, energy sector stakeholders, anti-corruption bodies, stateowned enterprises (SOEs) and law enforcement bodies identify trends and good practices, as well as common problems in the energy sector and make informed decisions for a corruption free energy sector.

This pilot report, elaborated before Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine, examines Ukraine’s anti-corruption framework and practices based on the criteria to test the new methodology for the 5th round of monitoring under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. The report analyses Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions, investigation and prosecution of corruption offences and the overall enforcement framework. For each area of analysis, the report identifies areas for improvement and provides recommendations.

Tajikistan has been focusing on monitoring of the implementation of the existing Anticorruption Strategy 2013-2020 and the Action Plan for its implementation. The Agency for State Financial Control and Fight against Corruption, which is responsible for monitoring, has taken certain steps to strengthen this monitoring mechanism such as introducing more frequent, annual monitoring instead of biennial, and administrative liability for failure to implement measures under government anticorruption programs and their implementation plans. However, it is noted in the Report that generally, the monitoring, as well as the implementation of the abovementioned anticorruption policy documents, need to be more thoroughly improved with emphasis on quality and analytical content.

In the past several years the declared political will to fight corruption led to the launch of some initiatives in Tajikistan; these initiatives, if effectively implemented, could make a serious contribution into the development of the anti-corruption system in the country. Once the first anticorruption national strategy expired the new strategy to counteract corruption for 2013-2020 was developed and adopted in a timely manner. It is hard however to judge to what degree it was based on the results of the monitoring of the previous strategy and of the holistic study of the corruption since the document contains no reference to either. The strategy itself, its implementation action plan and mechanisms of its monitoring and control contain certain deficiencies which can create challenges for its effective implementation.