On March 29, 2023, the Anti-Corruption Agency held the 2nd meeting of the Commission for assessing the effectiveness and productivity of ongoing work in ensuring openness. At the meeting, the Openness Index 2022 were announced, which assessed the effectiveness and productivity of the work carried out on openness in government agencies and organizations. The calculation of the Openness Index is carried out by the Assessment Commission on the basis of the Methodology approved in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-154, based on 8 indicators, consisting of 84 evaluation criteria.

Uzbekistan ranked 40th in the world and 1st in Central Asia with an overall score of 66 in the Open Data Inventory 2022 by Open Data Watch.

On November 15, the Anti-Corruption Agency gives start to a two-day seminar on the topic ‘Criteria for assessing the openness of the activities of government agencies and organizations.’

For to ensure the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-6247 and eliminate this gap in the legislation, the Anti-Corruption Agency has developed a draft law ‘On introducing amendments and additions, as well as on recognizing certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan as invalid.’ The law was signed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on August 3, 2022.

The Anti-Corruption Agency hosted July 21 the first meeting of the Commission for Evaluating Effectiveness and Efficiency of Ongoing Work in Ensuring Openness.

On June 22, the Anti-Corruption Agency with the support of the OSCE launched a two-day training session on the theme ‘Developing the open data ecosystem, enhancing a culture of openness, transparency and accountability.’

The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘On measures to increase the level of openness of the activities of government agencies and organizations and the introduction of assessment system’ has been adopted.

On June 10, the Committee on Issues of Information Policy and Ensuring Openness in Government Agencies of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis considered the law ‘On Amendments to the Administrative Responsibility Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan’.

Today, the Agency constantly monitors the observance of openness legislation by government agencies and organizations. In 2021, the Agency sent 26 statutory notices and 35 warning letters to ministries, departments and local governments to eliminate identified violations.

The Anti-Corruption Agency conducts seminars on ensuring the openness of the activities of government agencies and organizations in regions, cities, districts of the republic on a regular basis.

The Anti-Corruption Agency continues to organize training seminars on the theme ‘Ensuring the openness of the activities of government agencies and organizations’ in the regions of the country. This time, the Agency specialists held a series of seminars in the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Region.

As we previously reported, the Agency’s specialists hold training seminars in the regions on the theme ‘Ensuring the openness of the activities of government agencies and organizations.’ Kashkadarya, Navoi, Surkhandarya and Bukhara regions recently hosted seminars as well.

This March 2, the seminar was held in the Tashkent city administration with the participation of district and city authorities.