Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan for

Kazakhstan is largely compliant with this recommendation. 
Recommendation 2
Design a institutional monitoring and reporting mechanism for the Programme, possibly building on 
the existing Presidential Commission, and ensure transparency and unrestricted participation in the 
monitoring process of the Civil Society in general and of associations with experience in the area of 
anti-corruption, as well as the private sector / business community.
The Government created an institutional monitoring and reporting mechanism for the State Anti-
Corruption Programme. The Agency for the Fight against Economic and Corruption Crime (Financial 
Police) contribute to the co-ordination of development and implementation of the Program for 2006-2010. 
The state authorities responsible for the implementation of measures within the Programme submit reports 
on the pace of their work to the Agency, which summarises received information on the Programme 
implementation and subsequently submits it twice a year - by 10 January and 10 July - to the Government 
for consideration at its extended sessions. Overall control over the Programme implementation is carried 
out by the Presidential Administration. 
The authorities report that the fulfilment of the Action Plan for 2006-2010 is ongoing smoothly. There 
is no information about any violations of the timeframes to fulfil all the actions prescribed by the plan. 
While the governmental monitoring mechanism seems clear, there is no clear mechanism for the 
monitoring from the side of the civil society. There is no information and there are no examples that 
witness active participation of civil society in the monitoring process. It is unclear how mass media, 
associations with experience in the area of anti-corruption or the private sector or business communities 
can influence the process of monitoring of Action Plan implementation. Representatives of civil society 
can only request information from the relevant ministries or state bodies. There is no mechanism for 
verifying the veracity of that information and there is no opportunity for providing feedback. 
The only oversight mechanism which has been created consists of an annual discussion at the Expert 
Council Meeting (November/December) on the fulfilment of the Programme and Action Plan. The 

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information about the measures fulfilled during the reporting period is published on the Agency and the 
governmental web-sites.