Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan for

Kazakhstan is partially compliant with this recommendation. 
Recommendation 3
Monitor the activities of the Disciplinary Councils with the view to improve their overall 
performance. 
The Disciplinary Councils of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs (DCs) have a specific role in the 
fight against corruption. The DCs were previously under the responsibility of the local authorities. At the 
end of 2005, the DCs were transferred under the responsibility of the Civil Service Agency to increase the 
effectiveness of their activities. In addition, representatives of political parties and civil society were 
included as members of the DCs. 
It is notable that to decrease the potential of corruption in the DCs, in May 2007 a rotation of the 
Chairmen of the DCs was conducted in 13 regions out of 16. 
In October 2005, the Chairman of the Agency approved quarterly reporting to monitor the activities of 
the DCs. Thus since 1 January 2007 the DCs have been obliged every three months to provide the General 
Prosecutor‟s office and the Agency with the new statistics, the form of which was approved by the joint 
order of the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Agency. No less than twice a year the Board of 
the Agency considers the results of the DCs activities and makes mandatory recommendations for 
improvements. 
In accordance with the Action Plan for the Implementation of the State Anti-corruption Programme 
for 2006-2010, twice a year the Agency presents the results of monitoring the activities of DCs to the 
Government and to the Presidential Administration
Public councils were established as a monitoring mechanism for the public. The task of these councils 
is to inform citizens about the decisions of the DCs and their activities and to provide the public with an 
opportunity to provide feedback and recommendations. The chairs of the public councils are elected from 
their members. 
The foregoing measures have increased the effectiveness of the activities of the DCs. But at the same 
time, according to the available statistics on their activities, they are mainly concentrating on corruption 
involving low level public officials and do not consider cases involving high ranking officials. In 2006, 
158 political civil servants were subject to disciplinary proceedings based on the recommendation of DCs, 
in comparison with 1185 administrative civil servants. Only 23 disciplinary cases were considered in 
respect of law enforcement agencies. Out of 1 539 recommendations made by the DCs in 2006, only 8 
decisions were appealed. No information was provided on methodological recommendations based on 
analytical reviews concerning the improvements of DC activity issued by the Agency which were 
disseminated within the DCs.