Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan for

GLOSSARY 
ACN
- Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (also known as Anti-
Corruption Network for Transition Economies) 
AFECC 
- 
Agency for the fight against economic and corruption crime (Financial Police) 
APSA
- 
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Public Service Affairs 
CPI 
- 
Corruption Perception Index (by Transparency International) 
FC&PPC - 
Financial Control and Public Procurement Committee
FIU 
- 
Financial Intelligence Unit 
GDP
- 
Gross Domestic Product 
KZT
- Kazakh Tenge (1 USD = 120 Tenge) 
NGO
- Non Governmental Organisation 
OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSCE
- 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
PEP 
- 
Politically Exposed Persons 

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BACKGROUND 
This monitoring report presents the assessment of the measures taken by the Kazakhstan to 
implement the recommendations for reforming its anti-corruption legislation and institutions received in 
October 2005 under the OECD Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. The report is structured along the 
recommendations: for each recommendation it analyses the taken measures, and assesses the 
implementation as fully, largely, partially or not compliant. The report is structured in three parts:

National Anti-Corruption Policy, Institutions and Enforcement, 

Legislation and criminalisation of corruption and the related money-laundering offence, 

Transparency of the Civil Service. 
The report was prepared by the team of examiners and edited by the OECD Secretariat. The team of 
examiners was led by Daniel Thelesklaf (Financial Integrity Network, Switzerland), and comprised Olena 
Smirnova (Ministry of Justice, Ukraine), Elnur Musayev (General Prosecution Service, Azerbaijan), Jolita 
Vasiliauskaite (Special Investigation Service, Lithuania), and Christopher E. Krafchak (American Bar 
Association / Rule of Law Initiative in Kazakhstan, USA). The OECD Secretariat was represented by Olga 
Savran (Anti-Corruption Division).
The report was prepared on the basis of the answers to the Questionnaire provided by Kazakhstan in 
March 2007 and the information gathered during the on-site visit to Astana and Almaty on 21-25 May 
2007. During the visit, the team of examiners had meetings with several government and public institutions 
involved in the fight against corruption, which were organised by the Kazakh authorities. Examiners 
participated to a panel with foreign missions and representatives of international organisations and 
international financial institutions, which was hosted by the OSCE. Finally, examiners also participated in 
the meeting with non-governmental organisations and business representatives, organised by the Forum of 
Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, (a list of meetings is set out in Annex I).
The draft of the monitoring report was presented for discussion at the meeting of the Istanbul Anti-