As Uzbekistan seeks to attract more foreign investment, the
government has recently introduced a number of anti-corruption
reforms. The draft of the first law "On counteracting
corruption", which entered into force in January 2017, sets
out the framework for counteracting corruption and establishes an
inter-departmental anti-corruption commission headed by the
Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan. In February 2017, the President
approved the Anti-corruption Program 2017-2018, which will
introduce further changes to the legislation, as well as adopt new
laws on "civil service", "public-private
partnership", "public procurement" and others. We
expect to see significant changes in both the legislative framework
and in the enforcement practice in the coming years.
