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The AZPAC project
started on 30 September 2007 and
will last 24 months. The project is
supported by the USAID and
implemented by the Council of
Europe. In recent years, the
government of Azerbaijan undertook a
number of important steps in the
fight against corruption. The
country ratified the Council of
Europe’s Criminal and Civil Law
Conventions against Corruption in
2004, and joined the Council’s Group
of States against Corruption (GRECO)
in June 2004.
Despite these steps, corruption
remains a serious concern for the
people of Azerbaijan The authorities
of the Republic of Azerbaijan
acknowledged that corruption is a
priority issue requiring
comprehensive and serious
countermeasures this project will
assist Azerbaijan’s anti-corruption
efforts based on the following
components:
1. Support the improvement of the strategic anti-corruption framework in
line with GRECO recommendations;
2. Support the improvement of the draft laws/amendments to domestic
legislation elaborated in
cooperation with relevant partner
institutions and benchmarking
against international standards in
the fight against corruption and
efficient implementation of the
relevant legislative framework;
3. Support the establishment of a network and system to prevent the use
of the financial system for money
laundering and terrorism financing
purposes and enable the authorities
of Azerbaijan to cooperate
nationally and internationally in
fighting money laundering and
terrorism financing in accordance
with European and international
standards;
4. Enhance the capacities for the prevention of corruption through
micro-system studies and through
institutionalizing efficient
management of ethics’ provisions and
conflict of interest in the public
service;
AZPAC Project is supported by
the
United States Agency for
International Development
Activities
Training on Performance Evaluation
for the Civil Servants of Azerbaijan
[3
October 2008, Strasbourg] The
Council of Europe organised a
training, within the framework of
the AZPAC Project, on Performance
Evaluation for the Civil Servants of
Azerbaijan on 15-16 September
2008 in Baku. It aimed at assessing
and reviewing the draft Civil
Service Commission Regulations for
Evaluating the Performance of Civil
Servants (PES). Following this even
an expert opinion on the
above-mentioned draft Regulations
was provided.
 Link
to
Agenda (in English)
Awareness raising seminar
against money laundering and
financing of terrorism in Azerbaijan
[18
July, Strasbourg] With the
support of the Government of
Azerbaijan (the Commission on
Combating Corruption) and the U.S.
Agency for International Development
(USAID), the U.S. Department of
Justice and the Council of Europe
held a public awareness seminar
against money laundering and
financing of terrorism in Azerbaijan
on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 in the
Hyatt Meeting and Conference Center
in Baku. The seminar was designed to
increase citizens’ and government
awareness of these issues and to
promote the adoption of appropriate
legislation by Milli Majlis
(Parliament of Azerbaijan).
Link
to
Agenda in
English
Link
to
Media Advisory in English
Regional Workshops on Anti-corruption Strategy
and Action Plan
[13 March
2008, Strasbourg] Within the framework of the
AZPAC Project, the Council of Europe organised four
events on introducing the Anti-corruption Strategy and
Action Plan, approved by Presidential decree in 2007, in
four different regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Sheki
17 March 2008, Ganja 18 March 2008, Yevlah 10 April
2008, and Lakeron 14 May 2008.
The activities’ aim is to increase public awareness in
different regions of the country on reforms and
commitments undertaken by the Government of Azerbaijan
and its various Government agencies in combating
corruption
 Agenda
in Sheki on 17 March 2008
Agenda
in Ganja on 18 March 2008
Workshop on the new Anti-corruption
Strategy and Action Plan
[21
February 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan]
The first public awareness activity
introducing the new Anti-corruption
Strategy and Action Plan of the
Government of Azerbaijan took place on 21 February 2008 at the
Hotel Ambassador in Baku within the
framework of the AZPAC Project
(“Support to the Anticorruption
Strategy of Azerbaijan”)
 Link to
Agenda
(in English)
Link
to
Media Advisory
The
Workshop on Drafting and Assessment
of Training Needs
[31
January 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan]
The workshop was held on 31 January
2008 in presence of 80
representatives of all relevant
Government agencies dealing with
human resources. It was opened by
the Civil Service Commission
chairman, Mr Bahram Khalilov, and
was followed by the fruitful
discussion and presentation of the
Council of Europe expert on
international standards and
practice, public awareness and
mechanisms for
monitoring enforcement of ethical
conduct rules in government
agencies. The comprehensive Action
Plan on three trainings for the
civil servants will be developed by
the Council of Europe expert
covering period February – May 2008.
Link
to
Agenda
The AZPAC Project Start-up
conference
 [10
December 2007, Baku, Azerbaijan]
The AZPAC Project Start-up
conference took place on 10 December
2007 in hotel “Hyatt Regency” in
Baku. It brought together high level
representatives of the executive,
judicial and legislative authorities
of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
representatives of the civil society
and media, international
organizations and Embassies in order
to present the Project’s objectives,
outputs and its workplan.
A Memorandum of Understanding was
signed between the Head of
Administration of Republic of
Azerbaijan and Head of the
Commission on Combating Corruption,
Mr Ramiz Mehdiyev and Director of
the Technical Cooperation Department
of the CoE, Mr Giovanni Palmieri in
presence of USAID Country
Coordinator Mr Scott Taylor on the
commitment for the implementation of
the AZPAC Project
Link
to
Agenda
Link
to Media Advisory
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