DUSHANBE, June 25, Asia-Plus — On Saturday June 23, OSCE Center in Dushanbe held a meeting to strengthen anti-corruption efforts
The meeting discussed issues how to strengthen Tajikistan*s efforts to combat and prevent corruption.
Aleksandr Sodiqov, Senior Press and Public Information Assistant, the OSCE Center in Dushanbe, said that participants had discussed anti-corruption legislation and mechanisms, as well as preventive measures and the prosecution of corruption-related crimes.
*The OSCE sees the struggle against corruption as an integral part of its work to support security and stability in its participating states, as well as promoting economic well-being through a healthy business and investment climate,* said Bess Brown, Economic Officer of the OSCE Center.
She added that the Center plans to support a new state agency that promotes financial control and fights corruption as it develops a program to work effectively.
The meeting, which was part of an OSCE-supported project to develop dialogue between the authorities and civil society, brought together some 70 government officials, representatives of political parties, media and national minorities and members of international and national non-governmental organizations, Sodiqov said.
