Kyrgyz Republic: Strengthening Governance and Anti-Corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic
ADB being a long-standing development partner of Kyrgyz Republic and helping government to achieve inclusive growth and good governance to reduce poverty. The corruption is an area which is globally considered a cause of poverty and also effect growth of private sector development. Promoting good governance and accountability functions in the country will help in achievement of ADB's investments to strengthen private sector for economic growth. The government is requesting ADB's support for the implementation of anti-corruption strategy and through this TA, ADB would be able to further strengthen its engagement with accountability institutions and other development partners who are supporting GOKR in combating corruption. The TA is in line with ADB's operational priority 6: strengthening governance and institutional capacity.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Israr, Anjum
Central and West Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Kyrgyz Republic -
Sector
- Public sector management
| Project Name | Strengthening Governance and Anti-Corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic | ||||
| Project Number | 56347-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Public expenditure and fiscal management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | ADB being a long-standing development partner of Kyrgyz Republic and helping government to achieve inclusive growth and good governance to reduce poverty. The corruption is an area which is globally considered a cause of poverty and also effect growth of private sector development. Promoting good governance and accountability functions in the country will help in achievement of ADB's investments to strengthen private sector for economic growth. The government is requesting ADB's support for the implementation of anti-corruption strategy and through this TA, ADB would be able to further strengthen its engagement with accountability institutions and other development partners who are supporting GOKR in combating corruption. The TA is in line with ADB's operational priority 6: strengthening governance and institutional capacity. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | In 2022, ADB has performed governance assessment (GA) for the Kyrgyz Republic. The assessment team evaluated the performance of multiple public financial management (PFM) country systems, including procurement, along with overall anti-corruption efforts being made by the government. The performance of most of the PFM systems was considered as adequate, though some weaknesses were noted related to procurement, public investment etc. One of the key issues highlighted in the GA was the Transparency International (TI) 2021 Corruption Perception Index, which ranks the Kyrgyz Republic at 144 out of 180 countries and territories assessed, which is significantly lower than 2020 rank of 124 out of 180 countries and territories. Another important issue raised in the GA was the exclusion of procurement done by the joint stock companies, and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the new Public Procurement Law (PPL). The GA suggest an opportunity to develop Chamber of Accounts of Kyrgyz Republic's (COA) capacity to ensure that the procurement activities related to SOEs are audited by the COA, as such audits will help to combat corruption in the country. | ||||
| Impact | The TA is aligned with the following impact: Strengthening control of corruption through effective anti-corruption measures. |
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| Description of Outcome | The TA will have the following outcome: Improved governance through implementation of anti-corruption strategy and participatory audit. The design and monitoring framework is in Attachment 2. Output 1: Facilitate roll-out of the Anti-Corruption Strategyand Action Plans. The TA will provide support for developing the Council's capacity through seminars, workshops, trainings and policy advice to implement the new Anti-Corruption Strategy and Anti-Corruption Action Plan, after approval of the strategy from the President. It will also support the Council in arranging stakeholders' consultation workshops to provide guidance on prioritization and sequencing of policy actions for effective results. Through consultation workshop and seminars, TA will support the government to disseminate and discuss implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy and key actions with development partners and civil society organizations. Output 2: Improved Capacity of Chamber of Audit (COA)to perform Participatory and procurement related Audits and Strengthen Communication with Stakeholders. The TA will support in COA's capacity development to perform participatory audits through trainings, development of procedures and guidance notes for systematic participation of CSOs to perform audit. It will also support in development of guidance notes and trainings to strengthen COA's capacity to regularly perform procurement related audit of public sector entities including majority state owned joint-stock companies and SOEs. In addition, the TA will also provide support to COA for development of communication strategy for effective communication with the stakeholder. Through trainings, this TA will help COA to determine the appropriate channels and patterns of information flows. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Output 1: Facilitate roll-out of the Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plans. Output 2: Improved Capacity of Chamber of Audit (COA) to perform Participatory and procurement related Audits and Strengthen Communication with Stakeholders. |
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| Responsible ADB Officer | Israr, Anjum |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Cabinet of Ministers |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | 17 Nov 2022 to 17 Nov 2022 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 19 Dec 2022 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 23 Dec 2022 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 19 Dec 2022 | - | 19 Dec 2022 | 30 Jun 2024 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 07 Jan 2023 | 0.00 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| National Expert in Governance and Anti-Corruption | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 04 Jan 2023 | 24 Jan 2023 |
| National Participatory and Procurement Audit Expert | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 04 Jan 2023 | 24 Jan 2023 |
| International Expert - Participatory and Procurement Audit | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 04 Jan 2023 | 24 Jan 2023 |
| International Expert in Governance and Anti-Corruption | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 04 Jan 2023 | 24 Jan 2023 |
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