Azerbaijan has recently introduced amendments to the Law on Combatting Corruption which incorporates new provisions related to corruption risk assessment and management in state institutions. In support of these legislative reforms, an online workshop was organised to introduce the Council of Europe’s National Corruption Risk Mapping Methodology to members of the Working Group for Corruption Risk Assessment under the Commission on Combatting Corruption, represented by state institutions and independent experts, as well as the Ministry of Justice. The online workshop was held in two remote sessions one week apart and brought together 35 participants.
The workshop presented the core of the Methodology which is designed to identify sectors at higher risk of corruption as a basis for further in-depth institutional corruption risk assessments and targeted mitigation efforts with a focus on selected priority areas.
Additionally, the workshop featured the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders involved in the corruption risk mapping process. The participants further gained insights from best practices and challenges experienced throughout the application of the Methodology. The workshop provided national authorities with valuable guidance for shaping their further actions in the corruption risk assessment and management process.
This event is part of the European Union and the Council of Europe joint programme “Partnership for Good Governance”, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe, in the framework of the project on “Preventing and fighting economic crime in Azerbaijan”.
