OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2014. Kazakh Agency for Public Service and Anti-Corruption will begin to study the situation for the presence of corruption risks in the Ministry of Investment and Development in January.

The first meeting of the Public Council session under Kazakh Agency for Public Service and Anti-Corruption has been held today. Deputies, representatives of non-governmental organisations and the National Chamber of entrepreneurs took part in the work.

Chairman of the Agency Kairat Kozhamzharov noted that the work on analyzing and identifying corruption risks is switched to systematic manner for the first time, as a result the Agency has created relevant department. Created anti-corruption education and public interaction department will coordinate efforts to improve public awareness of corruption and involvement of citizens in the projects of the Agency.

Specialists of the anti-corruption service are starting to study the situation in the Ministry of Investment and Development and its territorial divisions together with the staff of this department from January 2015.

In addition Kairat Kozhamzharov said that integrated information system "E-kyzmet" will be put into operation in 2015, the use of this system will minimize corruption in the appointment and promotion of civil servants.