PURPOSE OF THE CENTER

The purpose of the Сenter is to carry out educational, teaching-methodical and scientific-research activities in the direction of fighting corruption.

DUTIES OF THE CENTER

The main tasks of the center are:

improving the skills of prosecutors, law enforcers, state bodies and other organizations in the field of combating corruption, deepening their professional knowledge and skills in this regard;

organization of training sessions, seminars, roundtable discussions, training and other events for employees of state bodies and other organizations, economic management bodies, on prevention and fight against it;

organizing and conducting fundamental, scientific, practical and innovative research aimed at preventing and eliminating corruption;

development of scientifically based conclusions and recommendations on the improvement of legislation in the field of combating corruption and the formation of the practice of applying the uniform law in this field;

implementation of measures aimed at ensuring the compliance of the provisions of the UN Convention against Corruption and other international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of combating corruption with the national legislation;

assistance in the implementation of the recommendations of the Istanbul Action Plan of the Eastern European and Central Asian countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to fight against corruption;

participation in the development and implementation of state programs and other programs in the field of combating corruption;

implementation of tasks assigned to improve the position of the Republic of Uzbekistan in international rankings and indexes in the field of fighting corruption, including scientific and practical analysis and research in this regard, etc.

Tursunbekov Hudayberdi
		Head of the Scientific-educational centre for combating corruption, counsellor of justice. Email: x.tursunbekov@proacademy.uz

H. Tursunbekov began his professional career in 2008 as an investigator-trainee at the district prosecutor’s office and went on to serve as an investigator of the district prosecutor’s office, senior investigator for especially important cases of the department for Combating economic crimes and corruption of the regional prosecutor’s office, and senior prosecutor of the directorate for combating organized crime and corruption of the General prosecutor’s office.

In 2022, he was awarded the commemorative medal “30 years of the prosecutor’s office of Uzbekistan”.

He participates in the following projects and initiatives:

member of the Secretariat of the Informal Network on asset recovery of Western and Central Asian countries (ARIN–WCA);

member of the Expert group under the anti-corruption Agency;

member of the Public council under the Committee of the Legislative chamber of the Oliy Majlis on combating corruption and judicial-legal issues;

member of the Supervisory board of the project “Improving public administration in Uzbekistan: an inclusive approach to preventing corruption”.

Borsiyeva Zamirat Khasanbekovna
		Senior prosecutor of the Scientific-educational center for combating corruption, junior counselor of justice. Email: z.borsieva@proacademy.uz

She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Implementation of the state’s anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

She has made significant contributions to academic research, publishing over 50 scientific articles, 1 monograph, and 6 practical-methodological manuals.

Her publications cover various topics such as “International law”, “Human rights” (2017), “International organization law”, “Medical law”, and “International criminal law”, “Children’s rights”, “Human rights” (2024).

For conscientious and exemplary performance of official duties, He was awarded with a commemorative specific badge “25^th anniversary of the independency of the Republic of Uzbekistan» in 2017, “30 years for the prosecutor’s office of Uzbekistan” in 2022.

Member of the Expert group under the anti-corruption Agency.

Zufarova Shahnoza
		Senior prosecutor of the Scientific-educational center for combating corruption, lawyer of the 1st class. Email: s.zufarova@proacademy.uz

Sh.Zufarova began her career at the Academy in 2018 as a prosecutor of the center for scientific-practical and innovative research on Legal problems and training of scientific personnel. In the period 2021-2022 worked as head of the department of international relations.

Achievements in work:

For her contribution to the development of international cooperation in 2021, Sh.Zufarova was awarded the Commemorative jubilee medal of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General of the states-parties to the Commonwealth of independent states “25 years of the CIS KSGP”.

Member of the expert group under the anti-corruption Agency.

Safarov Temur Uktamovich
		Prosecutor at the Scientific-educational center for combating corruption, lawyer of the 1st class, PhD in Law. Email: t.u.safarov@proacademy.uz

From 2017 to 2024, he held various positions within the system of the Ministry of justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In 2023–2024, he completed advanced training at the Mohammed bin Rashid school of Government (UAE) within the framework of the “Young leaders of Uzbekistan” program.

He holds the status of an international auditor for ISO 37001 “Anti-corruption management systems” and is a lead auditor (IRCA) for ISO 9001 “Quality management systems”.

Member of the working group of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis on raising legal awareness and legal culture among the population and civil servants, and on fostering an atmosphere of zero tolerance towards corruption in society.

Member of the seminar under the Academic council for the awarding of academic degrees of the Academy.

In 2022, he was awarded the commemorative badge “30 Years of the Ministry of justice”.

Author of 1 monograph, 2 teaching manuals, 1 brochure, and more than 30 scientific articles on combating corruption, also co-author of the textbook “International law enforcement organizations.

Ahmadov Alimardon Akhmadovich
		Prosecutor at the Scientific-educational center for combating corruption, counsellor of justice. Сurrently working on his doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Improving the institutional framework for the illicit asset recovery”. Email: a.ahmadov@proacademy.uz

He began his professional career in the prosecution authorities in 2007, serving in the Department under the General Prosecutor’s office, the Tashkent city prosecutor’s office, as well as in various positions within the system of the General Prosecutor’s office.

He is a co-author of the methodological guide “Prosecutorial supervision over the implementation of legislation in the sphere of ensuring safety, use and expenditure of energy resources” and the author of scientific articles.

He was awarded the commemorative badge “25 years of independence of Uzbekistan”.

He currently serves as acting coordinator of the Secretariat of the Inter-Agency asset recovery network of Western and Central Asian States (ARIN-WCA).