Today, the Ministry hosted a meeting of the Commission on Combating Corruption under the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.
First Deputy Minister Ilgizar Zaripov opened the meeting and announced the rules of procedure.
Elvira Ziyatdinova, the leading consultant of the sector on civil service and personnel of the Ministry, responsible for the prevention of corruption and other offenses, made a keynote speech. During her speech, Elvira Ziyatdinova acquainted the meeting participants with the reviews prepared by the Anti-Corruption Policy Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on the anti-corruption measures taken in 2020 by the state authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan and local self-government bodies and the results of supervision over the implementation of anti-corruption legislation.
In particular, she spoke about the results of the 2020 declaration campaign in state and local authorities, interaction with civil society institutions, fulfillment of the requirements and responsibilities established in order to combat corruption (notification of the possibility of a conflict of interest, about the performance of other paid work by employees, about receiving gifts), etc.
“To increase the effectiveness of anti-corruption work, the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan recommended to analyze the effectiveness of measures taken within the framework of anti-corruption programs, to take measures to prevent conflicts of interest and other violations, to strengthen interaction with the media and civil society institutions,” added Elvira Ziyatdinova.
Along with this, she focused on the implementation of anti-corruption policy measures in the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan for the first quarter of this year. “On January 1, the 2021 declaration campaign was launched. To date, 25 employees of the Ministry and 8 heads of subordinate institutions have provided information about their income, expenses, property and property obligations, ‒ said Elvira Ziyatdinova. ‒ We also analyzed the data on relatives and in-laws contained in the questionnaires in order to identify a possible conflict of interest. In addition, the sector received 2 notifications about the implementation of other paid work”.