Thanks to the recently introduced Internal Control Service for Compliance and Anti-Corruption, whose tasks include systematic identification of problems, preliminary review of personnel decisions, analysis of draft documents, identification of conflict of interest risks, control over compliance with anti-corruption requirements, service discipline, and principles of honest governance, the effectiveness of work in this area has increased.

Special attention is being paid to ensuring the transparency of decisions made, preventing corrupt factors, avoiding nepotism, and promoting the principles of meritocracy, where professionalism, competence, and responsibility are the main criteria for career advancement and decision-making on personnel matters.

The identified cases and shortcomings indicate not that problems are being hidden, but that a system is operating that is aimed at timely detection, legal assessment, and elimination of their causes. Appropriate measures are taken for each case: preventive actions are implemented, materials are reviewed by authorized ethics commissions, and steps are taken to reduce conflict of interest risks and increase the transparency of internal processes.

Increasing the openness of the daily administrative activities of the city administration and local offices remains a separate priority. Except in cases directly provided for by legislation, decisions and orders adopted must be as understandable and open to the public as possible.

The main principle of the work is to identify problems, eliminate their causes, and reduce the risk of recurrence. The capital’s administration will continue to strengthen internal control, increase the responsibility of employees in performing their official duties, and develop an open governance system that meets modern requirements.