Ethics commissioner

1. Ethics Commissioner is a civil servant who carries out activities to ensure compliance with the norms of official ethics and prevention of violations of the legislation on public service, anti-corruption and the Code of Ethics of Civil Servants of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Code of Ethics), as well as advising civil servants and citizens within their functions.

2. The Ethics Commissioner is guided in his activities by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015 "On Public Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan", November 18, 2015 "On Combating Corruption", the Code of Ethics, this Regulation, as well as other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

An independent position of ethics commissioner is introduced in central state bodies (with the exception of law enforcement and special state bodies, as well as the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan) with territorial divisions or territorial divisions of departments, foreign institutions, as well as in the offices of akims of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital.

In state bodies that do not have territorial divisions or territorial divisions of departments (with the exception of law enforcement and special state bodies, as well as the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan), departments and territorial divisions of central state bodies, territorial divisions of departments of central state bodies, foreign institutions, audit commissions, offices of akims of cities of regional significance, districts, In cities, the functions of the ethics commissioner are assigned to employees of these State bodies.

The functions of the Ethics Commissioner are assigned to a civil servant who holds a managerial position, as well as who has gained recognition and respect in the team.

3. Persons holding an independent position of an ethics commissioner coordinate and carry out methodological guidance of ethics commissioners of departments and territorial divisions, foreign institutions, local executive bodies of district levels included in the structure of these state bodies, and report to the executive secretary of the central executive body, and in the absence of responsible secretaries or specified officials – to the head of the staff of the state body or a person who has the right to appoint and dismiss from office.