Toraighyrov University became the first organization in Pavlodar region and the second university in the country to implement the international standard of the anti-corruption management system ISO 37001:2016.  The university has been accredited by CERT International (Slovakia).

 

Today, the university hosted an official certificate ceremony, which was attended by Konstantin Pavlov, the head of CERT International in Kazakhstan, Darkhan Kurakbaev, the head of the department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Pavlodar region , Gulbaram Naurazbayeva, the chairperson of the Pavlodar regional organization of the Kazakhstan branch trade union of education and science workers,  Nurgul Kairdenova,head  of the branch of the Republican public association "Adildik Zholy" in Pavlodar ,Lyudmila Pak, head of the branch of the "Association of HR of Kazakhstan".

The director of the branch of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Pavlodar region Gulnara Isenova was an external consultant and expert in this process.

  - For me and for the entire staff of our university, the presentation of this document was a great victory.  The process of preparing for certification took almost six months.  All this time, the university has been rebuilding business processes, developing and implementing new documents and regulations.  In addition, part of the ToU employees took a course in studying the anti-corruption management system.  We had to make a lot of effort to confirm compliance with the international standard.  Its implementation will give us the opportunity to detect and prevent acts of corruption, - said the rector of the university, Yerkin Sadykov.

It should be noted that in February 2022, by decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Concept of the Anti-Corruption Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022-2026 was approved, in which the international standard of the anti-bribery management system ISO 37001:2016 is one of the key indicators.