4.14 Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan financing, anti-corruption and the transparency of the economic courts system. The PCUz provides assistance in enhancing the capacities of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Central Bank in the implementation of international anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards. Since 2007, the PCUz has provided assistance to the Police Academy under the MIA to improve the Academy’s training potential and to build the capacity of teachers/instructors at the Academy with experts on policing issues from OSCE participating States. Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Police Development and Reform From 5 to 7 April, the PCUz, in co-operation with the Ministry of the Interior (MoI), organized a roundtable discussion in Tashkent for 40 representatives from the MoI, the Parliament, state agencies, media and civil society, as well as a separate two-day training seminar for 25 traffic police officers. These initiatives were within the framework of a joint project aimed at improving the efficiency of traffic safety measures in Uzbekistan. Participants discussed measures Uzbekistan has taken to implement a state programme on traffic safety and ways to strengthen road traffic security. Three experts from Turkey and Serbia shared best practices on traffic management, public awareness campaigns and road safety measures implemented in their countries. Following the roundtable discussion and during the training seminar, officers from the MoI’s Traffic Safety Police Department learned about best practices in enforcing traffic regulations in Turkey and Serbia along with advantages of integrated road systems and new technologies in road safety, including the video control of roads. Anti-Corruption In the area of combating and preventing corruption, the focus of the PCUz in 2016 was on increasing public awareness and promoting zero tolerance towards corruption among the public. With this in mind, the PCUz developed two Public Awareness Raising videos which were widely shown on all national and regional TV channels and shared on social networks. On 21 and 22 April, a PCUz representative participated in two events aimed at boosting the impact of anti-corruption reforms in Eastern Europe and Central Asia organized by the 128 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. The events were a High-Level Meeting of Anti-Corruption Decision-Makers on 21 April and the 20th Steering Group Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) on 22 April. During the events, ACN member countries updated participants on the anti-corruption work in their countries. The Steering Group Meeting also facilitated discussions over support that international organizations provide and could provide to member countries in this area. On 26 and 27 May, the PCUz supported the participation of two representatives of the Ministry of Finance and General Prosecutor’s Office in the Regional Expert Seminar: “Impact of Corruption Prevention Measures at National and Sectorial Level”, which took place in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. The seminar, organized by the Office of the OSCE Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OECD’s ACN, brought together about 50 anticorruption decision-makers and practitioners from Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia in charge of the development, implementation and impact measurement of corruption prevention measures, as well as civil society organizations. The seminar provided the opportunity to discuss topics including the impact of corruption prevention measures at the national and sectorial level, and prevention of corruption in education, prevention of corruption in the extractive/resource industry. The support was provided in the framework of the PCUz project “Support to combating and preventing corruption in Uzbekistan”. From 20 to 24 June, the PCUz supported the participation of a Prosecutor General’s Office representative, representing the Uzbek focal point on the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), in the 7th Session of UNCAC Implementation Review Group Meetings. During the meetings, the 178 attendees discussed results of the first cycle of UNCAC implementation review and the future outlook to the second cycle of monitoring, where the role of civil society is expected to be enhanced significantly.