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A parliamentary commission overseeing the Public Fund for Supporting Civil Society Institutions under the Oliy Majlis has confirmed the winners of the fund’s second state-grant competition for 2026, allocating 540 million soums across six projects focused on preventing corruption and building what organisers describe as a culture of integrity among the population.
The grants were awarded under a broader competition on engaging civil-society institutions in resolving social problems. One thematic strand — studying the factors behind everyday, or household-level, corruption and spreading what the fund calls the “Navoiy experience” — attracted three winning entries, each receiving 100 million soums for a six-month implementation period.
The ‘Navoiy Experience’ Projects
The editorial board of the newspapers Yangi Sirdaryo and Novaya Sirdarya will carry out a project titled “Towards a Corruption-Free Society: Studying Factors of Everyday Corruption and Popularising the Navoiy Experience.” The Young Lawyers Public Association will run a parallel effort to study those same factors and introduce community monitoring mechanisms across regions, drawing on the same Navoiy model. The Navoiy regional social-assistance, legal-advocacy and monitoring centre Noila will focus specifically on construction and utility services, aiming to prevent household-level corruption in those sectors and embed the Navoiy approach in day-to-day practice.
Regional Competitions and Propaganda Strand
Three further projects won funding through competitions run by the fund’s regional branches, all operating under the slogan “Corruption is the enemy of society’s progress.” The news website tezkor-yangiliklar.uz in Bukhara region received 110 million soums for a three-month project called “Integrity Is the Foundation of Progress.” The Mira Health and Development Centre in Navoiy region was awarded 70 million soums for five months to promote transparency and an integrity culture in sports and educational institutions, under the title “Integrity Begins with Sport.” The editorial board of Mingbuloq newspaper in Namangan region received 60 million soums for a six-month project simply titled “Society and Corruption.”
The Anti-Corruption Agency will provide practical assistance to all six winning projects and monitor their results, according to the agency’s information service, which announced the competition outcomes.