Bratislava 29 March 2011

The Social Media for Anti-Corruption: presentation of examples for the region

Marco FuciliAnti-Corruption Sub Practice

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

UNDP BRC, Anti-Corruption sub-practice

1. Social Media for Anti-Corruption: - key players and relations - the added value - ongoing discussions2. Examples 3. The engagement with the public sector

Table of contents

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1. Social media for Anti-Corruption – Key players and relations

CSO People

Social Media

Gov’t

empowering

Social Monitoring on:

AccountabilityTransparencyIntegrity

ParticipationInclusivenes

s

IncreasingEffectiveness

of Policy Makingand

Service Delivery

dialog

uedialogue

Contributing

UNDP BRC, Anti-Corruption sub-practice

1. Social media for Anti-Corruption – the added value

- Empowers and Mobilises people

Strengths Threats

- Connects and Decentralises

- Supports victims, witnesses

and whistleblowers

- Lack of quality of info, data- The initiatives are not able to

push for a change/engage with

Govn’ts

- The most vulnerable are still excluded

- Inadequate environment for institutional and legal

deficiencies

UNDP BRC, Anti-Corruption sub-practice

1) Social media for Anti-Corruption – ongoing discussions

IACC, World Bank, UNDP

(a) The 13th IACC: “Fighting corruption for a sustainable future” and The 14th IACC: “Restoring Trust: global action for transparency”

Outcomes - recommendations for the AC Movement’ Players

- Ensuring the space and the freedom of CSO’s to operate- Supporting the people who are willing to change the rules of

the game- Incorporating citizen mobilisation and empowerment

(b) The WB initiatives: “Open Data” and “Apps for Development”

(c) The UN approach to “Communication for Development”

2. Examples: Supporting victims, witnesses and whistleblowers How to report a bribe? U.S.A. - The Foundation for Ethics in Public Service, Inc

Basic structure type

Monofunctional Platform for citizens reporting on corruption of public officials via:- Web- Phone- Fax

GRASSROOTS

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2. Examples: Supporting victims, witnesses and whistleblowers How to report a bribe? Philippines – The Public Transparency Reporting Project

More structured

Multifunctional Platform:

- Report a Bribe (civil servants)- Forum- Campaigns

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2. Examples: Supporting victims, witnesses and whistleblowers

How to report a bribe ? INDIA - Janaagraha Ngo

More Structured and Focused

Multifunctional Platform:

- Reporting a bribe- Blog- Forum- Ask to the expert- Mapping trends- Campaigns- Video (stories)

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2. Examples: Supporting victims, witnessess and whistleblowers

How to report a bribe? INDIA, eMoksha Ngo

…and facilitatingnetworking among NGOs

MultifunctionalPlatform:

- Reporting a bribe- Mapping trends bysectors (education,police etc..)- Addressingcompetent institutions

The Platform functionsas a comprehensive, unique Portal with adedicated page foreach partner NGO

GRASSROOTS

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2. Examples: Empowering and Mobilising people

Budgeting

(i) Interactive Budget - U.S.A. (Federal Level)

(ii) Participatory Budgeting – in our region (Local Level)

GOV’T

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2. Examples: Mapping Social Media in our region

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3. The engagement with the public sector

How Social Media may complement the public sector action in the fight

against corruption:

(i) as a reliable source of data and information on geographical and

sectorial spread of corruption in public services delivery

(ii) as monitoring tool for the adoption of countermeasures against

corrupted public officials

(iii) as “antennas” on raising legal/institutional issues that need to be

addressed on a participatory basis

(iv) as instrument to redefine on a participatory basis state budgets

and funding

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