ACAs capacities for developing and monitoring the implementation of AC

Strategies and Action Plans

Francesco Checchi,Anti-Corruption Policy Specialist

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

The tasks of preventive ACAs in relation to AC Strategies

Anti corruption policy formulation

Development of Implementation

plans

Coordinating the implementation of

preventive policies

Monitoring the implementation of

anti corruption policies

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Anti Corruption

Policies

Other necessary functions

Conducting Diagnostic and research Promoting international cooperation and

mainstreaming the international standardsDisseminating knowledgeEnhancing civil society participation in the fight

against corruptionDevelopment and implementation of corruption

risk and integrity assessments

AC strategies and action plans, a special challenge

Corruption a complex phenomenon National capacity in this area is often scattered

among different agencies No dedicated academic discipline of “anti-

corruption,” while the totality of knowledge required spans many different disciplines

Anti-corruption policies often developed or revised to meet international obligations

New anti corruption activities under development (eg. anti corruption in sectors)

UNDP CD frameworkCapacities at three levels

Enabling environment

Organizational Level

Individual level

Policy formulation; development of the action plan

Role of the preventive ACAs: raising awareness, engaging, coordinating, steering

EE: Positioning and Coordination framework, enabling exchange of information among stakeholders.

Org: structure, internal division of responsibilities/ functions and business processes enable to gather information from the stakeholders, to analyze and to formulate policy options

Ind: Capacity among staff to do research, review and formulate policy documents – monitoring frameworks

Ind: Existing sectoral specialization of staff in specific sectors.Capacity to outsource

ORG level: From the AC strategy to individual work plans

Coordinating and Monitoring the implementation (of the action plan) EE: capacity to coordinate/monitor – with the agencies implementing the

plan and promoting coordination among other agencies

You need: authority and positioning within the national integrity system – independence – capacity to engage stakeholders

(Formal and informal elements) (UNCAC Art 6!)

What does it entails for the other agencies? substantial changes in an institution’s day-to-day operations, new organizational arrangements, procedures, instruments, and new

knowledge/technical capacitieschange management

> ACA: monitoring relater to awareness raising and training requested to participate in drafting policy implementation guidelines for the

various agencies implementing the anti-corruption action plan

Coordinating and Monitoring the implementation

(of the action plan)Org: structure, functions and business processes enable to:

gather information from a range of Stakeholders, process inputs received from various sources; communicating with other agencies

> interface (focal points)> timeline – procedures – work plans > division of responsibilities > ICT means – databases> outsourcing (partnerships)

Ind: RBM, capacity to develop and implement an effective monitoring methodology, including guidelines on reporting and quality control; design and development of data collection tools, actual data collection, capacity to analyze data; capacity to draft meaningful reports.

Evaluation (of the strategy)

Impact ?Less corruption ? Anti corruption system improved? More transparency?

The missing link (who does evaluation?)

How? combining a series of sources of various type (statistical analysis, perception and experience surveys)

Capacities:

EE:

capacity to promote the evaluation (awareness raising)

Training – engagement - non state actors (civil society and NGOs, business)

ORG: Time – network for the organization of consultation

Shortcomings – problems 1) positioning and authority

2) resources and internal processes

(time – HR – financial)

3) Technical capacities (lack of training – low salaries – deficient edu system)

Methodology for capacity assessment of anti corruption agencies

Thank you!

website:http://europeandcis.undp.org/anticorruption

Francesco Checchi,UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre Francesco.checchi@undp.org