The UN-Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) team has seen a big increase in anti-corruption activity across the Pacific in 2015, with 20 workshops and 430 participants.
Partnerships are the hallmark of UN-PRAC and these first six months of the year have brought in many new participants from government, civil society, parliament, youth and the private sector. The July 2015 issue of PRAC’s newsletter shows current efforts with partners to prevent and fight corruption in the region.
The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and UNDP Colombia have launched a guidebook, “Buenas prácticas empresariales de lucha contra la corrupción” (Good Business Practices in the Fight Against Corruption).
The guidebook presents three private sector experiences identified as good practices of transparency for possible replication by other private sector organizations. A chapter in the book discusses a UNDP methodology for choosing such good practices, along with other criteria that allow the adaptation of the methodology to the particular dynamics of the private sector.
Below is an English translation of the guidebook’s Introduction:
“Following the recommendation of the UNCAC on the joint partnership between United Nations agencies with public and private actors, and in order to integrate new key stakeholders in the fight against corruption to fulfill their mission in terms of transparency, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been working together with the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, in the context of a strategic alliance to promote transparency and prevent corruption in the private sector, with the understanding that an institutional culture based on ethics is one of the best antidotes against corruption.
“This document presents three experiences of the private sector, which, after being analyzed, were identified as good practices of transparency, with the possibility of being replicated by other private sector organizations.
“One of the chapters of the document is dedicated to presenting a methodology developed and tested by UNDP, introducing some methodological adjustments to select those initiatives that include, in addition to the features traditionally addressed by UNDP, other criteria that allow the adaptation of the methodology to the particular complexities and dynamics of the private sector.
“Finally, each experience is explained in great detail, including its objective and justification and the initial situation which led to the need to implement the practice. Furthermore, the criteria mentioned in the methodology is verified, the situation after the implementation is described, as well as the lessons learned from the whole process of construction and execution of the exercise.”
Background
UNDP’s Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) is carrying out an ‘Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Anti-Corruption and Governance Integrity in a development context.’ The evaluation will assess the contribution of UNDP’s support to anti-corruption and transparency, accountability and integrity, for the period 2008-2014. The evaluation will be presented to the Executive Board of UNDP in the second regular session of 2016, and provide strategic inputs for strengthening the contribution of anti-corruption and governance integrity policy.
The objectives of the evaluation are to:
The UNDP Independent Evaluation Office is seeking the services of 2 evaluation/research consultants proficient in meta-synthesis methodologies and with prior work experience in governance area. The evaluation/research consultants will carry out meta-synthesis of anti-corruption and governance integrity evaluations carried out by the IEO and UNDP programme units. The consultants will work in close coordination with the IEO.
Duties and Responsibilities
Drawing on the secondary data, review of relevant documents, and evidence from the UNDP evaluations, the consultant will carry out the following tasks: Check the coherence of the evidence in the evaluations assessed, in terms of whether all evaluations include required evidence and that it is of suitable quality;
The consultants will also contribute to the meta-synthesis framework that will be developed by the IEO. The assignment will be home-based, and consultants will work under the supervision of the IEO Evaluation Manager throughout the evaluation. All reports and documents will be produced in English.
In partnership with the Office of the Chief of Government and in coordination with the National Anti-Corruption Authority, UNDP organized a consultation workshop in Tunis on 28-29 July. The event aimed at raising the awareness of key stakeholders, focusing on parliamentarians and civil society representatives, on the need to enhance the existing institutional and legislative framework on asset declarations that was established in 1987; and also to set up effective measures to criminalize and prosecute illicit enrichment. With the support of international and regional experts, participants familiarized themselves with related international standards as well as good practices and lessons learned from comparative experiences. They were also enabled to formulate and exchange views on the proposed bills that were developed by the Government in 2014 with the support of UNDP-ACIAC, with a view to contributing to their enhancement and promoting their adoption and effective implementation.
Organized by: UNDP, in partnership with the Office of the Chief of Government and in coordination with the National Anti-Corruption Authority
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