WHY ANTI-CORRUPTION MATTERS?

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WHY ANTI-CORRUPTION MATTERS?
PHIL MATSHEZA GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION ADVISER, UNDP
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Why Anti-corruption in the water Sector?

• Criticism of the traditional approach to
  fighting corruption
• Basic service delivery - one of the areas where
  corruption mostly occurs
• There is a lot of work still to be done
• Lack of sectoral assessments
• Little systemisation of good practices and
  lessons learned
• Few programmes addressing the issue
• The value added of addressing corruption in the
  water sector
• Utilization of sector expertise and AC expertise
• Improved service delivery
• More transparent and accountable governments

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UNDPs Approach

• Corruption a major bottleneck to the achievement
  of MDGs e.g. access to water
• Sectoral approach to accelerate MDGs achievement
• UNDPs sectoral studies in education, health and
  water sectors
• Putting theory into practice launch of UNDPs
  sectoral initiative

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Make things as simple as possible, but no
simpler.-Albert Einstein
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High risks, high return
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What does UNDP offer?
Advisory support, partnership - 3 pilot projects
in the water sector
Knowledge Tools and Methodologies
Inception training on integrating anti-corruption
lens
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UNDPs support to sectoral approach

• 20 UNDP Country Offices in all regions receive
  support from UNDP
• Regional study on the impact of accountability in
  the water sector in Latin America
• Online Training on Water Integrity (Virtual
  School and WIN)
• Support from the government, donors, partners

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Results as of today

• Corruption risk assessments completed in almost
  all selected countries
• Mitigation plans being developed
• Some countries already have results

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Next Steps

• Implementation of mitigation plans
• Results and Impact
• Up-scaling the projects
• Ensuring sustainability
• Partnerships
• Linkages with other programmes

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Transparency and accountability of the Rural
Administrative Associations of Aqueducts (ASADAS)
in Costa Rica

• Video -
• ASADAS Primer Corte on Vimeo

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Together we have high chances to succeed
Thank You!