This document outlines a methodology for assessing the capacity of anti-corruption agencies. It defines corruption prevention and lists the key functions of such agencies, including policy advice, coordination, legislation, international cooperation, research, training, awareness raising, civil society participation, and enforcement. The methodology evaluates agencies' ability to carry out these functions based on their enabling environment, organization, mission/strategy, business processes, and human resource management. It provides guidelines for analyzing agencies' corruption prevention capacities.

1. Capacity Assessment
for Anti-Corruption Agencies
Francesco Checchi, UNDP BRC

2. Why the methodology?
 The area of corruption prevention is not very well defined,
guidance is given by the UNCAC, some good tools
 concretely when you analyze the agencies dealing with
corruption prevention: many different types of agencies with
very different structure, mandate, powers, accountability lines
etc..
the methodology
 systematize what the agencies concretely do and how refers
to the framework of the UNCAC
 Ideas on how the agency should be positioned within the
national integrity system
 how the functions are related to each other
 it gives guidance for designing the capacity assessment

3. Methodology for Assessment of
Corruption Prevention Agencies
 Adapt the capacity Assessment Framework to the Agencies for
prevention of corruption. What is corruption prevention?
 Definition of corruption prevention (UNCAC chapter 2):
 - Preventive AC policies and practices
 - Preventive AC Body or Bodies
 - Public Sector
 - Codes of conduct for public officials
 - Public Procurement and Management of Public Finances
 - Public Reporting
 - Measures relating to the judiciary and prosecution services
 - Private sector
 - Participation of society

4. Methodology
 What the agencies concretely do
 Policy advice:
 Formulation of anti-corruption strategies and related action
plans and proposal of amendments. The strategy and the
amendments are proposed to the executive; depending on
the various systems also the legislative can play a role for the
approval of the documents.
 Monitoring of the implementation of the strategy (reports to
the executive)

5.  Coordination:
 Coordination of the activities for implementation of the
strategies and action plans;
 Maintaining and establishing cooperation and coordination
with other state bodies as necessary in order to carry out the
functions of the agency.
 Preparing or reviewing anti-corruption legislation (in
cooperation with other competent bodies)
 Monitoring implementation of legislation, provide opinions and
clarification on the application of the legislation

6.  Drafting (or giving advice), reviewing, monitoring the
implementation of administrative regulations and public
employment rules
 -participates in the drafting of codes of ethics in private and
public sector
 Implementing international standards:
 Proposing to Government the adoption and implementation of
anti-corruption international standards and instruments;
 Monitoring the implementation of recommendations of
international organizations and international treaties and
offering recommendations on how to fulfill them.

7.  International cooperation:
 promoting and managing cooperation with the respective
bodies of foreign states and with international actors.
 Conducting research on corruption:
 Conducting corruption-related surveys;
 Analyzing and elaborating statistical data on corruption;
 Assessing the risk of corruption in existing systems and
legislation;
 Assessing the presence of corruption;
 Issue reports on the research carried out

8.  Trainings:
 Organizing trainings, seminars, workshops and other forms of
training for officials working in corruption prevention as well
as in bodies competent for detecting and prosecuting
corruption and other types of crime.
 Education / awareness raising:
 Organization of promotional and educational campaigns for
increasing of the level of public awareness of corruption
problem (causes and consequences), the rights of the citizens
and the duties of the public administration, how to denounce
corruption

9.  Enhancing civil society participation in the fight against
corruption:
 Receiving reports and denounces of corruption from the
citizens
 Developing systems and policies promoting transparency and
accountability of the public sector
 Reaching out, consulting and cooperating with civil society
organizations for corruption prevention and education against
corruption

10.  Enforcement of administrative regulations and legislation
 Some of the agencies for corruption prevention have
administrative investigation and enforcement powers and carry
out the related operational activities.
 Mostly the agencies operate in the following fields. :
 - Monitoring Declaration of assets (collecting and analyzing the
declarations);
 - Collecting and monitoring (by other means) information on the
financial status of legally defined categories of public officials;
 - Control over the gifts received by public officials
 - Monitoring the respect of the legislation on conflict of interest
 - Monitoring the respect of the rules on procurement and the
entities participating in public tenders
 - Control of income and property of political parties and other
associations
 - Conducting Administrative investigations relating to disciplinary
actions against civil servants.

11.  Self assessment : evaluating the performance of the agency
and assessing results and related reporting (Performance
measurement systems)

12.  Methodology provides guidelines to assess the capacity of the
agencies to carry out the functions described
 Capacity Levels
enabling environment level and organizational level (not at
the individual level)
 Core issues
Mission and strategy – business processes – human resources
management
 Methodology base for specific assessments

13.  Thank you