This document discusses the importance of conducting an integrity vulnerability assessment in Tajikistan's water sector. Corruption in the water sector puts public health and livelihoods at risk, as water infrastructure has deteriorated and waterborne diseases are prevalent. An assessment is needed to collect empirical evidence on corruption's causes and impacts in order to inform effective anti-corruption reforms. The document proposes a "Sector Integrity Vulnerability Assessment" approach to map corruption risks, identify warning signs, gather evidence on critical issues, and establish monitoring. It also outlines lessons from other countries that stakeholder engagement, national ownership, and enabling environments are key to the success and sustainability of integrity reforms.
The Water Governance Programme advises governments on water policies through multi-stakeholder engagement and evidence-based analysis. Since 2009, it has produced benchmarks and peer reviews to promote effective water governance. Key milestones include designing the OECD Principles on Water Governance in 2015, which provide 12 guidelines for governments, and developing indicators to track implementation of the Principles.
The document summarizes issues around water, sanitation, and hygiene coverage and quality in Latin America. It notes that over 1 million people in Mexico State lack access to potable water, and half of children in Argentina are at risk of lack of clean water. Coverage of sanitation and water services is low in the Andean Amazonian region, with 61% lacking water access and 70% lacking sanitation access. The document also discusses efforts by WSP to scale up sanitation and hygiene programs and create local sanitation markets in countries like Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Bolivia.
A survey of water governance in 48 Asia Pacific countries found that while most countries have overarching water policy frameworks and coordination mechanisms in place, limited implementation of water policies occurs due to gaps in human resources and funding. Few countries have dedicated policies for water-related disasters, water quality preservation, or use economic instruments to manage water resources. Data and monitoring are also insufficient, hampering evaluation of water policies. Key recommendations include strengthening implementation and monitoring of water policies, adopting instruments to manage trade-offs, addressing capacity and data gaps, and further developing stakeholder engagement and integrity practices.
This document discusses corruption risks in the water sector and provides examples. It begins by distinguishing between grand corruption, which involves larger sums but is less frequent, and petty corruption, which is more frequent but involves smaller sums. The document then notes that corruption risks depend on the water sub-sector, stage of service delivery, and types of actors involved. An exercise follows that maps potential corruption risks across water supply and sanitation, water resource management, and irrigation sub-sectors based on public-public, public-private, and public-consumer "interfaces". The document concludes by noting corruption in the water sector hurts the poor the most.
Este proyecto busca evaluar el estado de la democracia en Chile a travĂŠs de un proceso participativo e inclusivo. Se desarrollaron indicadores en tres ĂĄreas: partidos polĂticos, sistema electoral y rĂŠgimen polĂtico. Para 2011, se validarĂĄn estos indicadores, se realizarĂĄ una encuesta nacional y foros regionales, y se redactarĂĄ un informe final sobre la democracia chilena al bicentenario del paĂs.
The Water Governance Programme advises governments on water policies through multi-stakeholder engagement and evidence-based analysis. Since 2009, it has produced benchmarks and peer reviews to promote effective water governance. Key milestones include designing the OECD Principles on Water Governance in 2015, which provide 12 guidelines for governments, and developing indicators to track implementation of the Principles.
The document summarizes issues around water, sanitation, and hygiene coverage and quality in Latin America. It notes that over 1 million people in Mexico State lack access to potable water, and half of children in Argentina are at risk of lack of clean water. Coverage of sanitation and water services is low in the Andean Amazonian region, with 61% lacking water access and 70% lacking sanitation access. The document also discusses efforts by WSP to scale up sanitation and hygiene programs and create local sanitation markets in countries like Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Bolivia.
A survey of water governance in 48 Asia Pacific countries found that while most countries have overarching water policy frameworks and coordination mechanisms in place, limited implementation of water policies occurs due to gaps in human resources and funding. Few countries have dedicated policies for water-related disasters, water quality preservation, or use economic instruments to manage water resources. Data and monitoring are also insufficient, hampering evaluation of water policies. Key recommendations include strengthening implementation and monitoring of water policies, adopting instruments to manage trade-offs, addressing capacity and data gaps, and further developing stakeholder engagement and integrity practices.
This document discusses corruption risks in the water sector and provides examples. It begins by distinguishing between grand corruption, which involves larger sums but is less frequent, and petty corruption, which is more frequent but involves smaller sums. The document then notes that corruption risks depend on the water sub-sector, stage of service delivery, and types of actors involved. An exercise follows that maps potential corruption risks across water supply and sanitation, water resource management, and irrigation sub-sectors based on public-public, public-private, and public-consumer "interfaces". The document concludes by noting corruption in the water sector hurts the poor the most.
Este proyecto busca evaluar el estado de la democracia en Chile a travĂŠs de un proceso participativo e inclusivo. Se desarrollaron indicadores en tres ĂĄreas: partidos polĂticos, sistema electoral y rĂŠgimen polĂtico. Para 2011, se validarĂĄn estos indicadores, se realizarĂĄ una encuesta nacional y foros regionales, y se redactarĂĄ un informe final sobre la democracia chilena al bicentenario del paĂs.
This document summarizes a session on conducting a risk opportunity mapping study on water sanitation and hygiene (WSS) in Uganda to address corruption issues. It describes the purpose of a vulnerability assessment to identify areas within an organization that may be vulnerable to abuse. It provides an overview of Uganda's water sector including rural and urban supply managed by various entities. The methodology for Uganda's study included a desk review and stakeholder interviews to develop a corruption risk map. The map analyzed macro-level national integrity issues and sector-specific risks within water institutions. Findings identified weaknesses in regulatory independence, procurement practices, and human/financial capacity. Discussion focused on adapting the approach to other country contexts.
This document discusses mapping corruption risks in water licensing processes in Kazakhstan. It begins by explaining why water licensing is important for water resource management as licenses determine access to and use of water. It then discusses why mapping corruption risks in licensing is useful for reform efforts.
The document outlines the methodology used to map risks in Kazakhstan which involved interviews and observations. It identifies four main risk areas in Kazakhstan's licensing system: the application process, license content, bidding procedures, and enforcement.
Finally, it discusses lessons learned around using corruption risk mapping to inform policy and the importance of monitoring integrity indicators over time to evaluate risk areas.
Financial sustainability and affordability of WASH services: Indicator propos...IRC
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This document proposes indicators for monitoring the financial sustainability and affordability of WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services post-2015. It outlines two proposed financial sustainability indicators measuring revenue coverage of costs and balance of costs and infrastructure investment. It also proposes a single affordability indicator measuring population spending below 3% of the poverty line on WASH. The document discusses challenges in measuring and interpreting these indicators at a global level and aligning global and national monitoring needs.
Presentation with background and case studies on corruption in the water and sanitation sector. The presentation was developed by John Butterworth as part of the work of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre for the Water Integrity Network.
The document outlines the World Bank's strategy to strengthen engagement on governance and anti-corruption. It identifies mechanisms to build transparent and accountable institutions, improve monitoring of corruption in World Bank projects, and take a harmonized approach with other development partners. Key elements of the strategy include addressing governance issues and corruption at the project, country, and global levels.
This document provides an introduction to preventing corruption in the water and sanitation sector. It begins with key definitions of transparency, integrity, accountability, and corruption. It then examines statistics on corruption, poverty, and water/sanitation coverage in 10 countries. Various frameworks for understanding corruption are presented, including where it occurs between public officials, private actors, and consumers. Case studies from India, Cambodia, Colombia, and other countries demonstrate strategies that have been used to reduce corruption, such as report cards, freedom of information laws, and public-private partnerships. The document concludes with discussing pro-poor anti-corruption strategies and the importance of diagnosing, targeting, connecting solutions, mitigating harm, and monitoring anti-corruption programs
This document provides an introduction to preventing corruption in the water and sanitation sector. It begins with key definitions of transparency, integrity, accountability, and corruption. It then examines statistics on corruption, poverty, and water/sanitation coverage in 10 countries. Various frameworks for understanding corruption are presented, including where it occurs between public officials, private actors, and consumers. Case studies from India, Cambodia, Colombia, and other countries demonstrate strategies that have been used to reduce corruption, such as report cards, freedom of information laws, and public-private partnerships. The document concludes with discussing pro-poor anti-corruption strategies and the importance of diagnosing, targeting, connecting solutions, mitigating harm, and monitoring anti-corruption programs
This document discusses various tools for measuring corruption from theoretical and practical perspectives. It describes experts' assessments, composite indices, sample surveys on experiences of corruption, and service delivery surveys as common approaches. Experts' assessments are relatively inexpensive but rely on individual perceptions, while composite indices synthesize different data but may lack policy-making usefulness. Sample surveys can investigate how corruption occurs and its impacts, targeting individuals, businesses, or civil servants. Service delivery surveys give consumers a voice and provide unambiguous data for monitoring reforms over time. Other examples discussed are the Council of Europe's comprehensive monitoring approach.
Part 1 Water safety plans explained: What they are and how you can get involvedInternational WaterCentre
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Water Safety Plans (WSPs) are risk management processes for drinking water suppliers to ensure safe water quality. WSPs involve assembling a team to develop the plan, assessing the water supply system to identify hazards, determining control measures to mitigate risks, and creating an improvement plan. They can be applied to various water supply systems, including major city water as well as rural and community-managed systems. Different organizations, such as governments, donors, NGOs and academia can support WSPs.
Corruption in Ukraine: Comparative Analysis of National Surveys: 2007, 2009, ...DonbassFullAccess
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This report was prepared by the Kiev International Institute of
Sociology in coordination with Lake Research Partners and Karakoyun Strategies in the framework of the USAID funded project ÂŤThe Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance
Reforms (UNITER)Âť implemented by PACT, Inc. Ukraine. Presented in the report are comparative results of National sociological surveys on the state of corruption in Ukraine
conducted in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2015. The survey was targeted at measuring public perception of the problem of corruption and its experience with it. This report is intended to reach a wide readership.
Countering Corruption in Southeast Europe: Monitoring, Results, and CSOs RoleĐĐŚĐĐĄ | MCIC
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International Conference
Effective combat high level corruption: matter of person or a system?
Mr. Ruslan Stefanov
Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
SELDI Coordinator
March 22, 2016
Skopje
Key Messages and Outcomes from the Good Governance discussions at the 6th Wor...OECD Governance
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This report summarises key messages and outcomes from the Good Governance discussions at the 6th World Water Forum, Marseille 2012. It provides brief overviews of each sessions as well as recommendations and commitments formulated during the Closing session of the âGood Governanceâ Group to support the implementation of the agreed targets up to the 7th World Water Forum, to be held in 2015 in Korea.
For more information see www.oecd.org/gov/water
Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 : clean water needs clean governanceIRC
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This presentation introduces the flagship publication of the Water Integrity Network (WIN): the Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 (WIGO). It highlights WIGO's key messages and tools such as integrity risk management and the Integrity Wall. Presented by Frank van der Valk, Water Integrity Network, on 15 April 2016 at the WIN-IRC Event: "Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016: Launch in the Netherlands", The Hague, The Netherlands.
The document provides an agenda for a Water Integrity Workshop hosted by the OECD. The workshop aims to discuss challenges and best practices for promoting integrity in water services and resource management across countries. Key objectives include sharing experiences on recent developments in water integrity, showcasing the private sector's contributions, discussing indicators to track progress on integrity, and identifying policy messages on integrity to be included in forthcoming OECD Principles on Water Governance. A variety of stakeholders from government, civil society, business and international organizations will discuss these topics over the course of the day-long workshop.
The document discusses the challenges facing Mexico's new National Anti-Corruption System established by a 2015 constitutional reform. It notes that corruption costs Mexico up to 9% of GDP annually and has severely damaged trust in public institutions. The main challenges for the system are coordinating different agencies effectively, overcoming entrenched corrupt practices, simplifying processes to reduce opportunities for graft, promoting accountability, and generating reliable metrics to measure anti-corruption progress over time. Success requires substantive citizen participation and punishment of corruption at all levels without exceptions.
Graham Tupper (Director, Transparency International Australia) - Presentation at the United Nations Association of Australia (Victorian Division) Climate Finance: Sustainability with Integrity Seminar. The seminar, part of the UNAA (Vic) Sustainability Leadership Series, was held in Melbourne on 29 October 2012, in partnership with National Australia Bank.
Building momentum for collective action post-Rio+20, the seminar brought together key players from government, business and civil society to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with climate finance. In particular, the seminar addressed issues of governance, transparency and accountability for climate finance, key requirements to ensure that climate finance becomes an effective driver of sustainable development.
Expert panel discussion focussed on:
- The Australian Government perspective on climate finance: current priorities, role, contributions, and commitments;
- The global Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Australia's fast-start finance contribution
Issues of transparency and accountability for climate finance governance.
- Investor perspective on climate finance: challenges and opportunities and the role of the investment community.
- Community development perspective on climate finance: achieving sustainable development objectives
- Experiences and opportunities for cross-sector collaboration
Facilitator:
- Rosemary Sainty (Former Head, Secretariat, UN Global Compact Network Australia and Adviser, Corporate Engagement, Transparency International Australia)
Guest Speakers:
- Gregory Andrews (Assistant Secretary, Finance, Forests and Development Branch, International Division, Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency)
- Graham Tupper (Director, Transparency International Australia)
- Nathan Fabian (Chief Executive, Investor Group on Climate Change)
- Dr Simon Bradshaw (Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia)
For more information on this or other events in the Sustainability Leadership Series please contact:
United Nations Association of Australia (Vic)
T: (+613) 9670 7878
E: sustainability@unaavictoria.org.au
www.unaavictoria.org.au
This document discusses concepts and forms of accountability and corruption prevention. It summarizes that accountability refers to holding decision-makers responsible for their actions by imposing sanctions if needed. There are four pillars of accountability: responsibility, answerability, trustworthiness, and liability. Types of accountability include political, business, bureaucratic, representational, audit, fiscal and legal accountability. Strategies to ensure accountability include creating relationships, setting clear expectations, taking ownership, providing tools for success, and giving continuous feedback. The document then discusses corruption prevention measures taken by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh, including civic engagement programs, youth integrity units, and workshops/seminars.
Pritchard M, CLP's-Financial-Systems-and-Risk-Management-StrategiesMatthew Pritchard
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This document provides lessons learned from the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) in Bangladesh regarding financial systems and risk management strategies. Over 12 years, CLP developed robust systems to monitor finances, deter and detect fraud, including activity-based financial reporting, regular internal and surprise audits, verification surveys with third parties, and real-time verification of high-cost activities. CLP's approach of empowered financial oversight, clear documentation, staff training, and a zero-tolerance policy for fraud helped ensure funds were managed properly.
This is the presentation following our second Insight Seminar in partnership with Bigwave media. Speakers included Simon Beer, Lesley Aiken, Carl Bennett, Alex Burrows & David Monkhouse.
This document summarizes a session on conducting a risk opportunity mapping study on water sanitation and hygiene (WSS) in Uganda to address corruption issues. It describes the purpose of a vulnerability assessment to identify areas within an organization that may be vulnerable to abuse. It provides an overview of Uganda's water sector including rural and urban supply managed by various entities. The methodology for Uganda's study included a desk review and stakeholder interviews to develop a corruption risk map. The map analyzed macro-level national integrity issues and sector-specific risks within water institutions. Findings identified weaknesses in regulatory independence, procurement practices, and human/financial capacity. Discussion focused on adapting the approach to other country contexts.
This document discusses mapping corruption risks in water licensing processes in Kazakhstan. It begins by explaining why water licensing is important for water resource management as licenses determine access to and use of water. It then discusses why mapping corruption risks in licensing is useful for reform efforts.
The document outlines the methodology used to map risks in Kazakhstan which involved interviews and observations. It identifies four main risk areas in Kazakhstan's licensing system: the application process, license content, bidding procedures, and enforcement.
Finally, it discusses lessons learned around using corruption risk mapping to inform policy and the importance of monitoring integrity indicators over time to evaluate risk areas.
Financial sustainability and affordability of WASH services: Indicator propos...IRC
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This document proposes indicators for monitoring the financial sustainability and affordability of WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services post-2015. It outlines two proposed financial sustainability indicators measuring revenue coverage of costs and balance of costs and infrastructure investment. It also proposes a single affordability indicator measuring population spending below 3% of the poverty line on WASH. The document discusses challenges in measuring and interpreting these indicators at a global level and aligning global and national monitoring needs.
Presentation with background and case studies on corruption in the water and sanitation sector. The presentation was developed by John Butterworth as part of the work of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre for the Water Integrity Network.
The document outlines the World Bank's strategy to strengthen engagement on governance and anti-corruption. It identifies mechanisms to build transparent and accountable institutions, improve monitoring of corruption in World Bank projects, and take a harmonized approach with other development partners. Key elements of the strategy include addressing governance issues and corruption at the project, country, and global levels.
This document provides an introduction to preventing corruption in the water and sanitation sector. It begins with key definitions of transparency, integrity, accountability, and corruption. It then examines statistics on corruption, poverty, and water/sanitation coverage in 10 countries. Various frameworks for understanding corruption are presented, including where it occurs between public officials, private actors, and consumers. Case studies from India, Cambodia, Colombia, and other countries demonstrate strategies that have been used to reduce corruption, such as report cards, freedom of information laws, and public-private partnerships. The document concludes with discussing pro-poor anti-corruption strategies and the importance of diagnosing, targeting, connecting solutions, mitigating harm, and monitoring anti-corruption programs
This document provides an introduction to preventing corruption in the water and sanitation sector. It begins with key definitions of transparency, integrity, accountability, and corruption. It then examines statistics on corruption, poverty, and water/sanitation coverage in 10 countries. Various frameworks for understanding corruption are presented, including where it occurs between public officials, private actors, and consumers. Case studies from India, Cambodia, Colombia, and other countries demonstrate strategies that have been used to reduce corruption, such as report cards, freedom of information laws, and public-private partnerships. The document concludes with discussing pro-poor anti-corruption strategies and the importance of diagnosing, targeting, connecting solutions, mitigating harm, and monitoring anti-corruption programs
This document discusses various tools for measuring corruption from theoretical and practical perspectives. It describes experts' assessments, composite indices, sample surveys on experiences of corruption, and service delivery surveys as common approaches. Experts' assessments are relatively inexpensive but rely on individual perceptions, while composite indices synthesize different data but may lack policy-making usefulness. Sample surveys can investigate how corruption occurs and its impacts, targeting individuals, businesses, or civil servants. Service delivery surveys give consumers a voice and provide unambiguous data for monitoring reforms over time. Other examples discussed are the Council of Europe's comprehensive monitoring approach.
Part 1 Water safety plans explained: What they are and how you can get involvedInternational WaterCentre
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Water Safety Plans (WSPs) are risk management processes for drinking water suppliers to ensure safe water quality. WSPs involve assembling a team to develop the plan, assessing the water supply system to identify hazards, determining control measures to mitigate risks, and creating an improvement plan. They can be applied to various water supply systems, including major city water as well as rural and community-managed systems. Different organizations, such as governments, donors, NGOs and academia can support WSPs.
Corruption in Ukraine: Comparative Analysis of National Surveys: 2007, 2009, ...DonbassFullAccess
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This report was prepared by the Kiev International Institute of
Sociology in coordination with Lake Research Partners and Karakoyun Strategies in the framework of the USAID funded project ÂŤThe Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance
Reforms (UNITER)Âť implemented by PACT, Inc. Ukraine. Presented in the report are comparative results of National sociological surveys on the state of corruption in Ukraine
conducted in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2015. The survey was targeted at measuring public perception of the problem of corruption and its experience with it. This report is intended to reach a wide readership.
Countering Corruption in Southeast Europe: Monitoring, Results, and CSOs RoleĐĐŚĐĐĄ | MCIC
Â
International Conference
Effective combat high level corruption: matter of person or a system?
Mr. Ruslan Stefanov
Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
SELDI Coordinator
March 22, 2016
Skopje
Key Messages and Outcomes from the Good Governance discussions at the 6th Wor...OECD Governance
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This report summarises key messages and outcomes from the Good Governance discussions at the 6th World Water Forum, Marseille 2012. It provides brief overviews of each sessions as well as recommendations and commitments formulated during the Closing session of the âGood Governanceâ Group to support the implementation of the agreed targets up to the 7th World Water Forum, to be held in 2015 in Korea.
For more information see www.oecd.org/gov/water
Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 : clean water needs clean governanceIRC
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This presentation introduces the flagship publication of the Water Integrity Network (WIN): the Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 (WIGO). It highlights WIGO's key messages and tools such as integrity risk management and the Integrity Wall. Presented by Frank van der Valk, Water Integrity Network, on 15 April 2016 at the WIN-IRC Event: "Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016: Launch in the Netherlands", The Hague, The Netherlands.
The document provides an agenda for a Water Integrity Workshop hosted by the OECD. The workshop aims to discuss challenges and best practices for promoting integrity in water services and resource management across countries. Key objectives include sharing experiences on recent developments in water integrity, showcasing the private sector's contributions, discussing indicators to track progress on integrity, and identifying policy messages on integrity to be included in forthcoming OECD Principles on Water Governance. A variety of stakeholders from government, civil society, business and international organizations will discuss these topics over the course of the day-long workshop.
The document discusses the challenges facing Mexico's new National Anti-Corruption System established by a 2015 constitutional reform. It notes that corruption costs Mexico up to 9% of GDP annually and has severely damaged trust in public institutions. The main challenges for the system are coordinating different agencies effectively, overcoming entrenched corrupt practices, simplifying processes to reduce opportunities for graft, promoting accountability, and generating reliable metrics to measure anti-corruption progress over time. Success requires substantive citizen participation and punishment of corruption at all levels without exceptions.
Graham Tupper (Director, Transparency International Australia) - Presentation at the United Nations Association of Australia (Victorian Division) Climate Finance: Sustainability with Integrity Seminar. The seminar, part of the UNAA (Vic) Sustainability Leadership Series, was held in Melbourne on 29 October 2012, in partnership with National Australia Bank.
Building momentum for collective action post-Rio+20, the seminar brought together key players from government, business and civil society to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with climate finance. In particular, the seminar addressed issues of governance, transparency and accountability for climate finance, key requirements to ensure that climate finance becomes an effective driver of sustainable development.
Expert panel discussion focussed on:
- The Australian Government perspective on climate finance: current priorities, role, contributions, and commitments;
- The global Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Australia's fast-start finance contribution
Issues of transparency and accountability for climate finance governance.
- Investor perspective on climate finance: challenges and opportunities and the role of the investment community.
- Community development perspective on climate finance: achieving sustainable development objectives
- Experiences and opportunities for cross-sector collaboration
Facilitator:
- Rosemary Sainty (Former Head, Secretariat, UN Global Compact Network Australia and Adviser, Corporate Engagement, Transparency International Australia)
Guest Speakers:
- Gregory Andrews (Assistant Secretary, Finance, Forests and Development Branch, International Division, Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency)
- Graham Tupper (Director, Transparency International Australia)
- Nathan Fabian (Chief Executive, Investor Group on Climate Change)
- Dr Simon Bradshaw (Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia)
For more information on this or other events in the Sustainability Leadership Series please contact:
United Nations Association of Australia (Vic)
T: (+613) 9670 7878
E: sustainability@unaavictoria.org.au
www.unaavictoria.org.au
This document discusses concepts and forms of accountability and corruption prevention. It summarizes that accountability refers to holding decision-makers responsible for their actions by imposing sanctions if needed. There are four pillars of accountability: responsibility, answerability, trustworthiness, and liability. Types of accountability include political, business, bureaucratic, representational, audit, fiscal and legal accountability. Strategies to ensure accountability include creating relationships, setting clear expectations, taking ownership, providing tools for success, and giving continuous feedback. The document then discusses corruption prevention measures taken by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh, including civic engagement programs, youth integrity units, and workshops/seminars.
Pritchard M, CLP's-Financial-Systems-and-Risk-Management-StrategiesMatthew Pritchard
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This document provides lessons learned from the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) in Bangladesh regarding financial systems and risk management strategies. Over 12 years, CLP developed robust systems to monitor finances, deter and detect fraud, including activity-based financial reporting, regular internal and surprise audits, verification surveys with third parties, and real-time verification of high-cost activities. CLP's approach of empowered financial oversight, clear documentation, staff training, and a zero-tolerance policy for fraud helped ensure funds were managed properly.
This is the presentation following our second Insight Seminar in partnership with Bigwave media. Speakers included Simon Beer, Lesley Aiken, Carl Bennett, Alex Burrows & David Monkhouse.
With the help of this power point presentation, Noha El-Mikawy, UNDP Governance Practice leader for the Arab States Region, summarized main messages from the first day of the workshop in Cairo on assessing governance in sectors (June 2009) and discussed the process of conducting a country-led assessment.
Presented by Dr. Lubna Quosous from the Jordanian Food and Drug Administration, at the Cairo Workshop on assessing governance in sectors, this powerpoint presentation introduces the assessment of transparency and accountability of key functions in the pharmaceutical sector.
In this powerpoint presentation Kevin Brown, an expert in public management reform, presents the UNDP publication: Users' Guide for Measuring Public Administration Performance. The presentation was held at the Cairo Workshop on Assessing Governance in Sectors and Application of Governance Evidence in Policy Making, June 2009.
In this power point presentation, Eitan Felner, consultant for the UNDP, at the Cairo Workshop on Assessing Governance in Sectors, looks at synergies between Human Rights and empirically-based socio-eocnomic analysis.
This powerpoint presentation held by Lara El-Jazairi at the Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions, Right to Water Programme, provides an overview of rights based indicators and how they can be used by governments and other actors to monitor progress in achieving the right to water and sanitation.
This tool prepared by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions provides a framework that is gender sensitive and pro-poor for assessing water governance.
Inclusive process, rigourous methodology and policy uptake are the key issues raised in this power point presentation by Paul van Hoof, senior advisor on local governance with IDASA, at the Cairo workshop on assessing governance in sectors, June 2009.
Presented at the Workshop on Assessing Governance in Sectors, Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009) by Mustafa Khawaja from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, this powerpoint presentation showcases governance statistics in Palestine.
This power point presentation, from Mohamed Ramzy at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean at the Cairo Workshop on Assessing Governance in Sectors, uses the WHO framework on Good Governance for Medicines as a starting point to discuss the application of governance data in policy-making.
With the help of this powerpoint presentation, Ken Mease, discusses the advantages of various types of data sources and collection methods, including archival and secondary data, survey data, quantitative and qualitative approaches and data, and finally de jure and de facto information. The presentation was held at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009)
Prepared by Ken Mease, this powerpoint presentation held at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009), looks at indicators more closely, and discusses definitions of indicators, macro and micro levels for constructing indicators, different advantages of de jure and de facto indicators, triangulation, indexes versus scales, objective indicators such as reported behaviours and events, perception based indicators such as opinions, and proxy indicators.
With the help of this powerpoint presentation, at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009), Ken Mease argued that governance assessments can be 1) a reporting tool that can track and communicate progress towards goals and/or outcomes; 2) a policy tool that can guide evidence-based planning and action to address issues identified as important by citizens and in existing political commitments, and finally 3) a tool that can strengthen democracy by engaging stakeholders through informed discussions.
Participatory Corruption Appraisals (PCAs) were used in Indonesia to understand how corruption affects the poor. The methodology involved 3 steps: 1) focus group discussions with poor communities to identify corrupt practices and their effects; 2) case interviews with individuals to learn their stories; 3) reporting back findings to spur discussion and follow-up actions. PCAs captured how corruption imposed financial, social, and human capital costs on the poor. It eroded trust in communities and exacerbated their exclusion from public services. Publishing the poor's stories and establishing anti-corruption networks in their communities aimed to amplify their voices and spur corrective actions.
The document outlines the basic steps of communication planning:
1) Decision-making to organize a management plan for implementing the strategy
2) Setting the policy agenda by identifying targeted changes, aims, and objectives
3) Setting the communication agenda to determine how to influence change through audience analysis and messaging
4) Developing an action plan identifying activities to engage decision-makers and audiences
It also discusses tailoring communication for different audiences, using media strategically, and providing examples of national communication strategies developed in Yemen and Macedonia.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
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An English đŹđ§ translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech đ¨đż version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
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At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
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5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power gridâs behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
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Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
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Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 â CoE VisionDianaGray10
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In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
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Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
âTemporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transfor...Edge AI and Vision Alliance
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For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the âTemporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformerâ tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChipâs Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNsâ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
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Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
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Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
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Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
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Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
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Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as âkeysâ). In fact, itâs unlikely youâll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, theyâll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
Youâll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
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A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
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Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
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Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
Weâll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectors
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Tj workshop session 2
1. Session 2 Why conducting an integrity vulnerability assessment in the water sector? By Marie Laberge UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
2. Overview Why is it important to tackle corruption in the water sector? Why is it important to collect empirical evidence on the causes and effects of corruption in the water sector? Brief overview of the proposed assessment approach (Sector Integrity Vulnerability Assessment â âSIVAâ) Workshop agenda
3. 1. Why is it important to tackle corruption in the water sector?
4. Tajikistan is the 5th most water-rich country in the world... 93% of the urban population has access to drinking water But in the rural areas, where 72% of the population lives, only 47% have access to drinking water The problem is one of governance, not availability.
5. What does corruption âlook likeâ in the water sector? Some typical examples⌠Distorted site selection of boreholes or abstraction points for irrigation Collusion & favoritism in public procurement Falsified meter reading Giving preferential treatment for repairs in exchange for âspeed moneyâ
8. As a result: Waterborne infectious diseases prevalent in rural areas Challenges are growing and problem is increasingly urgent High costs to society (human, economic & environmental)
9. Why is the water sector especially vulnerable to corruption? Water governance spills across agencies Viewed as a technical issue Involves large flows of public funds Water is scarce and becoming more so
10. What are some key lessons from tackling corruption in the water sector? Prevent corruption from outset Understand local context, otherwise reform will fail Support the poor Reform must come from above and below
11. 2. Why is it important to collect empirical evidence on the causes and impacts of corruption?
12. Because of the sensitive nature of anti-corruption reforms, credible research (rather than anecdotes) is essential. Good policy and good remedy can only come from good diagnosis Numerous plans & strategies to improve water services have been adopted in Tajikistan, but their implementation is lagging behind First step to demonstrate progress is to collect evidence, in order to be able to measure this progress!
13. Monitoring practices in Tajikistan No standard reporting/monitoring requirement in the water sector (except for tax & book-keeping purposes): Data is collected by various (6) agencies independently, without any coordination between them Data is collected mainly on the water supply system (water quality & quantity) â but not on access (e.g. No data collected on the distance between households and water sources) Data is unreliable Database are incomplete Even data collection on financial flows is unavailable Big gap between the picture emerging from statistics and what is actually experienced on the ground
15. Evidence can serve many purposes: To inform reform strategies to reduce corruption risks (policymaking) To raise public intolerance to corruption (advocacy) âReforms must come from above and below...â Different purposes ď different types of data ď different audiences ď different dissemination strategies
16. Data to identify specific target groups, to describe local access conditions & implementation process, tomeasure performance against targets Data showing need for service & impact of service provided Data to define problems (to confirm requests /complaints from users) Data on costs & resources needed Data to identify target groups, to describe steps involved, costs & resources needed, progress & impact
17. 3. Overview of the proposed assessment approach: Sector Integrity Vulnerability Assessment (âSIVAâ)
18. Drawing from the experience of the Water Integrity Network with âwater integrity studiesâ BUT â We are only presenting a âmenu of optionsâ Does not mean simply following predefined steps like in a cookbook! How to adapt international experiences to the Tajik context?
19. Four key principles: Evidence-based approach: To depersonalize & depoliticize the fight against corruption Based on multiple sources of evidence (for triangulation), and mix of qualitative & quantitative research methods Conducted in collaboration with both water consumers & providers Create ownership through partnership
20. Overview of the proposed assessment approach: âSIVAâ Rather than measuring the incidence of corruption, letâs focus on the causes of corruption: wrong institutional incentives, lack of accountability, lack of public info & transparency 4 advantages of the proposed approach: Helps to pinpoint specific areas / interactions where corruption occurs Provides a guide into âwhat can be doneâ By ârankingâ risks, helps to identify priority areas for reform Can be used for monitoring change over time
21. Four steps: Mapping the âpotentialâ corruption risks for each âstepâ in the provision of water Identify danger signs (âred flagsâ) to watch out for: they alert decision-makers, investigators or the public to the possibility of corrupt practices Find empirical evidence (through surveys & analysis of objective data sources) of corruption risks and ârankâ them based on incidence & impact Establish a monitoring system to track the most critical âred flagsâ on a regular basis
22. How to rank âcorruption risksâ: The risk quadrant
23. Preliminary lessons learned from international experience Engage stakeholders from the outset Develop national ownership Partnership with government is critical Collaborate with committed, legitimate, respected local partner National political enabling environment ... Or else, integrity refroms can backfire and eventually even increase corruption!
24. Overview of the workshop agenda How to measure corruption: âthe basicsâ Mapping corruption risks & identifying âred flagsâ in two sub-sectors: WSS & WRM (irrigation) âInternalâ and âexternalâ methodologies for collecting evidence How to adapt these methodologies to the Tajik context? How to develop a sustainable monitoring system? How to develop a mitigation plan? How to design a communication strategy? Next steps
Editor's Notes
Officials can influence the way a contract is defined, by determining the nature of a project (e.g. high capital investment) & the type of contract --- or contractors may falsify records and documentation to ensure that bids look competitive, and officials may turn a blind eye as they receive a kickback for silence.
Or with frequent power outages, water supply constantly interrupted, or only availabel in morning or evening â therefore rural citizens forced to pum dirty water from other âunimporved sourcesâ (srpings, wells with manual pumps, irrigation ditches, channels, rainwater collection) which are inadequate in terms of sanitation & hygiene Children are most vulnerable population group suffering from poor water quality: frequent vistims of gastric & intestinal infections caused by contaminated water â partly due to fact that more than 50% schools do not have access to safe drinking water & majority of medical institutions in country also lack access to safe water. Ecosystems suffer â bribes are paid to cove up the discharge of wastewater & toxins in water resourcesCorruption discourages investments in infrastructure â e.g. hydropower production.
-There are numerous reasons, but here I will only review five. -First, Water often defies legal and institutional classification, often leaving governance dispersed across political boundaries and different agencies with many loopholes to exploit-2nd, managing water is still largely approached as an engineering challenge. Consideration for the political and social dimensions of water, including corruption issues, is limited-3rd, water is more than twice as capital intensive as other utilities. Large water management, irrigation or dam projects are complex, making procurement lucrative and manipulation difficult to detect-5th, water is scarce. Even in water-richTaj, droughts are frequent & country is vullnerable to climate change & natioanl disasters. The less water available, the higher the corruption risks that emerge.
I will briefly present four lessons that are drawn from the 2008 Global Corruption Report that was jointly prepared by Transparency International and the Water Integrity Network-First, prevent corruption in the water sector, as cleaning it up after it is difficult and expensive. -Second, we must understand the local water context, otherwise reforms will fail. One size never fits all, but this is particularly true in the water sector. Therefore understanding local conditions and specific incentive systems that underpin corruption is a prerequisite for devising effective reforms-Third, the costs of corruption in the water sector are disproportionately borne by the poor-And finally, reform must come from above and below. Leadership from the top is necessary to create political will and drive institutional reform. But bottom-up approaches area needed by adding checks and balances on those in power.
PRSP, NDS, National Water Sector Development Strategy (2005-2015)More recently (2008) the govt has approved a programme which aims to provide access to drinking water to all the Tajik population by 2020
In rural areas, where women and children are responsible for collecting water from water sources situated 5km or more away from their places of residence.Info on population numbers with access to a centralized water supplu system not included in state reporting form.It is therefore impossible to gain a clear picture of the situation in the water sector at any time.Big gap:According to data for assessing water quality, 30 of samples nationwide do not comply with national microbiological standardsMeanwhile, health statistics show that there is an extremely high rate of water-related diseases directly resulting from very poor water quality.
Input indictors / process indicators / output/outcome/impact indicators
they are evidence based, meaning that detailed data collection and analysis was undertaken; second, the studies were undertaken in collaboration with key stakeholder groups (providers & consumers), important to get both views to validate what one group saysand third, through this multi-stakeholder partnership process, it is hoped that ownership over the data has been created
they are evidence based, meaning that detailed data collection and analysis was undertaken; second, the studies were undertaken in collaboration with key stakeholder groups (providers & consumers), important to get both views to validate what one group saysand third, through this multi-stakeholder partnership process, it is hoped that ownership over the data has been created
QUALITATIVE - Expert input: mapping study of âcorruption risksâ based on desk research / interviews (institutions, laws & regulations)Identify red flagsQUANTITATIVE - Get feedback from water stakeholders: Nationwide âbaseline surveyâ on how water consumers and water providers experience & perceive corruption in the provision of water, in both rural and urban areas (COMPARE RESULTS!); or through buget/expenditure tracking to detect where unexplained leakages occurTo assess impact: what is the amount of resources involved? What is the effect on org reputation/credibility? What is the impact on the general public / the poor? Important to note that petty corruption (one 1 to 1 basis) may seem to have a small practice, but if they occur very frequently (high likelihood), their combined impact may be high! (may also need to revise / add some âred flagsâ!) 3) Do survey results confirm the expert mapping?
-To date we have learned 5 preliminary lessons based on our ongoing pilot experience of using water integrity studies in Uganda-buy in from key stakeholders is necessary from the beginning, otherwise the process could fail-without a sense of ownership over the process, momentum cannot be maintained and results will not be achieved-partnership and leadership with and by the government is fundamental. If the government is not engaged and supportive of the process, little will ever be achieved-any external partner, such as ourselves, needs to collaborate with committed, legitimate and respected local partner-and finally, without a national political environment that is conductive to addressing corruption, limited impact would ever be achievedTransparency can legitimize, and even increase, existing levels of corruption. This occurs if the disclosed activities are not condemned by the proper authorities & if the identified culpritsâ punishment is perceived as negligible.
Given that (primary water consumers: agricultural organizations)