GCCI OAS Anti-Corruption Mechanism Review

Civil Society Participation Gov’t has not done much to Involve Civil Society as indicative in response Openness to civil society to craft internal anti- corruption policy Civil society organizations find it difficult to access information on public officials; IC will improve; Public forum for reporting suspicious wealth accumulation by public officers etc…

CSP Cont’d From PS perspective: Not much done by PS Organizations (GCCI, PSC, GMSA, etc); exception being “Code of Conduct”; Due to lack of financial capacity PS is involved at all transaction Level; collusion occurs with public officers; Government Funding necessary for ant-corruption sensitization campaign through PS Orgs.; Cost of inaction greater than consequence National PR Campaign necessary; e.g “Bribing Hurts You” Campaign

Access to Public Information -Satisfactory strides in this area as per recommendation 4.2 -Access to Information Act Passed in 2011; Minister of Information appointed in 2013 as per Gov’t account -More to be done for measure Measure B--- Government or Cabinet website detailing (financial and technical) all major government initiatives

Systems for registering Income, Assets and Liabilities -Application of Mandate of IC and ICA and Enforcement is needed in this area; Political compromise necessary (highlighted in Gov’t response) for Choosing Commissioners and Chairperson -Parliamentary or preferably civil society body to administer measure E

Conflicts of Interests Adequate mechanisms to reduce COI as per gov’t response Lack of political accommodation to ensure strengthened IC Commissions and Boards should be Chaired by Technocratic Professionals Establish Procurement Commission as per constitution Cabinet Code of Conduct is great initiative