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September 2015

News,

16th International Anti-Corruption Conference – Zero Tolerance for Impunity

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The 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) took place in Putrajaya, Malaysia, from the 2nd – 4th September 2015.  UNDP, as one of the major organizing partners of the IACC, was well represented as the majority of participants from the UNDP Global Dialogue joined the IACC. UNDP played a crucial role at the conference. Mr. Patrick Keuleers, Director/Chief of Profession of Governance and Peace-building Cluster of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support represented UNDP in the opening panel of the IACC titled “Ending Impunity: People, Integrity, Action”.

UNDP also co-organized the following workshops with various partners: (1) Corruption-Free Development? Ensuring a Transparent Monitoring Framework Post-2015, (2) Assessing Corruption Risks in the Judiciary: What Role for the Community? (3) Collective Action against Corruption, and (4) Beyond Confrontation: Exploring Women’s Empowerment and Partnership Strategies to Increase Transparency and Accountability. Both the plenary and workshops were well-attended.  The Conference, which brought together nearly 1,200 people from 130 countries, ended with the Putrajaya Declaration: Zero Tolerance for Impunity.The next IACC is decided to be held in Panama City in 2016. For UNDP’s participation at the IACC, Click here to view pictures.

News,

UNDP Global Policy and Programme Dialogue on Anti-corruption– Learning from the Past, Visioning for the Future

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UNDP, through its Global Anti-corruption Initiative (GAIN), continues to lead the discourse on anti-corruption by bringing members of the anti-corruption community together, through its biennial Global Anti-Corruption Policy and Programme Dialogue on Anti-corruption to exchange experiences, knowledge and expertise with one another. The 6th Global Dialogue was held from 31 August to 1 September2015 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in conjunction the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference(IACC). The first day of the dialogue focused on policy issues such as positioning anti-corruption in the context of the post-2015 development agenda while the second day targeted anti-corruption programming including priorities, partnerships, resources, and results.

The Global Dialogue gathered about 100 participants from UNDP (more than 50 country offices, UNDP Regional Hubs in Addis Ababa, Amman, Bangkok, Istanbul and Panama, and UNDP global anti-corruption team), network of programme partners such as UNODC, UNESCO, WHO, OECD, Transparency International, Integrity Action, Global Integrity, Huairou Commission, U4, and key development partners such as Australia, Norad, SIDA, GIZ, DFID, and the U.S. State Department. The quality of discussion at the Global Dialogue strengthened UNDP’scapacity on anti-corruption and built confidence with donor and programme partners.

· Click here to view uploaded pictures from the Global Dialogue, GAIN Advisory Board meeting and the IACC on Flickr.

· Click here to view the video shown during the opening session

· Click here to view presentations from the Global Dialogue

For more information, please contact GAIN@undp.org. UNDP Staff and dialogue participants can access more information on the UNDP Teamworks Event Space.

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Reforms and technology pave new pathways to citizens’ scrutiny of justice sector

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Local communities around the world are finding allies in judicial reforms and new technologies in fighting for the rule of law, a graft-free justice sector, and fair and equal access to the justice process. This was a key takeaway from two events organized by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bangkok Regional Hub at the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), held recently in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The events discussed methods and local experiences in increasing transparency and reducing corruption in the entire criminal justice chain.

For instance, participants in the events learned how community groups—with help from NGOs and government agencies—became empowered and skilled in helping the police ensure due process for villagers charged with crimes, monitoring how court cases are managed and conducted, and measuring the quality of performance of local magistrates, including the fairness of their rulings.

Participants recognized efforts in reforming the courts, but pointed to neglected parts of the criminal justice chain – for instance within the police and in penal institutions.

During the Gamechanger session titled Assessing Corruption Risks in the Judiciary: What Role for the Community?  on September 3, participants acknowledged the vital role of the community in promoting accountability within the justice sector, with Hon. Justice Zannah of Nigeria stressing that “There is nothing to fear from involving the community”.

The session upheld the importance of giving civil society groups access to information on verdicts and trials. Openness in the judiciary can foster not only integrity but also professionalism on the part of judges.

These discussions were held in the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals which will provide new, overarching global goals that aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change.

“Corruption, weak transparency in the justice sector significantly influences how countries regulate nearly all aspects of their citizens’ life—and by extension—how they will pursue the SDGs. Community involvement in cleaning up and making more well-functioning the justice system is a key feature of reforming the system,” said Elodie Beth Seo, who moderated the panel session.

The discussion continued on the 4th of September during an Expert meeting organized by UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub together with U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center at Chr. Michelsen Institute and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit).

The day-long event brought together over 40 participants from countries around the globe with representatives from UNDP country offices, judges, anti-corruption agencies and other government practitioners, representatives from civil society organisations as well as development partners.

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Vacancies,

National Consultant – REDD+ Website Developer

Establishment of a functional national REDD+ website that can be easily maintained, is integrated with existing government websites and is able to communicate information on REDD+ and national progress on REDD+ related activities to a broad range of domestic and international stakeholders.

Scope of assignment and Methodology

The web developer will work closely with the Project Management Unit of the FCPF REDD+ project and the Project Director to develop the REDD+ website through an iterative process, with the final site having the facility for two way communication with external stakeholders as well as linking with PNG’s national forest monitoring system web-portal.

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Vacancies,

International Consultant on Financial Flows

The consultant will support REDD+ readiness efforts in PNG by undertaking analyses that will build the knowledge base available to decision makers in the forestry and land use sector, to inform planning, management and implementation options for REDD+. This work will contribute to the preparation of REDD+ Strategy Options for PNG, under Outcome 2 of the FCPF Project (Development of PNG’s National REDD+ Strategy) and subsequently inform the review and finalisation of the current draft of national REDD+ Policy.

The international expert is expected to take conceptual leadership of the tasks under this assignment, in close coordination and consultation with the team of national and international FCPF staff and the UNDP regional technical advisor. This will include work plan preparation and methodological leadership.

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