The National Directorate of Water (DNA) of the Government of Mozambique has contracted IRC to develop a sector anti-corruption strategy in order to strengthen transparency, accountability and integrity in the country. IRC is providing support to a team of Mozambique experts led by a team leader based within the Group for Planning and Control (GPC) in the National Directorate of Water (DNA).
Published on: 28/11/2012
The National Directorate of Water (DNA) of the Government of Mozambique has contracted IRC to develop a sector anti-corruption strategy in order to strengthen transparency, accountability and integrity in the country. IRC is providing support to a team of Mozambique experts led by a team leader based within the Group for Planning and Control (GPC) in the National Directorate of Water (DNA).
The anti-corruption strategy and plan are being developed through corruption risk mapping, water integrity surveys and documentation of good practices at national and decentralised levels in Mozambique.
Context
Mozambique has a low ranking in both Transparency International´s Corruption Perception Index (1) and in the World Bank Institutes Control of Corruption Index of 2011 (2). A scoping study carried out in 2009 by IRC and partners indicated that Mozambique’s water sector has a high propensity for corruption.
The initiative to develop an anti-corruption strategy and plan aiming to scale up the implementation of best practices in transparency, accountability and integrity in Mozambique has been received positively by sector stakeholders. The development of an anti-corruption strategy is considered timely given the need to meet the highest standards in order to maintain confidence in institutions and financing arrangements, on-going decentralization, and recent sector reforms such as the common fund in rural water.
Progress
The multi-stakeholder development process started at the end of 2011 and the strategy and plan are expected by March 2013. Inception workshops and corruption risk mapping is complete, and the documentation of good practices and integrity surveys are underway in partnership with the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
References
1) Transparency International´s Corruption Perception Index is available on https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2011
2) The World Bank Institutes Control of Corruption Index of 2011 available on https://databank.worldbank.org/databases/control-of-corruption
