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Entry points for programming on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability at the local level. , UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre. Local Framework for Corruption. Lack of efficiency, complicated and unpredictable administrative procedures used to provide public services
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Entry points for programming on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability at the local level , UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre Workshop on UNDP anti-corruption programming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bratislava, 28-29 March 2011
Local Framework for Corruption • Lack of efficiency, complicated and unpredictable administrative procedures used to provide public services • Lack of public information and transparency • Lack of accountability – monopoly of power and ability to make decisions in arbitrary fashion • Asymmetry between executive and representative branches of power Workshop on UNDP anti-corruption programming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bratislava, 28-29 March 2011
Entry points for UNDP programming • Simplification of administrative procedures • Fighting Corruption to Improve Governance (Macedonia); Rural Growth Program in Sughd region (Republic of Tajikistan), Municipal Governance and Sustainable Programme (Ukraine); Integrated Local Development Programme (Moldova) • Accountability and oversight • Integrated Local Development Programme (Moldova); Enhance the capacities of localities in public service delivery (Kyrgyzstan) • Increasing citizen participation • Strengthening Democratic Governance at the Local Level (Serbia); Integrated Local Development Programme (Moldova); Fighting Corruption to Improve Governance (UNDP Macedonia) • Strengthening transparency in disposition of land& property, management of natural resources • Crimea Integration and Development Programme (Ukraine); Enhance the capacities of localities in public service delivery (Kyrgyzstan) • Strengthening special integrity institutions Workshop on UNDP anti-corruption programming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bratislava, 28-29 March 2011
Advantages and challenges • Local level provides more opportunities for real change • Causes of corruption vary from one local government to another • Decentralization: way to reduce or increase corruption? • Problem with piecemeal approach – Pilot or comprehensive programme? Workshop on UNDP anti-corruption programming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bratislava, 28-29 March 2011
Thank you! Workshop on UNDP anti-corruption programming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bratislava, 28-29 March 2011