The theme for 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day is “ACT – Against Corruption Today”. This campaign looks to encourage involvement of all sections of the society in addressing the root causes of corruption as well as strengthening state institutions’ capability to prevent this crime.
Background
9 December has been designated as the International Anti-Corruption Day by the General Assembly of the United Nations when it adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) on 31 October 2003. The International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed since 2004 to raise people’s awareness about the costs of corruption and the role of the UNCAC in combating and preventing it. Since 2009, UNDP and UNODC have worked together to support awareness of the International Anti-Corruption Day worldwide under the theme ‘Your No Counts’. The ‘Your No Counts’ campaign has been a success and has become a powerful ‘call to action’ against corruption.
The theme for 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day is “ACT – Against Corruption Today”. As elaborated below, this campaign looks to encourage involvement of all sections of the society in addressing the root causes of corruption as well as strengthening state institutions’ capability to prevent this crime.
ACT- Against Corruption Today
The ACT – Against Corruption Today campaign fully embodies the spirit of the UNCAC which recognizes that preventing and countering corruption requires a multi-sectoral approach that involves various stakeholders, particularly those outside the public sector, such as civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations.
This year’s campaign objective is to raise awareness that prevention of corruption is the responsibility of all stakeholders through the involvement of a broad-range of actors in the campaign. Therefore, the campaign advocates for and encourages multi-stakeholder engagement to address corruption through different means and strategies. These include: media, citizens’ monitoring initiatives, parliamentary procedures and support to the work of anti-corruption bodies.
The 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day
As in the past, UNDP and UNODC will sponsor national-level activities to observe the International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2011. Interested UNDP and UNODC offices at the national and regional level can apply for a small grant of up to US$ 3,000 (per country) using the Expression of Interest form (see Annex I). Currently, funds are available to sponsor activities in at least 30 countries.
UNDP and UNODC encourage country and regional offices to be creative and develop innovative national and regional campaign activities that have the potential to reach a wide audience. UNDP and UNODC offices are urged to collaborate closely with other UN agencies and offices (such as the UNIC), national partners and local organizations to develop the national campaign. Previous national-level campaign activities included among others, street drama competitions, scholarships for journalists investigating corruption, essay contests for youth and students, athletic activities such as football matches and ‘runs against corruption’, public service advertisements, music shows, conferences, radio-jingles, talk shows, campaign posters and infomercials.
All country and regional offices will be provided with the digital logo for the ACT – Against Corruption Today campaign, as well as a range of digital posters and the campaign brochure which can be reproduced locally. These will be in all six official languages. UNDP and UNODC also encourage country offices to launch the three sector studies produced by UNDP on combating corruption in education, health and water sectors on this International Anti-Corruption Day. These three studies map corruption risks, and present methods, tools and good practices in tackling corruption. These studies are part of efforts by UNDP to accelerate MDG achievements by combating bottlenecks such as corruption and develop sector-wide approaches to addressing corruption. UNDP will make hard copies and electronic versions of the studies widely available for country level launch.
Expected outcomes
UNDP and UNODC expect to support at least 30 national-level campaigns that raise awareness and enhance commitment towards multi-stakeholder engagement to address corruption.
It is also expected that an online repository for relevant materials from the national-level campaign activities will be created. This repository could provide useful materials for future anti-corruption activities and campaigns.
UNDP and UNODC expect country offices to launch the three sector reports on tackling corruption in water, education and health sectors on the International Anti-Corruption Day. These reports highlight the importance of developing sector-wide approaches to combating corruption.
A feedback form will be sent to all selected offices for mandatory completion after the International Anti-Corruption Day events. The completed form will help to evaluate the campaign and better assist UNDP and UNODC to develop future International Anti-Corruption Day campaigns.
Time frame
The International Anti-Corruption Day will be observed on 9 December 2011. All Expressions of Interests for funding of national campaign activities should be submitted by CoB 21st October 2011.
The theme for 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day is “ACT – Against Corruption Today”. This campaign looks to encourage involvement of all sections of the society in addressing the root causes of corruption as well as strengthening state institutions’ capability to prevent this crime.
Background
9 December has been designated as the International Anti-Corruption Day by the General Assembly of the United Nations when it adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) on 31 October 2003. The International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed since 2004 to raise people’s awareness about the costs of corruption and the role of the UNCAC in combating and preventing it. Since 2009, UNDP and UNODC have worked together to support awareness of the International Anti-Corruption Day worldwide under the theme ‘Your No Counts’. The ‘Your No Counts’ campaign has been a success and has become a powerful ‘call to action’ against corruption.
The theme for 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day is “ACT – Against Corruption Today”. As elaborated below, this campaign looks to encourage involvement of all sections of the society in addressing the root causes of corruption as well as strengthening state institutions’ capability to prevent this crime.
ACT- Against Corruption Today
The ACT – Against Corruption Today campaign fully embodies the spirit of the UNCAC which recognizes that preventing and countering corruption requires a multi-sectoral approach that involves various stakeholders, particularly those outside the public sector, such as civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations.
This year’s campaign objective is to raise awareness that prevention of corruption is the responsibility of all stakeholders through the involvement of a broad-range of actors in the campaign. Therefore, the campaign advocates for and encourages multi-stakeholder engagement to address corruption through different means and strategies. These include: media, citizens’ monitoring initiatives, parliamentary procedures and support to the work of anti-corruption bodies.
The 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day
As in the past, UNDP and UNODC will sponsor national-level activities to observe the International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2011. Interested UNDP and UNODC offices at the national and regional level can apply for a small grant of up to US$ 3,000 (per country) using the Expression of Interest form (see Annex I). Currently, funds are available to sponsor activities in at least 30 countries.
UNDP and UNODC encourage country and regional offices to be creative and develop innovative national and regional campaign activities that have the potential to reach a wide audience. UNDP and UNODC offices are urged to collaborate closely with other UN agencies and offices (such as the UNIC), national partners and local organizations to develop the national campaign. Previous national-level campaign activities included among others, street drama competitions, scholarships for journalists investigating corruption, essay contests for youth and students, athletic activities such as football matches and ‘runs against corruption’, public service advertisements, music shows, conferences, radio-jingles, talk shows, campaign posters and infomercials.
All country and regional offices will be provided with the digital logo for the ACT – Against Corruption Today campaign, as well as a range of digital posters and the campaign brochure which can be reproduced locally. These will be in all six official languages. UNDP and UNODC also encourage country offices to launch the three sector studies produced by UNDP on combating corruption in education, health and water sectors on this International Anti-Corruption Day. These three studies map corruption risks, and present methods, tools and good practices in tackling corruption. These studies are part of efforts by UNDP to accelerate MDG achievements by combating bottlenecks such as corruption and develop sector-wide approaches to addressing corruption. UNDP will make hard copies and electronic versions of the studies widely available for country level launch.
Expected outcomes
UNDP and UNODC expect to support at least 30 national-level campaigns that raise awareness and enhance commitment towards multi-stakeholder engagement to address corruption.
It is also expected that an online repository for relevant materials from the national-level campaign activities will be created. This repository could provide useful materials for future anti-corruption activities and campaigns.
UNDP and UNODC expect country offices to launch the three sector reports on tackling corruption in water, education and health sectors on the International Anti-Corruption Day. These reports highlight the importance of developing sector-wide approaches to combating corruption.
A feedback form will be sent to all selected offices for mandatory completion after the International Anti-Corruption Day events. The completed form will help to evaluate the campaign and better assist UNDP and UNODC to develop future International Anti-Corruption Day campaigns.
Time frame
The International Anti-Corruption Day will be observed on 9 December 2011. All Expressions of Interests for funding of national campaign activities should be submitted by CoB 21st October 2011.