|
|
AMAN aims to continue
its work in Phase III based on the lessons learned, the accumulated
expertise it gained through the years and relationships built with
local, regional and international expertise. After recently signing a
MoU with Salam Fayyad’s government to develop a National Action Plan for
combating corruption, AMAN decided to focus its efforts to promoting
issues of integrity, transparency and accountability, by refining its
approach.
This approach is based
on the assumption that the coalition members have enough influence on
the policy makers in the PNA to put the issue of reform on the
Palestinian agenda and to pass on all necessary related legislation,
including the creation of the Illicit Income Commission. AMAN feels that
there exists the proper political will to combat corruption through the
development and implementation of the National Action Plan for combating
corruption and the development of a National Integrity System against
corruption. AMAN takes upon itself the role of providing guidance and
leadership to the appropriate institutions and organizations in the oPt,
in order to produce the agreed National Action Plan. AMAN agrees to
provide all required resources, materials, developing corruption index
and annual corruption report, expertise and consultancy in order to
promote their work in the fight against corruption and to develop a new
anti corruption culture. AMAN also believes that all awareness raising
campaigns should be the role of all civil society organizations in the
oPt, and hence, will only provide support with this regards. AMAN will
support NGOs against corruption network through the provision of
training, supporting materials and specified consultancy. Therefore,
AMAN will concentrate on two main themes in its work against corruption,
as following:
a- Providing
technical assistance to public sector institutions that already have the
necessary political will to work with AMAN, by providing consultancy,
training and materials on institutionalizing transparency &
accountability in their work. Examples are the Higher Judicial Council
and the General Audit Office, Ministry of Justice, Land Deeds Authority,
Water Authority, and Financial and Administrative Control Bureau.
b- Advocacy
& lobbying among the policy makers in the PNA towards the development of
a National Integrity System against corruption.
Thus, AMAN will focus on acting as the “Palestinian
House of Expertise” on the issues of integrity, transparency and
accountability by providing all regular information about the profile of
corruption in the oPt based on research and periodic surveys. AMAN will
also provide all necessary training for public sector, civil society and
private sector organizations on enhancing their accountability and
transparency while ensuring integrity in all aspects of their work. In
order to enable AMAN to adhere to this, a further investment is required
in order to raise the capacity of the resource center at AMAN to provide
all necessary anti-corruption material, as well as establishing a
legal and research unit. |
|
