In a press conference early this morning, and under the slogan of “Accountability: The Core of Integrity in Governance”, TI Palestine - AMAN has held its annual conference to present the findings of its 12th report entitled “The State of Integrity and Combating Corruption in Palestine for the year 2019”. Following COVID-19 regulations of health and safety, the conference was made available online through several social media platforms, where hundreds of participants were able to join.
The report monitors positive developments, challenges and prevailing forms of corruption, as well as follow-ups on the state of criminalizing and prosecuting the corrupt. It also monitors official anti-corruption efforts conducted during the year, without losing sight of the surrounding environment and its implications on those efforts. The report also follows up on governance in the management of public funds, especially in terms of transparency of the preparation, approval and implementation of the public budget including revenues and expenditures.
The report is based on a scientific methodology of collecting relevant data from the various and available sources. It also relies on the results of AMAN’s Annual Public Opinion Poll on citizens' impressions in a number of related areas, as well as the results of the integrity index, which contains a wide range of indicators and is conducted by AMAN every two years.
The report aims to provide specific recommendations to Palestinian decision-makers and related parties to help them adopt measures and procedures that strengthen the national integrity system and fortify its immunity against corruption. It also aims to raise awareness and increase CSOs engagement in anti-corruption efforts, which will in turn ward off risks of corruption and hence protect public funds and its managing institutions. AMAN realizes that building effective institutions free of corruption is in the interest of our Palestinian people who are suffering under Israeli occupation.
To download the report; kindly click here: https://www.aman-palestine.org/en/reports-and-studies/13908.html
