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Based on its mandate of fighting all forms of corruption in the public, private and civil society sectors, as well as promoting good governance and integrity in public and corporate affairs, TE’s activities covers four core strategic areas: institutional building, awareness training and public education as well as research and advocacy.
1. Institutional Building
Capacity building is a key factor for the realization of all the planned and perceived activities.
As part of this programme, institutionalization involves staff recruitment and developing its capacity, renting and furnishing office, procuring office equipment, installing Transparency Ethiopia’s website, membership development, fund raising activities, establishing a library/ resource center and regular and ad hoc membership meetings. In addition, the provision of trainings and study tour programmes for TE staff members is part and parcel of building the capacity of workers in particular and the institution in general. Focus is also made on devising appropriate systems and procedures.
Transparency's Ethiopia Annual meetings are considered as a learning process and will focus on a specific issue considered essential for members’ education. Organizing an International Conference is seen as an option to attract TI’s Regional and International members and promote exchange on countries experiences on ways and means of combating corruption and implanting transparency. Read More...
2. Networking And Coalition Building
TE believes that it is through effective networking and coalition building that anti-corruption movements would be fruitful. The focus of this programme is to bring together like-minded individuals and organizations that are working in the area of corruption, good governance and human rights. Most importantly, transparency Ethiopia believes that the organization is necessarily a pressure group and a societal venue for fighting corruption. Therefore, forming strategic partnerships and alliances with the government, CSO/NGOs, INGOs, other international bodies, the private sector, and the public at large is high on the agenda of TE.
In this context, TE has been promoting good working relation with stakeholders such as the Federal Ethics and anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) on a variety of activities, in particular, conducting a quarterly panel discussion on the project title of “Deepening knowledge on corruption via Panel-discussion: Building Well-informed Citizens about Corruption.” TE is also engaged on establishing a working relation with parliament through conducting activities such as trainings with it.
In the initiation of FEACC, about 8 civil society organizations in the country have formed coalition, civil society organizations in the country including TE are in the process of forming anti-Corruption coalition. The coalition is hoped to strengthen the capacity of each member organization and to serve as a platform to present and voice their common agenda or concern through the exchange of information and ideas.
With regard to advocacy and lobbying activities, TE has been targeting policy makers to the realization of better working procedures, policies, rules and regulations related to tackling corruption. For instance, TE has sent a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office urging for the ratification and implementation of UN & AU anti-corruption conventions and ensuring their immediate implementation by the government. TE has planned and been exerting maximum possible effort for the formations and strengthening of the Ethiopian Chapter of Africa Parliamentarian Network against Corruption (APNAC) from Ethiopian MPs.
Being the local contact of Transparency International (TI), TE is working in close collaboration with TI and other TI local Chapters in Africa such as Transparency International-Kenya through the participation of workshops, conferences and by way of sharing experiences and best lessons.
Simply put, since its establishment in 2003, TE has been working in collaboration with local and international institutions in the realization of anti-Corruption movement. It has also approached the private business and companies in order to form an ethical style of work and avoid corruption. Read More...
3. Awareness, Training And Public Education
Pursuant to its core strategic objectives of awareness creation, training and public education, TE is undertaking different programmes with the aim of raising the awareness of the citizens about the devastating impacts of corruption and to enable them play an active role in the endeavors to avert corruption offences.
It has been argued that education is a change in behavior. At least, it could be agreed that telling the public about corruption and bribery might result in an informed decision making.
Different communication tools are incorporated to meet this particular programme including, among others, a strong advocacy work, media campaign, internet (website), public lecture, conferences, workshops, seminars, panel discussions and other forums, dramas, cinemas, publishing and distributing leaflets, brochures, and newsletters. Besides, producing and distributing Information Education Communication (IEC) materials on corruption and anti-corruption issues to the public at large and targeted sectors such as schools constitute another strategy. The programme also involves members of TE. Therefore, building the capacity of Transparency Ethiopia’s current members on corruption issues, and Anti-Corruption Activities, and undertake Preventive and awareness campaigns is taken as a strategy.Annual events like Anti-Corruption Day is taken by TE as an important medium to disseminate information related to corruption and for advocacy purpose. Moreover, TE has planned under this programme to organize a ceremony and grant integrity Award to deserving civil servants or offices. Read More...
4. Research And Advocacy
Research and advocacy is taken as one of the core functions of TE. As a tool for monitoring and evaluating anti-corruption fight, researches that employ different surveys and data analysis will be conducted by TE . The program aims at measuring corruption which offers some benefits.
Researches like National Corruption Perception Index (NCPI), National Integrity System (NIS) and case studies on selected public institutions will be conducted. In this respect, TE commissioned competent consulting firms in order to undertake a study on People’s corruption perception. This study is believed to give a voice to those affected by corruption – and help us understand better their concerns and experiences. The study can also be used as an advocacy tool for affecting the necessary institutional and legal changes that need government intervention. Thus, once this research has been completed we anticipate the research output to be an entry point to engaging with various institutions on corruption.
The researches are deemed to be helpful for supporting some of TE’s activities including educating the public, advocacy and lobbying purposes, establishing a baseline for comparisons between success and failures, establishing priorities and above all to depoliticize and gear the shift to substantive issue. The research programmes are also used to assess areas of particular challenges and to follow-up some impacts in the anti-corruption movement and others. Besides, the surveys are used as tools for other research projects.
In the context of the research programme, TE commissioned a study on the National Integrity System (NIS) of Ethiopia in 2005. The purpose of the study was to assess the NIS and components. The result of this first draft study was introduced to the public at the workshops held in Addis Ababa and Awassa. Research outputs are disseminated through workshops and seminars and also received by organizations and individuals that are engaged in the study and research on corruption issues.Read More...
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