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Anti-Corruption in Sectors: The GIZ Approach Hannes HECHLER, Anticorruption and Integrity Program Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Oslo Governance Forum „Participation – Accountability - Democracy“ 3-5 October 2011

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Advantages of a Sector-based Approach in a Nutshell •

Efficiency – A detailed idea of the underlying governance problems in a sector

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Synergies – Sector experts and governance experts have to work together; this

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Measurability – The focus on what we want to achieve in a sector provides a

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Palpability, visibility and feasibility – Through measurement and case

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Risk management – Taking into account corruption risks in project design is a

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Impact – After all, a large share of our work happens in sector programs

helps setting priorities. Measures can be focused, increasing their value-for-money enhances a broader perspective and the exchange of experiences benchmark and enables us to measure the value added of anticorruption measures studies, a sector based approach facilitates the communication of what can be concretely achieved by anticorruption. By becoming measurable and palpable, the anticorruption work becomes also more visible. forward-looking strategy

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Germany approaches Anticorruption in Sectors at different levels 1. By supporting international initiatives:

2. By integrating anticorruption into sectoral technical cooperation programs

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Anticorruption WORKS: A 4-step approach for integrating AC into sector programs

 The basic idea is to systematically think through the specific risks of corruption in a sector and find ways of mitigating them through the activities and instruments of German Development Cooperation (capacity development).

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Country Examples  The GIZ Anticorruption and Integrity Program first piloted the workshop in an education program in Honduras 2009 to prepare a project component on integrity.  Recently, in the Philippines the workshop brought together four GIZ programs operating in different sectors.  The participants identified tailored anticorruption activities for their respective programs, ranging from the inclusion of anticorruption issues in a conflict prevention do-no-harm checklist to activities to reform the licensing process in the wood production value chain.

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Conclusion  “Anticorruption WORKS” thus serves as a hands-on tool for integrating anticorruption and integrity in a wide range of development programs  bottom up.  It addresses the people at the level of their work and  It combines core values of German development cooperation, such as working in and with  Context  Participatory approach  Stakeholder-involvement/ownership

 At the same time German development cooperation is developing an anticorruption strategy which envisages the mainstreaming into sectors  top down guidance 25/04/13 25.04.13

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Thank You

Contact: hannes.hechler@giz.de Website: http://www.gtz.de/anti-corruption

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