Reps of MDAs validate national anti-corruption plan
A monitoring and evaluation blueprint for the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) is being validated to ensure the systematic measuring of achievements under the plan.
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A two-day validation workshop currently underway in Accra has brought together representatives of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) playing specific or general roles in the NACAP.
The NACAP High-Level Implementation Committee, headed by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, and the NACAP Monitoring Committee (MONICOM), which has CHRAJ and the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) as lead agencies, are collaborating to finalise the plan to ensure its successful implementation.
The two-day workshop is expected to end with a finalised monitoring and evaluation document for the NACAP that will set the stage for action by partners.
Welcoming participants, the acting Commissioner of CHRAJ, Mr Richard Quayson, tasked participants to fully take part in deliberations to ensure a quality monitoring and evaluation plan.
“It is my utmost belief that your participation in this workshop signals your unequivocal support for and commitment to the national fight against corruption through the implementation of NACAP,” he told the participants.
He said the draft monitoring and evaluation blueprint had been developed through a consultative process and would provide them with an overview of the implementation of the plan.
He added that it would also assess the strategies, systems and processes under the NACAP to identify and correct any weaknesses.
Achievements/aims
The Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at CHRAJ, Mr Adams Fadil-Rahman, in his presentation, outlined the achievements of the NACAP since its adoption by Parliament in July last year.
These, he said, included the commitment by the Executive, exemplified by a letter from the Presidency on March 19, 2015, directing all MDAs to ensure the implementation of the action plan and submit quarterly reports to the monitoring committee of the NACAP.
He said the modalities for coordination among anti-corruption agencies had already been discussed and guidelines were being drafted accordingly.
Mr Fadil-Rahman emphasised that the fight against corruption required the cooperation of all stakeholders, such as the country’s development partners, the private sector, Parliament, civil society organisations, the media, the Judiciary and the Executive, to ensure its elimination from society.
Background
The NACAP was adopted by Parliament in July 2014 and has since received the endorsement of the Executive.
President John Mahama, on March 19, 2015, charged all heads of public institutions to take full responsibility for oversight areas under the NACAP and said the implementation of the action plan would, from then, form a major criterion for the assessment of the performance of ministers, chief directors and all heads of public sector institutions.
