Corruption and Anti-Corruption responses in Eastern Europe and Central Asia UNDP programming perspective Bratislava, March 2011

Corruption perception: shades of red Bratislava, March 2011

Corruption perception: quick facts According to 2010 CPI (but not only) situation is deteriorating (2010 vs 2009) correlated with crisis impact correlated with democratic decline (EIU Democracy Index 2010) RO and BG for the first time not at the very bottom in EU SI, EE better than ES, PT, GR, IT TK, MK better score than IT, RO, BG, GR GE better than RO, BG, GR Geography / geopolitics a factor, but not a fatality Caveat: corruption perception may be a modality to rationalize hardship experience during transition Bratislava, March 2011

Corruption surveys: CPI Variation Bratislava, March 2011 Success stories in the region are scarce, but do exist: GE, MK

Integrity systems vs Corruption CPI vs Global Integrity rating CPI < 2 CPI CPI CPI CPI > 5 GI rating ‘Strong’ Bulgaria Romania Poland GI rating ‘Moderate’ KazakhstanFYR MacedoniaLithuania Georgia Hungary GI rating ‘Weak’ KyrgyzstanAzerbaijan Kosovo (2010 CPI) Belarus Moldova Russia BiH Serbia Turkey GI rating ‘Very Weak’ Ukraine GI rating not available Uzbekistan (n.c.) Turkmenistan (n.c.) Armenia Tajikistan Albania Bratislava, March

Sub-regional patterns Western Balkans corruption widespread EU accession pressures for AC measures Central Asia corruption pervasive, state capture weak AC responses emphasis on law enforcement, neglect of prevention Bratislava, March 2011

UNDP AC programming in the region ( ) Bratislava, March 2011

Regional AC project ( ) Anti-Corruption Practitioners Network (ACPN) established in 2006, developed in institutional partnerships with resource ACAs queries, e-consultations, information and solution exchange, newsletters 141 mebers by end 2010 used as outreach infrastructure for project activities Capacity Assessments & Capacity Development for ACAs Methodology for assessing capacity of ACAs to perform preventive functions applied in Montenegro, Kosovo, Turkey, Moldova, Macedonia revised and enhanced based on experience at the basis of a global toolkit for assessing ACAs (in process) Capacity development support to ACAs regional training Bratislava, March 2011

service lines Capacity Development for ACAs and other integrity institutions Enhancement of Capacity Assessment methodology more functions capacity measurement framework Capacity Assessments and Capacity Development for ACAs Expand service to other institutions with corruption prevention role Expand partnerships Component for Central Asia Bratislava, March 2011

service lines (cont’d) Support to UNCAC self-assessments promoting “Going Beyond the Minimum” approach AC in public services integrity assessment in sectors: Health, Education, Water, Energy AC in local governments ACPN facilitation and expansion revitalization and expansion opening to civil society, private sector migration to Teamworks website integration with global AC portal Bratislava, March 2011

Key principles Demand-driven service lines prioritized in consultation with COs and deployed in function of country demand tailored interface with COs Programmatic linkages & complementarity between country and regional level regional project linked to country projects COs cover most in-country work, BRC brings regional value (East- East, methodological & technical support, support to pilots for regional replication) Substantive alignment practice architecture global-regional programmatic linkages, inter-regional cooperation facilitate CO access to global resources Bratislava, March 2011

YES, we can! Bratislava, March 2011 …together