Promoting Integrity in the Water Sector Danish Water Forum 13 January 2010 Erik Nielsen Teun Bastemeijer Manager Country Executive Director Based Programmes
Presentation Focus Areas 1. Why does corruption in the water sector need to be tackled? 2. What is the Water Integrity Network (WIN)? 3. What tools are available to address corruption?
I. Why does corruption in the water sector need to be tackled?
The Costs of Corruption I • Corrupt practices can siphon off as much as 20-30% from public water sector budgets every year • Without investing in WI this amount will increase given accelerated pace and size of investments to cope with the water crisis and climate change Improving Water Integrity is one of the most important opportunities to support poor people
Corruption Draining the Water Sector • Prevent corruption from outset • Understand local context, otherwise reform will fail • Support the poor • Reform must come from above and below
II. WIN strategy and outreach
Objectives • Promote pro-poor Water Integrity practice to prevent and/or reduce corruption in the water sector • Build Water Integrity coalitions at local, regional and global levels • Strategic Framework for Action 2009-2015
WIN Outreach Model Zone of Zone of Zone of interest control influence • Advocacy • Strengthening • Enhanced Water Integrity • Newsletter, coalition network • Poverty reduction • Information sharing • Co-funding • Better water access for the poor • Monitoring • Facilitating Training • Fund raising and • Facilitating learning fund management and info sharing • Use of common tools (WIN FUND) and methodologies
WIN Approach • Stimulates other organizations to include Water Integrity on their agenda • Collaborates with and supports existing networks and processes via partnership approach • Builds on comparative advantage focused on combating water corruption • Multi-stakeholder focus, including the private sector
III. What tools are available to address corruption in the water sector ?
Selected Tools 1. WIN publications 2. Multi-Stakeholder Coalitions 3. Research: Water Integrity Studies 4. Integrity Pacts 5. WIN itself bringing added value to as a partner and platform 6. Small grants for action on the ground
I. WIN publications • WIN Case Information Sheets • Advocacy guide and modules • Global corruption report 2008 and follow up publications • Water and corruption news
II. Multi-Stakeholder Coalitions • Platform for discussion, debate and deliberation • Provide adequate and appropriate access to information • Advocate for change and leverage decision-makers • Build relationships and trust among key, but diverse constituencies
WIN’s Position Anti- Civil Water Governments Societies Corruption Sector WIN Sector Private Sector
WIN Country Engagement (2010) • • Uganda Mexico • • Mozambique Colombia • • Benin Bangladesh • • Burkina Faso Viet Nam • • Nigeria Nepal • • Ghana Nicaragua
III. Research • A: Risk Opportunity Mapping Study • B: Water Integrity Survey • Evidence based approach • Conducted in collaboration with stakeholders • Create ownership through partnership • Pilot process in Uganda
Research Studies • Risk Opportunity Study • Qualitative desk study to examine the institutional and organizational landscape • Identify gaps and weaknesses where real and potential opportunities for corruption can develop • Water Integrity Baseline Study • Quantitative study to examine specific experiences and perceptions of different stakeholder/respondent groups • Repeated over time to measure change
IV. Integrity Pact Tool to prevent and fight corruption in public contracting • Contract/binding agreement: LEGAL COMMITMENT – anti bribery in particular processes • PROCESS to ensure transparency, level playing field Participants • Government & Bidders (signatories) • Civil Society (facilitator/independent monitor)
What is the IP for? Objectives: • enable companies to abstain from bribing • enable governments to reduce high costs and distorting impact of corruption In addition, the IP seeks to contribute to • build up public confidence on the procurement system • improve investment climate
Thank you Teun Bastemeijer Erik Nielsen WIN Manager of Country WIN Executive Director Based Programmes enielsen@win-s.org tbastemeijer@win-s.org
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