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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


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Promoting Integrity in the Water Sector

Danish Water Forum 13 January 2010

Teun Bastemeijer Executive Director Erik Nielsen Manager Country Based Programmes

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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?

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I. Why does corruption in the water sector need to be tackled?

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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

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Corruption Draining the Water Sector

  • Prevent corruption from
  • utset
  • Understand local

context,

  • therwise reform will fail
  • Support the poor
  • Reform must come from

above and below

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  • II. WIN

strategy and

  • utreach
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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

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Zone of control

WIN Outreach Model

Zone of influence Zone of interest

  • Advocacy
  • Newsletter,
  • Information sharing
  • Monitoring
  • Fund raising and

fund management (WIN FUND)

  • Strengthening

coalition network

  • Co-funding
  • Facilitating Training
  • Facilitating learning

and info sharing

  • Use of common tools

and methodologies

  • Enhanced Water Integrity
  • Poverty reduction
  • Better water access for the poor
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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

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  • III. What tools

are available to address corruption in the water sector?

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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
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  • I. WIN publications
  • WIN Case Information Sheets
  • Advocacy guide and modules
  • Global corruption report 2008 and follow

up publications

  • Water and corruption news
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  • 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

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WIN

Water Sector Anti- Corruption Sector

Governments Civil Societies Private Sector

WIN’s Position

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WIN Country Engagement (2010)

  • Uganda
  • Mozambique
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • Mexico
  • Colombia
  • Bangladesh
  • Viet Nam
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
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  • 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
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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
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  • 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)
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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
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Thank you

Erik Nielsen WIN Manager of Country Based Programmes enielsen@win-s.org Teun Bastemeijer WIN Executive Director tbastemeijer@win-s.org