UNODC's Activities with Civil Society in the fight against corruption

The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) recognizes the role of civil society in combating corruption under its Article 13, by calling on governments to increase transparency, improve public access to information, as well as to promote public contribution to government decision-making processes.

UNODC bolsters the capacity and engagement of civil society, especially from developing countries, by delivering training to CSOs on UNCAC and its review mechanism. UNODC also supports CSO engagement in intergovernmental meetings and provides the necessary tools for them to work constructively with their governments and the private sector on UNCAC implementation.

Upcoming Events for 2013

  • Competition deadline for the new International Anti-Corruption Day Campaign Theme and Logo (15 March 2013) [Link]
  • NGO Briefing on margins of the 4th Session of the Implementation Review Group (Vienna, 27-31 May 2013) [Link To Documents]
  • Civil Society Training on UNCAC and its review mechanism (Dakar, 18-21 June 2013)
  • Third round of Private Sector Grants for CSOs (July 2013)
  • 5th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC (Panama city, 25-29 November 2013, tbc)
  • International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December 2013)

Resource Material

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Review Actors

Chapter 3: The Review Process

Chapter 4: The Review Tools

Chapter 5: Civil Society Participation

Chapter 6 : Civil Society Report

Additional Training Videos

Power Point Presentations

  • Useful Documents and Software

United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

UNCAC English

Rules of Procedure

Rules of Procedure for the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Self-assessment of the implementation of UNCAC

  • Working with the Private Sector

Corruption Prevention to Foster SME Development (UNIDO/UNODC) (Volume 1) (Volume 2)

Anti-corruption Policies and Measures of the Global Fortune 500

The Fight Against Corruption' e-learning tool

Advocacy and Campaigns

 

9 December : International Anti-Corruption Day

Our Partners

 

 

New global campaign design competition for the International Anti-Corruption Day

For this year's International Anti Corruption Day, we're calling on youth between the ages of 15- 25 to submit their ideas and maybe have them featured in the 2013 theme (READ MORE)


Encouraging CSOs anti-corruption work with the private sector

To effectively contribute to the global effort in tackling corruption and its effects on the economic and social environments, UNODC has launched a second round of its small grants scheme for CSOs (READ MORE)

 

One-day training session for NGOs in Brasilia

UNODC and the UNCAC Coalition have organized a  training session to strengthen civil society capacity on UNCAC. The training took place on 6 November 2012 in Brazil. (READ MORE)

 

 

Over 100 Civil Society Organizations trained on UNCAC and its review mechanism

A third training to strengthen civil society's capacity on the UNCAC and its review mechanism took place from 9-12 October 2012 at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in partnership with the Austrian Development Cooperation. (READ MORE)

 

UNCAC Implementation Review Group (IRG) holds its first NGO Briefing Session

Following Resolution 4/6, adopted at the 2011 Conference of States Parties (COSP), a Briefing Session with representatives of  NGOs was held on the sideline of the IRG with the objective to further promote constructive dialogue with NGOs dealing with anti-corruption issues  (READ MORE)

 

Successful training for CSOs on the UNCAC and its review mechanism

During a training which took place on 20-23 March 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 40 CSOs from some 30 countries across Africa and Asia attended interactive sessions organized by experts from Transparency International and UNODC. (READ MORE)

 

NGOs take the Road to Marrakech: Active participation of civil society at the Conference of the States Parties

200 NGO representatives participated in the fourth Conference of the States Parties which took place from 24-28 October in Marrakech, Morocco, and contributed meaningfully to the various activities related to UNCAC. (READ MORE)

















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