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Capacity and Accountability
“The issue of good governance and capacity building is what we believe lies at the core of Africa’s problems” Commission for Africa, 2005
The OECD defines capacity “as the ability of people, organisations and societies to manage their affairs”
Irish Aid and Governance "The Public Sector is responsible for over half of gross national product in many countries. In developing countries, the proportion is considerably in excess of fifty percent. In these countries, corporate governance in the private sector is also very weak. Despite the phenomenal importance of the public sector, until recently, there has been very little emphasis on a universally acknowledged governance and accountability policy, or implementation arrangements, processes or procedures. Addressing this gap is now increasingly seen as of central importance to development outcomes."
Expenditure by Irish Aid on governance over the last number of years has increased considerably: from 8.8 million euro in 2000 to 28.2 million euro in 2002.
UN
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) International cooperation against corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions
United Nations Development Programme Management & Governance Network United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
UN Millennium Project The UN Millennium Project is an independent advisory body commissioned by the UN Secretary-General to advise the UN on strategies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the set of internationally agreed upon targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. Headed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the UN Millennium Project has recently presented its report, Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, to the Secretary-General. Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
 ETICO The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), founded by UNESCO in 1963, launched an international project devoted to "Ethics and corruption in education" in 2002. Part of this project is the creation of an information platform, ETICO, to promote the circulation of information on the issue of corruption and education amongst specialists.
OECD
OECD Anti-Corruption Unit including the OECD Anti-Corruption Convention
OECD: Public Management Committee (PUMA) provides information, analysis, assessment and recommendations on public management issues
OECD: Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ...an inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of policies to combat money laundering
EU
Council of Europe: The Fight Against Corruption and Organised Crime.
Eurosai: European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions
European Union: European Court of Auditors
European Union: The European Ombudsman
Europol, the European Law Enforcement Organisation to improve the effectiveness and co-operation of the EU Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other forms of serious international organised crime
World Bank
World Bank Anti-Corruption Knowledge Resource Centre.
World Bank Governance and Anti-corruption Programme.
International Finance Corporation (IFC): Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman... promoting increased accountability for the IFC and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF) promotes good governance by helping countries ensure the rule of law, improve the efficiency and accountability of their public sectors, and tackle corruption. The IMF also has strong measures in place to ensure the integrity of its own organization.
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank (ADB): Anti-Corruption Unit reducing the burden of widespread, systematic corruption on the governments and economies of the region.
Multi-Donor Initiatives:
PROFOR: a multi-donor trust fund program housed at the World Bank within the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD) Forests Team.PROFOR is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, the Finnish Department for International Development Cooperation, the Japanese International Forestry Cooperation Office, Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The German Government is an in-kind contributor.
The Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre is dedicated to the global fight against corruption. It guides users to relevant anti-corruption resources, including digests of frequently-asked questions on a wide range of anti-corruption themes, and it informs about the Utstein partners and their anti-corruption work, including a comprehensive and searchable database of partners' anti-corruption projects and initiatives. The U4 - Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre is being developed at Chr. Michelsen Institute for Development and Human Rights, Bergen, Norway, in association with Transparency International's Centre for Innovation and Research, London, UK.
Other:
International IDEA International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
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