NGO Corruption Fighters Resource Book: how NGOs can use monitoring and advocacy to fight corruption.
This subtopic contains the NGO Corruption Fighters' Resource Book by Richard Holloway. The book is designed for NGOs coming from different backgrounds that want to fight corruption. It helps practitioners to understand the anti-corruption context world-wide, and reposition themselves to be most effective - using tested tools of human rights and advocacy organizations. Click on "Resources" above or use the following links to access each chapter:
| Download the entire book in PDF form A resource book designed for NGOs coming from different backgrounds that want to fight corruption. The book helps practitioners to understand the anti-corruption context world-wide, and reposition themselves to be most effective - using tested tools of human rights and advocacy organizations. NGO Corruption Fighters' Resource Book[1].pdf 2.63 MB |
| Chapter 1 - Introduction Rationale for this Resource Book Corruption is a very big problem in many nations of the world – some would assert that it is becoming more extensive, and more areas of development activity are being affected. Corruption is also becoming, de facto, an attack on governance as more and more of the rules under which nations are governed are breached with impunity. Citizen engagement is very important in fighting corruption, and there are particular advantages in getting NGOs more involved in the fight. NGOs have limitations, but also great potential strengths, and these can be better realized through better project management. Chapter ContentsCorruption harms democracy The rise of the anti-corruption movement Enter the NGOs - with strengths, but also limitations Activists and Impact Chapter 1.pdf 67.54 KB |
| Chapter 2 - Monitoring, Advocacy and NGOs in general Defining NGOs, Monitoring, and Advocacy This Chapter looks generally at Monitoring, Advocacy and the NGO. It looks at what NGOs are and what they do (and, by implication, what they are not and what they do not do). It clarifies the nature of Monitoring and Advocacy, the particular strengths these two strategies can bring to anti-corruption work and looks at ways that they can complement each other. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 look at the same three subjects, but take a "how-to" approach, suggesting how they could optimize their work in (respectively) NGO Management, Monitoring and Advocacy. Chapter Contents NGOs - what they are and what they do Three Sectors of the state Figure 1: Three Sectors to the State Specific characteristics of NGOs Characteristics of NGOs that fight corruption The Limitations of NGOs as a tool to fight corruption Possible Corruption in NGOs themselves
Monitoring – what it is and what it does Introduction NGO Monitoring The Targets of Monitoring Key Activities in Monitoring Testing the Rhetoric and Finding where the Real Problem is Monitoring Investigates the Functioning of Systems Monitoring Checks Compliance with International Standards Monitoring is a Tool that Needs Access to Information Stakeholders Monitoring is a Tool that is Valuable in Itself, but is made more Effective when joined with Public Information and Advocacy.
Advocacy – what it is and what it does Introduction NGO Advocacy The Issue for an Advocacy Campaign Key approaches in Advocacy Advocacy requires Appropriate Targets Advocacy requires Coalitions Learning to use the Political Environment Most Good Advocacy involves the Media Gathering and Disseminating Relevant Information Organised Actions Advocacy needs Competent NGOs and is built on Good Monitoring
Annex 2/1: Schematic of Civil Society Organisations and the State Chapter 2.pdf 248.55 KB |
| Chapter 3 - A Closer Look at Corruption An overview of the key debates about corruption In order to engage in the struggle against corruption, an NGO should have an overview of the key debates about corruption, as well as an assessment of corruption in his/her country. Such an overview will not only provide information about possible causes and remedies, but also help prioritize intermediate goals based on areas of greatest need in the particular society, as well as the resources and allies that may be involved in the process. Chapter Contents Administrative or Petty Corruption Grand Corruption State Capture Links between Government and Business Assessing Corruption Surveys National Corruption Surveys Governance Assessments 1 Governance Assessments 2 Check lists Journalistic Pieces Citizens Report Cards Chapter 3.pdf 179.49 KB |
Chapter 4 - Kinds of Anti-corruption Activities Approaches used to fight corruption Chapter 4 examines the range of possible anti-corruption activities - looking at a variety of approaches and their conceptual bases. It covers a variety of strategies – particularly focussing on those involving citizens. It points out the very great importance of identifying "clean" people to be your allies, and emphasises that the choice of strategies must be informed by local realities (attitudes, history, governance systems, and power structures). It shows that there is no easy answer to corruption, and certainly that no "one size" fits all situations. NGOs need to work pragmatically within local realities. Chapter Contents The “Criminal Control” Approach The “Small Government” Approach Incentive Based Approaches The “Political Economy” Approach “Integrity Based” Approaches The Need for a Variety of Strategies The Anti-Corruption Players The Role of Government The Role of the Private Sector The Role of the International and Inter-governmental Organisations The Role of Civil Society Political Will Physical Danger Chapter 4.pdf 139.46 KB |
| Chapter 5 - How Ready is Your NGO to Implement Anti-Corruption Programs? NGO qualities necessary for effective anti-corruption work Chapter 5 looks at the qualities that an NGO needs to have if it wants to engage in effective anti-corruption work, particularly whether it can clearly define anti-corruption objectives that it has a chance of achieving. It looks at the capacities than an individual NGO needs in terms of credibility, reputation, and risk management. It then looks at general organisational competence necessary for NGOs that are prepared for the long fight to defeat corruption, and their ability to set realistic and achievable objectives. It provides exercises and self-learning tools for NGOs to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and ways to build their capacity in areas where they are weak. Finally it introduces a scenario based on the imaginary region of Agraria in the country of Agronomia to try these ideas out. Chapter Contents Clarifying the Identity of the NGO The Basis of the NGO’s Mandate How the NGO is Perceived Clarifying who is on the side of the NGO How the NGO is placed if things get dirty How the NGO handles personal risks Self-Assessment Brutal Honesty Setting Objectives (Agraria scenario) Stakeholder Analysis Problem Identification Problem Tree Objectives Tree Analysis of Alternative Strategies Making a Logframe Hierarchy of Objectives Assumptions/Risks Indicators of Success/Means of verification Figure 2: Log frame for Agraria Workplanning Figure 3: Workplan for Agraria Summing Up
Annex 5/1: Legitimacy Check list Annex 5/2 Characteristics of NGOs at different stages Annex 5/3 How to use the OCAT for NGOs Annex 5/4 General Organisational Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT) Chapter 5.pdf 650.42 KB |
| Chapter 6 - How Best to Fight Corruption through Monitoring A "How-to" approach to monitoring Chapter Contents Chapter 6.pdf 268.44 KB |
| Chapter 7 - How Best to Fight Corruption through Advocacy A "How-to" approach to advocacy Chapter 7 is for those who have decided that they are ready to use the advocacy tool to fight corruption, and discusses what aspect of the situation they may want to change (laws, policies, practices or behaviour – or more than one of them). It points out the criteria for an advocacy campaign, how you can identify the target both primary and secondary for your advocacy initiative, and how you might go about building alliances and networks. It talks of the need to understand the formal policy making apparatus and the key stakeholders involved in them, the role of organised action, formulating messages and using the media, the particular skills that are needed for advocacy work, how to formulate an advocacy strategy and plan, and finishes with preparing an advocacy plan for Agraria. Chapter Contents Getting Ready for Advocacy Advocacy for Laws, Policies, Practices, and Behaviour Criteria for an Advocacy Campaign Identifying the Target Primary and Secondary Targets Building alliances, coalitions and networks Laws, Policies, and Key Stakeholders in developing them Figure 9: Stakeholders in the Policy Process Tools for Analyzing Policies and Stakeholders Figure 10: Policy System Overview Map Figure 11: Policy System Close Up Map Organised Action Formulating Messages and Using the Media Skills Needed for Advocacy Work Elements of an Advocacy Strategy Other Kinds of Advocacy Agraria Scenario: Constructing an Advocacy Program for Agraria
Annex 7/1: 10 Elements of an Advocacy Strategy and their linked questions Annex 7/2: 198 Non-Violent Ways to Bring about Change Annex 7/3: Three worksheets for Advocacy Campaign Planning Chapter 7.pdf 334.6 KB |
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| Chapter 9 - Case Studies Case studies in anti-corruption efforts This chapter contains the following nine case studies:
1 PSAM (Public Service Accountability Monitor), South Africa The Case Monitoring Project—monitoring, documenting, and investigating cases of misconduct, corruption and maladministration in the government of the Eastern Cape Province
2. TI (Transparency International) Slovakia Monitoring of the Privatization of Slovak Telecom
3. Open Society Georgia Foundation in Georgia Civil Monitoring of the Presidential Decree #95 of 15 March 2001
4. Global Witness, UK Independent Observer in Support of Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon
5. Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equality and Growth (CIPPEC), Argentina Argentina‘s Budget Watchdog: "Lupa Fiscal"
6. Poder Ciudadano, Argentina The Program for Transparent Contracting
7. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), Rajasthan, India Jansuvai Public Hearings and Right to Information Campaign
8. Uganda Debt Network (UDN), Uganda Monitoring of Poverty Action Fund (PAF)
9. People’s Movement "Resistance," (OTPOR!) Serbia Customs Monitoring Chapter 9.pdf 254.9 KB |
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