TRAINING
Sectoral and Institutional Reforms in Africa
Measuring Corruption to Effectively Reduce Corruption.
The date for the next training will be communicated in due course. Please write to transparency@tikenya.org if you are interested in the training programme. Transparency International-Kenya strives to support citizens and governance institutions enhance transparency and accountability in public and business affairs through skills, knowledge and information.

"What gets measured gets done"

TI-Kenya realizes that many government anti-corruption reforms in Africa today are faltering due, in part, to the lack of capacity for structured measurement of corruption. Without reliable measurement of the incidence and manifestation of corruption within a Ministry or Governmental institution, it is difficult to put in place plans to effectively deal with the scourge. It is also difficult to monitor progress and impact of existing strategies.

Target Audience

This 2-day training targets senior personnel from Africa involved in service delivery, procurement/contracting, management and oversight from the following

• Government Agencies/Institutions/Ministries
• Non State Actors (Governance NGOs, Trade Unions, Religious Organisations etc)
• Bilateral Organisations
• Multilateral Organisations

Training Objective

By the end of the training, the participants should be able to design anti-corruption monitoring and surveying programmes in the context of their respective countries, government ministries, institutions and departments. This training programme is designed to be participatory and draws from the experience of Transparency International-Kenya in measuring corruption and supporting legal and institutional reforms. The context and outcomes of the training are as outlined below.

Content and Learning Objectives

Corruption and the Need for Various Indicators

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Defining Corruption After this module, participants will be able to Explain the need for measurement of corrupt practices Distinguish among various forms of corruption: including administrative corruption, grand corruption, petty corruption, political corruption and state capture Identify indicators for various types of corruption.

Module 3: Why Measure Corruption? After this module, participants will be able to Explain general purposes for corruption measurement in reforms Provide reform objectives that a country may wish to achieve through corruption assessments Identify which functions of corruption assessments are most relevant to their own country context(s) Identify the links between national corruption monitoring efforts and the UNCAC self-assessment process.

Module 4: Composite And Original Indicators Of Corruption After this module, participants will be able to Explain why global composite indicators sometimes rank the same countries differently Contrast the strengths and limitations of both global composite indicators and "second generation" measurement approaches Identify data that is actionable Explain the benefits and limitations of actionable data

Module 5: The Challenges Of Measuring Corruption After this module, participants will be able to Identify methodological, political and operational challenges that matter for measuring corruption in their country context.

Module 6: Poverty And Gender Sensitive Indicators After this module, participants will be able to: Explain the importance of making corruption assessments sensitive to marginalized groups Identify at least four ways in which indicators can be tailored to local contexts Produce gender and poverty sensitive indicators.

Module 7: Complementarity in the use of indicators After this module, participants will be able to: Make the case for using both perception and incidence data Describe the rationale for using complementary indicators to assess a specific anti-corruption intervention Match input and output indicators for a given unit of analysis.

Measuring Corruption

Module 8: Developing Integrity Indicators And Indices After this module, participants will be able to: Develop indicators that measure the effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms Explain why a national index can be useful, and develop scales for quantifying integrity indicators Explain the subjective dimensions of building an index that can benefit from multi-stakeholder input.

Module 9: Summary: Corruption and the Need for Various Indicators

Module 10 Systemic Corruption Diagnostics After this module, participants will be able to: Explain political economy analysis of corruption and its benefits to anti-corruption planning Describe different types of surveys used in corruption diagnostics Explain how surveys can be used to identify both administrative corruption and grand corruption Relate the value of political economy analyses to understanding corruption in a country.

Module 11 Instruments For Assessing Corruption And Integrity Systems After this module, participants will be able to: Describe the uses of a selection of corruption assessment methodologies Distinguish between methodologies that assess corruption and ones that assess the strength of integrity systems Critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of corruption assessment methodologies, and adapt them to local needs.

Module 12 Data Collection After this module, participants will be able to: Outline the uses, advantages and disadvantages of different data collection methods Select appropriate data collections methods Suggest ways of enhancing the poverty and gender sensitivity of data collection.

Module 13 Application And Reflection After this module, participants will be able to: Design balanced baskets of indicators for a real life scenario Contextualise and apply the knowledge previously gained in the training to a real life case study Suggest "good practices" applicable to measuring and assessing corruption in a national context.

Module 14 Learning Transfer And Evaluation After this module, participants will be able to: devise a plan for implementing lessons learned in this programme

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Presentations

Workshop Expectations and Objectives by Lisa
Pro-poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators
Systemic corruption diagnostics. what is the meaning?
Why Measure Corruption? By Jesse Wachanga