Anti-corruption and Accountability

Outcome 1: The State attorney’s office, the general office for combatting corruption, the criminal investigation service, and the financial intelligence unit and the legal and justice training centre. 

Outcome 2: Civil society organizations or coalitions of organizations at national, local and international level using CIPs work advocating for more transparency and integrity 

Outcome 3: Improved policies Entities which develop, approve or influence policies and the institutional set-up for combatting corruption: Ministry of justice, ministry of finance, national parliament, private sector, civil society organizations and coalitions.

Outcome 1: Strengthened institutions: Mozambican institutions responsible for combatting corruption and asset recovery apply suitable tools and techniques to combat corruption, investigate and prosecute financial crime, and to recover stolen assets.

Outcome 2: Empowered civil society: A critical mass of citizens and civil society organizations influences the public and the private sector towards improved transparency and integrity in the management of public affairs

Outcome 3 Policy improvement: Improved and effective legal framework and institutional set-up for anti-corruption, financial crime and asset recovery.

Resultados previstos:  

 Strengthened Institutions

• Asset Recovery office created and operational
• Improved Skills and knowledge of Government Institutions in asset recovery
• Effective use of legal and enforcement instruments with a view to recover stolen assets

Civil Society

• Regular analysis and reports on irregularities in management of public funds.
• Regular Multi-stakeholder dialogue at national, Provincial and

Policy improvement:

• Approved law on asset recovery
• Approved law on international judicial cooperation
• Improved Multi-Stakeholder dialogue between Government entities, Civils society organizations, and the private Sector

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

Baseline Institutional Capacity:

• Limited capacity of Mocambican institutions to tackle effectively corruption, economic crime and seizure of assets.
• Missing adequate institutional set-up for effective seizure of assets at national and international level.

Baseline Civil Society:

• High capacity for investigating and exposing corrupt practices.
• Little capacity for structured monitoring of government efforts to combat corruption
• Good capacity to organize national multi-stakholder dialogue but room for improvement at the Provincial and international level.

Baseline Anti corruption Policies:

• No law on asset recovery
• No consolidated law on international judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Outcome 1 + 3: Coordination with Basel Institute core donors and in country donors to State attorney and General office for combatting corruption: EU, SPAIN, USAID, UNDP, UNODC, IMF

Outcome 2 + 3: Coordination with Norway, Holland, IMF, Sweden and DFID as joint donors to the Centre for public Integrity. Main Synergies with SDC land-use rights program, Decentralization program, Economic Policy analysis, and Health Sector programs.

Fase 1 01.07.2018 - 31.03.2024   (Completed)