Globe International, a Mongolian NGO completed a six-month project “Empowering Public Council to Curb Government Corruption”, which was implemented from January 1, 2009 until July 1, 2009 under the grant of Partnership for Transparency Fund. Project’s goal was to assist in empowering Public Council that is able to take remarkable contributions to the ACA duties to curb corruption.
We reached the following objectives that were anticipating having after six months:
- Public Council members and civil society groups educated on the efficient Public Council
- Recommendations on better legislation and rules regulating the Public Council’s efficient functioning produced
- Better cooperation between Public Council, NGOs and other civil society organizations enhanced and strengthened
- The public properly informed on PC existence and their participation increased
The project implemented by a GI project staff in cooperation with the Public Council of the Anti-corruption Agency of Mongolia. The project formed Public Council Empowering Team (PCET) consisted from three project staff and four other members: two members of the Public Council and representatives of two NGOs: Zorig Foundation and Center of Human Rights and Security.
During the project period, in total 11 events organized and involved 90 persons: two three- part meetings, six PCET meetings and three civil society consultative meetings. The project cooperated with Aiga Grisane, an expert from Transparency International-Latvia, who conducted comparative research and produced legal recommendations, which was handed over to the Anti-corruption agency.
PROJECT RESULTS
- PCET consisting from seven members coordinated and carried out the project activities through six meetings and cooperated with the ACA through two three-party meetings, involvement to the PCET meetings, project events and television programs
- Comparative research titled “Public Councils or similar bodies for cooperation with society of Anti-corruption institutions” conducted by with Aiga Grisane, an expert of TI-Latvia and presented to the training of the ACA PC. The research included the experiences of the similar bodies of 13 countries: Hong Kong, New South Wales, Australia, Singapore, Lithuania, Latvia, South Korea, Poland, Tanzania, Romania, Austria, France, Albania and Slovenia.
- Recommendations on the favorable legal environment of PC available and presented to the 3d civil society consultative meeting and handed over to the ACA of Mongolia
- PC Action Plan for 2009 available and handed over the ACA.
- In total, 90 people informed in the present PC situation, the project activities and similar bodies of other countries through three civil society consultative meetings, training and contributed their ideas on proper PC
- PC has its logo and the public informed in the Presidential Decree on the PC’s establishment, its existence and members’ contacts through 200 copies of educational fliers as a part of “Public Council at Work. It also educates the public on what is corruption and corruption crimes and hotline telephone number 1969 to receive the information from the people on corruption cases
- “Public Council at Work” campaign included the media rally which included in total 8 media materials: four newspaper publications and four television programs and the public informed in the PC activities, role and duties, the present legal environment and why it needs to be improved. Media plan is attached.
- Project activities publicized through GI website and reported by 8 news of the main newscasts of television channels such as Mongolian National Public Television, NTV, Channel 25, SBN, NTV and newspapers; Mongol Messenger, English weekly, Unen, daily and daily English newsletter of MONTSAME, news agency
The project formed the Public Council Empowering Team (PCET) that included three project staff and other four members —representatives of NGOs and PC.