National Stakeholders’ Workshop
for the National Multi-Sectoral Baseline
Survey of Corruption held in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Seated from right
to left: Honourable Dr. Samuel Undenge,
Minister of State Responsible for
State Enterprises, Anti-Corruption
and Anti-Monopolies, Dr. B.S. Maunganidze,
Principal Director for Anti-Corruption
and Anti-Monopolies, and Mr. Bakary
Kone, ACBF Program Officer.
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On February 21, 2007, the Ministry of State Responsible for State
Enterprises, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Monopolies,
in collaboration with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
organized a National
Stakeholders’ Workshop for the National Multi-Sectoral Baseline
Survey of Corruption in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Senior officials from the Government of Zimbabwe, who included the
Minister of State Responsible
for State Enterprises, Anti-Corruption
and Anti-Monopolies, Honourable Dr. Samuel Undenge; the Permanent
Secretary of the Office of the President;
other Permanent Secretaries from the Ministries
of Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Rural Development, as well as representatives
of the
private sector, civil cociety, and religious
groups, took part in the meeting. Mrs. Temilade Oke, Manager, ACBF
Administration and Human
Resources Department, represented the Foundation.
The workshop was officially opened by
Honourable Dr. Samuel Undenge, Minister of State Responsible
for State Enterprises, Anti-Corruption
and Anti-Monopolies. In his opening remarks, Honourable
Dr. Undenge highlighted the Government
of Zimbabwe’s political
will and commitment to undertake the survey independently and professionally,
and implement its outcomes. . In this regard, he underscored the need
for all stakeholders to be seriously involved in the exercise, as
the outcome would benefit the entire country.. He stated that the
National Multi-Sectoral Baseline Survey of Corruption is a key step
to effectively fight corruption in Zimbabwe. ACBF representative Mrs.
Temilade Oke on her part emphasized the importance of fighting corruption
as it hinders development. She expressed her satisfaction in the Government’s
willingness to conduct the survey and to involve all stakeholders
at all stages of the survey - from design to implementation - thereby
ensuring stakeholders’ ownership of the survey process and results.
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A cross-section of
participants at the National Stakeholders’ Workshop
on the National Multi-Sectoral Baseline
Survey of Corruption in Zimbabwe.
Seated on the front row are ACBF
consultants (from left to right):
Prof. Ademola Ariyo, Chair, ACBF
FIMANET; Prof. Egnonto Koffi-Tessio,
Member, ACBF STATNET member; and
Mr. Kanwarjit Singh, Member, ACBF
PAMNET Consultant.
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The aim of the workshop was to consult
stakeholders on the draft conceptual
and technical framework. The roles
of the Survey Steering Committee, which would act as the coordinating
body, and those of the Government and
partners (ACBF and UNDP) were clearly
delineated. In addition, stakeholders
approved the current
members of the Survey Steering Committee
and commented upon the draft terms
of reference (TOR) and survey questionnaire developed by ACBF.
It is expected that ACBF would finalize
the TOR and the survey instruments,
while the Survey Steering Committee
would be organizing a Methodology
Workshop to agree upon the approach
and methodology for the data collection.
The National Stakeholders’ Workshop, the first consultation
of its kind, marks the beginning of the implementation process of
the National Multi-sectoral Baseline Survey of Corruption in Zimbabwe.
As part of its knowledge management program, ACBF is playing a pivotal
role in the conduct of the Survey.
