First Strategic goal: Strengthening the integrity, transparency, accountability, and the anti-corruption system in the management of public funds and affairs and services provision.
Approach:
- Provide technical support and backing to analyze work environments including the status of the integrity and anti-corruption system in public institutions, LGUs, the business sector.
- Provide technical support and backing to local and national initiatives and coalitions aimed at holding official, local and civil institutions accountable in terms of service delivery, organizational work, realizing strategies, transparency of budgets and procurements.
- Monitor transparency of the public budget and prevent waste and or abuse of public funds.
- Monitor the integrity and combating corruption system at the national level and sectoral levels periodically; develop proposed solutions and provide policy advice.
Results:
- Adopting guaranteed measures to strengthen the integrity system and combat corruption in public institutions
- LGUs are better able to respond to community accountability and integrity of service delivery
- Relevant parties adopt practical procedures and regulations to improve management of the budget and state resources.
Second strategic goal: Promoting integrity of the governance system and holding the political class accountable concerning their decisions for public interest.
Approach:
- Expand our joint work through networking with CSOs especially those working in the field of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and good governance to promote partnership and dialogue and widen the scope of participating CSOs in developing concepts, indicators and standards of the integrity of governance to impact the governing system. This step stems from the close and intersecting relationship between the integrity of governance and the fields mentioned in addition to the fact that lack of integrity of governance hinders the efforts of these institutions in achieving their objectives.
- Develop AMAN’s studies and reports’ methodologies to include analysis of the reality and indicators of governance integrity; "Integrity of access to high government and other senior positions in the state, transparency of decision-making and formal accountability” and impunity.
- Promote community participation, transparency and measures to prevent conflict of interest in public decision-making.
- Host and support interventions of national community coalitions to control the effectiveness and independence of the justice sector, regulatory institutions, law enforcement institutions, in addition to supporting national efforts to achieve goal 16 of the SDGs-2030.
- Adopt measures in support of efforts to detect corruption and prevent impunity by regulatory and law enforcement institutions.
Results:
- Ensuring fair access to governance centers (executive, legislative and judicial authorities) and other senior positions in the State.
- Public decision-making is subject to participation, transparency and conflict-of-interest measures.
- Adopt measures in support of efforts exerted by regulatory and law enforcement institutions to detect corruption and prevent impunity.
Third Strategic goal: Promoting community mobilization in support of anti-corruption efforts and holding power to account for the common good.
Approach:
- Raising citizens' awareness and arousing their interest on the forms of corruption, causes and impact on the various aspects of their lives and the future of their children through different campaigns organized by AMAN and its CSOs partners or in cooperation with various media and or educational institutions.
- Coordinating with and supporting NGOs, media, youth and students groups whose work is related to community awareness, accountability and can lead coalitions to work on the integrity of governance such as (the Budget Transparency Team, the Judicial Reform Coalition and the Forum for Promoting Good Governance in the Security Services).
- Hosting or participating more intensely with community coalitions to pressure decision-makers to adopt recommendations related to human rights, public rights and freedoms, justice and fairness, the rule of law, combating poverty and unemployment, and combating discrimination in its various forms etc.
- Inclusion of NGO work in the anti-corruption system of institutions that work in the various development areas and sectors by raising awareness of these institutions on the intersecting relationship between anti-corruption, human rights and the SDGs in order to achieve higher returns at the level of anti-corruption, human rights and sustainable development.
- Periodic studies and surveys for knowledge development and localization of international best experiences and practices as well as regional and global contributions. Also to enhance citizens’ awareness of the values of integrity, principles of transparency, systems of accountability and anti-corruption. Also, participating with community groups and institutions working to set priorities and policies in the areas of health, education, social protection and those working in areas related to the causes and impact of corruption and in motivating citizens to report corruption.
Results:
- Citizens are more aware and engaged in accountability concerning public institutions’ performance and public funds.
- CSOs that are competent and participating in accountability of public institutions’ performance and public funds.
- Palestinian media is able to monitor public institutions performance and participate in anti-corruption efforts.
- Political parties, unions, federations, popular groups are active in combating corruption.
Fourth strategic goal: development of AMAN’s institutional and organizational capacity to fulfill its mission, vision and its national, international and Arab partnerships.
Approach:
- Review and develop the organizational, administrative and financial structure and policies to comply with AMAN's ability to adapt and respond efficiently and effectively to emerging priorities and to the national, regional and international entitlements.
- Organize and manage dialogue platforms and exchange of ideas on developments that negatively affect the anti-corruption system, especially in areas that have not been previously addressed.
- Promote accountability, oversight and evaluation in AMAN’s interventions and programs to ensure effective performance management and internal accountability.
- Develop a clear and rapid decision-making framework based on information, studies and claims presented by partners and stakeholders.
- Find mechanisms to benefit most of the Community Advocacy and Accountability Unit, social media and e-participation in identifying new areas of intervention and partnerships that can be built at this level.
- Conduct periodic review of AMAN’s financial fund-raising strategy to achieve financial continuity and strengthen partnership relationships.
- Activate the capacity-building program for AMAN’s staff since it is considered the national and Arab House of Expertise.
Results:
- AMAN has the resources, an appropriate regulatory structure and capacity to achieve its objectives sustainably
- AMAN- House of Expertise and a source of knowledge in the field of anti-corruption and integrity systems at the regional, national and international levels.
- AMAN’s work environment is more comprehensive and responsive for emerging priorities and emergencies
