The Regional Strategy 2008-2012 (TIAP Strategy 2012) reflects the collective will of TIAP actors to establish a road map that will be used to strengthen our structure, processes, expertise and programmes.

The TIAP Strategy 2012 is a common platform to integrate work, guide the discussions, aid the decision-making and manage the mutual expectations of actors in TIAP.

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The following Strategy Programmes represent the current and upcoming work under the Asia Pacific Regional Strategy 2008-2012.

The TIAP strategy is implemented through the following regional plans:

• Institutional and Network Strengthening Programme
• Political Accountability and Equitable Development Programme
• Youth Integrity Programme
• Measuring Anti-Corruption Effectiveness Programme
• Forest Governance Integrity Programme
• Citizen Participation through Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres Programme
• Investigative Journalism on Corruption Fellowship Project

The cornerstone of the TIAP Strategy 2012 is the Institutional and Network Strengthening Programme (INSP 2010-2012). This three year programme seeks to develop the operation capacity of TIAP actors and their stratefic coalition partners necessary for successfully realising the objectives articulated in their own national strategy.

The INSP 2010-2012 revolves around a Capacity Assessment Tool and an Entrusted Operational Fund (EOF). The EOF will be managed as a tightly monitored grant that helps Chapters develop their structural, leadership, and financial capacities to fulfil their core advocacy functions and maintain self-sufficiency; to protect Chapters from unpredictable financial difficulties; and to support Chapters’ innovative and sensitive projects that might be deemed too risky by donors.

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The Political Accountability and Equitable Development Programme involving South Asian Chapters and co-led by TI Bangladesh and TI-S will seek to increasethe integrity of political and administrative processes by negotiating for citizen participation in the agreement and implementation of development promises – crucial for the fulfilment of socio-economic rights.

The programme will introduce ‘Development Integrity Pacts’ (DIPs) to facilitate dialogue between citizens and political representatives. DIPs not only make citizen participation in decision making possible, they also commit the political representatives to delivering pro-poor development priorities on time. The programme will also when possible address issues linked to the funding of party organisations and electoral campaigns, promoting political finance transparency regimes.

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Education is key to preventing corruption. By developing and advocating for an anti-corruption and integrity education programme, the Youth Integrity Promotion Projects (YIP) aim to promote integrity in young people and both enable and inspire them to fight corruption. In addition, as the general public awareness of corruption issues increases, so do expectations for accountability.

Headed by TI Korea (South) in East Asia, TI Vanuatu or Papua New Guinea in the Pacific, TI Bangladesh in South Asia, and TI Thailand/Malaysia in Southeast Asia, YIP projects will work at the sub-regional levels. These projects will include youth surveys, the development of integrity and anti-corruption learning materials, incentives and awards to boost integrity among the young as well as ‘integrity’ summer camps throughout the region.

Studies show that although most countries have structures in place to prevent corruption, profound weaknesses persist, as do wide gaps between policy and practice. The concept of the National Integrity System – developed and promoted by TI as part of its holistic approach to countering corruption – provides a framework with which to assess both the extent and causes of corruption in a given national context and the adequacy and effectiveness of national anti-corruption efforts.

The National Political Economy of Corruption Analysis provides additional understanding of the factors distorting anti-corruption reforms. Priority areas for anti-corruption reform can be identified through these two complementary processes.

The Measuring Anti-Corruption Progress & Reforms in National Integrity Systems Programme will mobilise new stakeholders to assess and benchmark the effectiveness of governments’ anti-corruption work and reforms over a period of three years across the entire Asia Pacific region.

Find out more about the National Integrity System Survey in the Asia Pacific

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Deforestation has reached unprecedented levels in the Asia Pacific region. Research shows that where the perceived level of corruption is endemic, deforestation is widespread. Not only does corruption facilitate illegal forest activities, it also frustrates efforts to counter the problem.

The Forest Governance & Integrity Programme aims to curb corruption in the illegal and unsustainable harvesting, production, conversion, export, import and procurement of timber and wood products from primary or natural forests. It will do this through a cross-sector range of activities that seek to promote greater transparency, accountability and integrity in the various constituencies involved with the forestry sector.

The first phase of the programme will be implemented over three years and will involve chapters from Southeast Asia and the Pacific. By engaging with international and local organisations already working to promote forest governance, TIAP will seek to lead anti-corruption consultations for forest sector advocacy strategies. For this purpose, APD will establish national Forest Governance & Integrity Centres, with a regional centre based in Indonesia.

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Advocacy & Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) have proven to be effective in empowering people in the fight against corruption. By providing citizens with information and legal advice, ALACs enable them to know their rights and pursue corruption-related complaints. By analysing the experiences of victims and witnesses of corruption the ‘soft points’ in the system that allow corruption to thrive can be identified. These insights provide the ALACs with clear and specific advocacy targets, meaning that the concerns of ordinary citizens can be translated into systemic change. Advocacy campaigns also create a virtuous circle, helping establish the profile and reputation of the ALACs which, in turn, encourages more citizens to take action against corruption.

The Citizen Participation through Advocacy & Legal Advice Centres Programme will be led by APD and involve national chapters from South Asia and the Pacific. Lasting for an initial period of three years, the programme will seek to fully establish ALACs throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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The media plays a key role in exposing corruption and raising general awareness of its detrimental effect upon society. However, accounts of corruption lack creditability if reporting is not insightful and meticulously accurate.

TIAP intends to develop an Investigative Journalism on Corruption Fellowship Project. National Chapters will use this fellowship programmes to further journalists’ interest in and competences on corruption issues, and provide support for their work. This project will be led in each subregion by TI chapters in Thailand, Vanuatu, Nepal and Korea.