 With the approval and guidance of Dr. Mari Alkatiri, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the primary objective of the Initiative on Accountability and Transparency was to review the current status of accountability, transparency and integrity among key governance institutions and actors in Timor Leste and to make recommendations for strengthening them.
In the short time since independence Timor-Leste has established much of the institutional infrastructure that constitutes the core of a democratic state and of good governance. As it moves into the next phase of its development, Timor-Leste will need to ensure that the few institutions that remain to be established, and those already established, should function in the ways intended by their mandates. This is a demanding and critical phase of the building of a democratic state that will require strong leadership and commitment in Government as well as signifi cant support from donors and contributions from other governance actors in civil society and the private sector.
A crucial aspect of what remains to be done concerns the extent to which the key institutions of governance can be made more transparent and accountable. The Prime Minister’s Initiative on Accountability and Transparency acknowledges both the significance of these aspects of good governance and the importance of ensuring that they are attended to sooner rather than later.
The report was prepared by the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste with the support of the World Bank and UNDP.
  Download the Full Report (290kb pdf)
 Cover (520kb pdf)
 Table of Contents, Acknowledgements and Forward Note (35kb pdf)
 Executive Summary (34kb pdf)
 Main Report (185kb pdf)
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