Promoting governance : The World Bank organizes consultations in Morocco

The World Bank organizes consultations on its strategy in promoting governance and combating corruption on January 8th-9th 2007 in Rabat.

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As set out by this strategy, the Bank is launching consultations with public sector ministries and departments, civil society, members of Parliament, private sector, academia and other stakeholders.

The aim of these consultations is to discuss the approach and the activities of the World Bank in combating corruption with the principle actors of development in Morocco. The aim is additionally to encourage the emergence of innovative ideas and to exchange lessons learned from previous experiences.

In addition to its development mission that consists of reducing poverty, in which governance and fighting corruption are of crucial importance, the Bank has a fiduciary obligation articulated in its statutes to monitor how instutional resources are utilized for their intended purpose. The resources are exposed to risks engendered by corruption and inefficient governance, and the donor agencies, like the beneficiaries, want to have the assurance that these are used for its intended purposes.

In several regions of the world, the World Bank has introduced actions to promote of good governance through the following activities:

• Review the legal and regulatory frameworks that control the fight against corruption and provide recommendations for their reform or their restructuring.

• Work in collaboration with the country to produce the CAPRs (Country Procurement Assessment Reports). These reports closely examine laws, procedures and institutions that govern procurement contracts and make recommendations in favor of their improvement to make an important contribution to combat corruption.

• Promote transparence and access to information which are key elements in combating corruption.

• Advise the governments of partner countries on the adoption of laws on transparent budgeting and public asset management and laws preventing conflicts of interest.

• Work in close collaboration with the partner countries on the development and the implementation of an integrated strategy to combat corruption. Such procedures are normally managed by governments, but are based on active participation from parliament, the private sector and civil society organizations. The World Bank is bringing its support to such strategies in several countries.