NACS Implementation Plan and Monitoring Framework
The Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability Programme (TIP) aims to support both state and non-state actors in the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) in a comprehensive manner that involves the entire government and society. TIP focuses on building the capacity of anti-corruption advocates within the government, civil society, and the business sector.
The programme provides technical assistance to the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) and its Secretariat to help develop an integrated monitoring and evaluation system for the NACS and assess its impact. This support includes revising the NACS implementation framework and finalising the NACS implementation plan along with its corresponding monitoring framework. The M&E framework and process will be used as a mechanism by which information will be collected, captured, collated, stored, and used, to assess the progress achieved by NACS on its programmes.
Mthente Research and Consulting Services was appointed to assist the NACAC’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Learning (MERL) workstream in revising the NACS implementation framework and finalising the NACS implementation plan and its monitoring framework. This comprehensive strategy delineates strategic objectives aimed at fostering citizen participation, ethical leadership, professionalism, transparent governance, a culture of reporting, protection of vulnerable sectors, and the fortification of anti-corruption agencies. Recognising the need to coordinate anti-corruption efforts, the strategy emphasises the establishment of robust implementation structures and monitoring measures to holistically address corruption at multiple levels.
Since corruption is a complex phenomenon, it presents a formidable challenge in the development of an implementation framework, especially linear models of addressing change. Corruption, driven by multiple interconnected factors, often leads policymakers to address symptoms rather than root causes.
To assist the NACAC MERL Workstream with the revision of the NACS implementation framework and the finalisation of the NACS implementation plan and its monitoring framework, Mthente’s scope of work was informed by guidance from the technical committee and stakeholders throughout its execution.
