Anti-Corruption and Integrity Systems in Armenia: Targeted Literature Review and Field Research
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Anti-Corruption and Integrity Systems in Armenia: Targeted Li terature Review and Field Research Development Transformations (DT) in Response to ME.EE.Asia TO #3 Activity 3, USAID/OTI Armenia Technical Assistance and Procurement FINAL REPORT Submitted to: Development Transformations on July 15, 2019. Contractor: New-Rule LLC Technical Team Matthew Murray Dr. Molly Inman Disclaimer This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of New-Rule LLC and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. ARMENIA ANTI-CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY SYSTEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ ii 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Combatting Corruption Among Civil Servants: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What Works, USAID Research and Innovation Grants Working Papers Series (2017) ........................ 3 2.1.1 Findings and Conclusion 1: Strategic Approaches ........................................................... 5 2.1.2 Findings and Conclusions 2: Practical Interventions ........................................................ 6 2.2 Practitioner’s Guide for Anticorruption Programming, USAID (2015) ................................. 7 2.2.1 Assessment and Diagnostics ........................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Design and Planning .................................................................................................... 10 2.2.3 Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................................................... 10 2.2.4 Findings and Conclusion 1: Developing New Strategic Objectives for Armenia .............. 11 2.2.5 Findings and Conclusion 2: Designing and Executing New Programming for Armenia ... 12 2.3 Analysis of USAID Anticorruption Programming Worldwide: 2007-2013 (2014) ............... 14 2.3.1 Findings and Conclusion 1 ............................................................................................ 15 2.4 International Standards and Treaties .............................................................................. 17 2.5 Armenia Specific Documentation: Anti-Corruption Reforms in Armenia, 4th Round of Monitoring of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan, OECD (2018) ................................... 20 2.5.1 Anti-Corruption Policy and Strategy ............................................................................. 20 2.5.2 Corruption Prevention and Coordination Institutions .................................................... 22 2.5.3 Findings and Conclusion 1: Building Integrity in the Civil Service ................................... 24 2.5.4 Findings and Conclusion 2: Building Integrity in Civil Society ........................................ 27 2.5.5 Findings and Conclusion 3: Civil Service, Civil Society and Media: Increasing Transparency, Accountability and Trust ................................................................................ 28 2.6 Fourth Action Plan of Open Government Partnership Initiative of the Republic of Armenia; Approved by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, November 15, 2018 ....................................... 29 2.6.1 Findings and Conclusion 1 ............................................................................................ 30 USAID.GOV Table of Contents July 15, 2019 ARMENIA ANTI-CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY SYSTEMS 3 FIELD RESEARCH—DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ......................................................... 33 3.1 Evaluation Methods and Limitations ............................................................................... 34 3.2 Accountability ................................................................................................................. 34 3.2.1 Transitional Justice................................ ....................................................................... 35 3.2.2 Civil Service .................................................................................................................. 36 3.2.3 Media .......................................................................................................................... 36 3.2.4 Civil Society .................................................................................................................. 37 3.2.5 Local Government ........................................................................................................ 38 3.2.6 Findings and Conclusion 1: Transitional Justice ............................................................. 38 3.2.7 Findings and Conclusion 2: Civil Service ........................................................................ 38 3.2.8 Findings and Conclusion 3: Media ................................................................................ 38 3.2.9 Findings and Conclusion 4: Civil Society ........................................................................ 38 3.2.10 Findings and Conclusion 5: Local Government ............................................................ 39 3.3 Transparency .................................................................................................................. 39 3.3.1 Civil Service and Public Service ..................................................................................... 39 3.3.2 Freedom of Information ............................................................................................... 39 3.3.3 Media .......................................................................................................................... 40 3.3.4 Civil Society .................................................................................................................. 40 3.3.5 Findings and Conclusion 1: Civil Service and Public Service ........................................... 41 3.3.6 Findings and Conclusion 2: Freedom of Information ..................................................... 41 3.3.7 Findings and Conclusion 3: Media ................................................................................ 41 3.3.8 Findings and Conclusion 4: Civil Society ........................................................................ 41 3.4 Trust ............................................................................................................................... 42 3.4.1 Findings and Conclusion 1: Political Will ....................................................................... 43 3.4.2 Findings and Conclusion 2: Local Integrity Systems ....................................................... 43 3.4.3 Findings and Conclusion 3: Judicial Reform ................................................................... 43 3.5 Other Issues .................................................................................................................... 43 3.5.1 Party Membership ....................................................................................................... 43 3.5.2 Corruption in Closed-Systems ....................................................................................... 44 3.5.3 Findings and Conclusion 1: Party Membership .............................................................. 44 3.5.4 Findings and Conclusion 2: Corruption in Closed Systems .............................................. 44 USAID.GOV Table of Contents July 15, 2019 ARMENIA ANTI-CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY SYSTEMS ANNEX 1: Refined Research Objectives ................................................................................. 45 ANNEX 2: Governmental Experts List .................................................................................... 49 ANNEX 3: Field Research Interview List ................................................................................. 50 ANNEX 4: Literature Review Bibliography ............................................................................. 51 USAID.GOV Table of Contents July 15, 2019 ARMENIA ANTI-CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY SYSTEMS ACRONYMS Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) Anti-Corruption Council (ACC) Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) Armenia Mobilizing Action against Corruption (MAAC) Civic Engagement in Local Governance (CELoG) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Commission for Prevention of Corruption (CPC) Commission of Ethics for High Ranking Officials (CEHRO) Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Ethics Commission for High-ranking Officials (ECHO) Freedom of Information (FOI) Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) Law and Civil Service (CSL) Law and Public Service (PSL Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Open Government Partnership (OGP) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) UN Convention Against Corruption (UNAC) Union of Informed Citizens (UIC) Vulnerability to Corruption Assessments (VCA) USAID.GOV Final Report, pi July 15, 2019 ARMENIA