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African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption
- APNAC
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|  African Parliamentarians Network
Against Corruption (APNAC) is a network, which aims at coordinating,
involving and strengthening the capacity of African Parliamentarians
to fight corruption and promote good governance. The network
was formed in 1999 in Kampala, Uganda during a regional
workshop on "Parliament and Good Governance".
Participants acknowledged that corruption could best be
controlled by strengthening systems of accountability, transparency,
and increasing public participation in the governance process
of African nations.
They further appreciated the great value of information
sharing, maintaining contacts with each other, and reaching
out to other parliamentarians and parliamentary organizations,
throughout Africa on the issue of corruption.
The instrument chosen was the formation of a network called
"African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption"
(APNAC). |
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What's New
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 APNAC Chairman and Executive Council to visit Liberia to launch APNAC Liberia in March. |
 APNAC Anti-Corruption training workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa Chapters at ESAMI in April
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 Freetown , Sierra Leone Regional training for new and upcoming chapters in West Africa
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Dar es Salaam , Tanzania Linkages between poverty reduction, economic growth and corruption
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TI CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS OF APNAC COUNTRIES
 Africa is still lowly ranked in the current Transparency Internationals Corruption Perception Index. And some APNAC countries are perceived poorly, even among African Countries.
Of the 18 African countries with existing APNAC Chapters, only three:-Ghana, Burkina Faso and Senegal feature in the Current Transparency Internationals top 10 least corrupt countries in Africa. In the overall worldwide rankings, however, the three countries are still seen to be in the less exemplary bracket with positions 70 ( Ghana),79 ( Burkina Faso ) and 70( Senegal) out of 163 countries. |
A.U PILOT PROJECT UGANDA
 The Uganda APNAC Chapter, in conjunction with the country's Transparency International (TI) chapter, has recently completed a pilot project on the domestication of the African Union (AU) convention on preventing and combating corruption and other related offences.
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National Chapters
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For a complete list of APNAC National Chapters and contact information please visit www.apnacafrica.org/chapters_e.htm
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Secretariat
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Interim Secretariat
Charity Wakaba
Parliamentary Centre
255 Albert Street Suite 802
Ottawa, ON K1P 6A9
Canada
Tel: 613 - 237 0143
Fax: 613 - 235 8237 secretariat@apnacafrica.org |
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Global Organization of Parliamentarians
Against Corruption - GOPAC
C/O Parliamentary Centre
255 Albert Street Suite 802 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6A9 Canada
Tel: 613.237.0143 Ext. 371 Fax: 613.235.8237
info@gopacnetwork.org |
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