Supporting Measures to Combat Corruption and Money Laundering, and to Foster Asset Recovery, in Egypt.
Counterparts
Administrative Control Authority, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior, the General Prosecution and the Egyptian Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Combating Unit.
Target Groups
Governmental anti-corruption agencies; Government agencies; Non-governmental organisations; Parliamentarians; Youth; and General Public.
Outline And Objectives
This project aims to rationalize the legal and institutional set-up for countering corruption and preventing it in Egypt in a systematic and effective manner, under the umbrella of a national anti-corruption strategy, and to increase the state's capacity to detect and prosecute corruption cases. It also includes a specific chapter dealing with the recovery of assets of former leaders and other high-ranking officials accused of, or found to have engaged in widespread corruption. Priority is also given to raising public awareness on the risks and consequences of corruption, creating tools for corruption reporting and empowering civil society to prevent and combat corruption.
To date, UNODC has provided substantial technical assistance to the anti-corruption efforts in Egypt through this project. Expertise and technical advice have been provided to the development and drafting of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy since 2012, which was finalized and adopted in December 2014 (finalization and adoption of the Strategy took place without the involvement of international organizations). UNODC has also provided substantial input to legal reforms and assisted in the drafting of several laws, such as the access to information law, the law on conflict of interest and on witness protection, and it assisted in the development of codes of conduct. In addition, an assessment of the effectiveness of existing anti-corruption public complaints and reporting mechanisms was conducted. Also, Egypt was supported in the preparation for the UNCAC Implementation Review Mechanism and CSOs were assisted to play a stronger role in the process. A series of capacity-building trainings were undertaken, including in the field of mutual legal assistance, financial investigations and asset recovery. Two case management systems have been installed at two anti-corruption agencies in Egypt.
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