Detailed Information :

South Africa

Year of Establishment: 2001

Project Phase: Long-term Initiative

Participants:

• The NACF includes all three sectors, namely Business, Civil society, and Government.The current chair is the Minister for Public Service and Administration , Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
• Each sector is represented by ten delegates.
  • The 10 delegates of the business sectors are nominated by members of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). BUSA is an organization that represents business in South Africa on macro-economic and high-level issues that affect it at the national and international levels. Its role is furthermore to ensure that business plays a constructive role in the country’s economic growth, development and transformation. The work of BUSA on the NACF is coordinated by a Business Anti-Corruption Working Group chaired by the Chief Operating Officer of BUSA.
  • Civil Society is represented by the following ten organizations: The Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU); The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC); The Economic and Social Council (ECCOSOC); The Federation of Unions of SA (FEDUSA); The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM); The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU); The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF); The National Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF); The South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO); and Transparency South Africa (TI-SA).
  • The Government is represented by the following agencies: The Department of Arts and Culture; The Department of Finance; The Department of Home Affairs; The Department of Intelligence Services; The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; The Department of Provincial and Local Government; The Department of Public Enterprises; The Department of Public Service and Administration; The Department of Safety and Security; and The Public Service Commission.

Scope:

• Anti-Corruption Principal- based initiative, including all sectors of South African society, which aims to contribute towards the establishment of a national consensus through the coordination of sectorial anti- corruption strategies, to advise the government on the implementation and improvement of anti-corruption strategies.

Key Facts:

Description

• The NACF was founded in 2001 during the firs National Anti- Corruption Summit in Cape-Town. The NACF comprises three sectors (civil society, business and public). Each sector is represented by ten members. The Pubic Sector Commission (PSC), an independent to provide to provide oversight over the public administration, hosts the secretariat of NACF.
  

Objectives

• To contribute towards the establishment of a national anti- corruption strategies
• To advise the government on anti- corruption matters.

Key Learning:

• Having a forum with small sectoral committees can enhance communication and cooperation.
• Engaging the press in the projects helps to build public awareness on the activities and achievements of the Forum.
• Involving high profile players shows political commitment.

Graph of stakeholder relationship:

Mechanisms:

• Subsequent to the inauguration meeting of the NACF there was a long delay in convening more meetings. The next meeting was only in November 2002. The third meeting was held on year later in February 2003. During this period the NACF experienced many problems, such as agreeing on dates for meetings and achieving full quota of business and civil society representatives. It was thus decided that the NACF should strengthen the secretariat and adopt a program of actions.
• During the second Summit, which was held in March 2005, it was agreed that the NACF should develop a National Anti- Corruption Program (NAP). The NAP identifies key areas of priority and projects, and links specific projects with specific outputs, time frames and budgets. Since the development of the NAP the pace of NACF’s activities has notably accelerated.
• Recent and current projects of the NACF included development of a large website, case studies, establishment of an Integrity Pledge, awareness raising campaigns, organization of roundtables and development of a guide that explains key points and implications of the “ South Africa’s Prevention and Combating of Corruption Activities” Act.

Benefits:

• Engagement from all the sectors in the anticorruption fight was achieved.
• Society benefited from initiative because it was better informed about status of corruption in SA.
• The role of the Civil Society in developing collective strategies was recognized.

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Case Study on NACF

Source:

• NACF Webpage