Instructions for the Anti-Corruption Authorities for filling up information.

1. Forms have been provided on the ISAAC portal for the Anti-Corruption Authorities (ACA) to fill up the required information pertaining to their organisations. Four forms have been provided to gather information on the four components of the Knowledge Management System, which are - Directory; Terms of Reference; Digest of Cases; and Best Practices.

2. Dr.Nikos Passas of North Eastern University, Boston, USA and the Controller General of Brazil had undertaken a project to identify and gather information about all the ACAs in the world. This data has been used by the ISAAC team at Central Vigilance Commission, India to fill up the first two forms – Directory and Terms of Reference. 250 ACAs pertaining to 160 countries have been identified. To view the list of ACAs identified by the ISAAC team please click LIST OF ACA. ACAs which do not find their name in the list may contact the ISAAC team at the email isaac-cvc[at]nic[dot]in or call up at telephone number : +91 11 24651085.

3. Login ID and Password has been created for each of the identified ACAs, which will be sent to them through email (on the email available with us).

   
   

4. The designated Nodal Officer of the respective ACAs should use this user ID and password to log in and fill up the forms.

5. The ACAs are requested to suitably edit the data which has already been filled up, in a manner that can best achieve the objectives of the system. They may add any missing information; or delete incorrect and irrelevant information.

6. No information has not been gathered by the ISAAC team for the 3rd and 4th forms - Digest of Cases and Best Practices. Information about cases and Best Practices may have to be filled up by the ACAs on a continuous basis.

7. Explanation of each item in the form and the guidelines for filling them up is detailed below:

Filling up this form would enable the creation of a directory of anti-corruption agencies across the world along with details of contact and nodal officers. This would facilitate establishing contact and exchange of information.

1. The nature of functions performed by the ACA may be selected from the choice – Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution. The purpose of this is to categorise the ACAs as preventive, investigative or multi-functional agencies.

2. Postal address, email address, telephone number and the website URL of the ACA should be filled up in items 2 to 5.

3. Each ACA may designate a Nodal Officer who will interact with International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities and the ISAAC team. The name and contact details of the Nodal Officer may be provided in items 6 to 9.

This form aims to gather information about the mandate, objectives, powers and functions; and organisation of the ACAs.

1. The legislation, constitutional provisions, Executive Order or Decree which created the ACA and from which the ACA draws its mandate should be specified.

2. Objectives, mission or mandate of the ACA.

3. Powers and functions of the ACA.

4. Jurisdiction of ACAs have been broadly categorised in terms of National, Federal or State. National jurisdiction means the ACA covers the country as a whole. The jurisdiction of some ACAs may be limited to Federal (Central Government) or a State within the country. Some ACAs may have jurisdiction only over public servants, while others may have jurisdiction over both public officials as well as private citizens.

5. The following details should be filled under the item “Staffing”.
   

   • The staff composition of the ACA.
     
   • The process of appointment of the top officials.
     
   • The process of recruitment of officials.




6. The structure and hierarchy of the organisation, the different Departments, Wings and Sections and their functions may be specified.

Filling up this form would create a searchable digest of prominent and concluded anti-corruption cases which would serve as case studies.

1. A suitable title may be given to the case.

2. The period of occurrence of the corrupt/unethical activity be provided in terms of month and year, if exact dates are not available.

3. The period when the case was first detected should be mentioned in terms of month and year, if exact date is not available.

4. It has been decided by the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) to display only concluded cases. Therefore, the date (month and year) of the final verdict may be filled up.

5. In order to categorise the cases according to the various sectors, some important sectors prone to corruption like health, defence, civil construction etc. have been provided as a drop down menu. The choice which best fits may be selected.

6. Nature of the activity involved in the case may be suitably selected from the dropdown menu. Some of the activities or processes in an organisation which are prone to corruption like procurement, recruitment of personnel, grant of licences etc. have been listed.

7. The nature of offences has been classified based on the offences recognised under Article-15 to 24 of the U.N. Convention Against Corruption. Other offences may be specified under the option ‘others’. A case may involve more than one offence.

8. The investigation into the case may be based on complaints, detection by the ACA or based on media reports. Therefore, the source from which the case emanated may be suitably selected from the drop down menu options.

9. If any special investigation techniques were adopted during the investigation of the case, it may be highlighted.

10. The summary of the case may either be typed or pasted in the box.

Filling up this form would create a digest of good enforcement and preventive anti-corruption practices in various areas or sectors.

1. Best practices of an ACA or a country may pertain to either Enforcement or Prevention. Therefore, one of the two options may be selected for reporting the best practice.

2. Under Enforcement and Prevention various categories have been provided. The most suitable category under which the best practice fixes may be selected and the best practice should be described in the box.

Capacity building is an important objective of IAACA and a valuable component of a Knowledge Management System by collecting information about the various training facilities available around the world and the training programmes conducted by them would be of immense use to the anti-corruption authorities. They can use it to make best use of the available avenues for training in anti-corruption.

1. Item 1 & 2. Many ACAs have established training facilities to train their staff. Trainings and workshops are also conducted by International Organisations like the World Bank, U&DP, UNODC, OECD or the Anti-Corruption Academy, Vienna. The name of the training facility and its contact details may be filled in by the ACAs or the International Organisations. This form is also accessible by International Organisations for whom the user ID and password would be sent by the ISAAC team. International Organisations may also contact the ISAAC team.
2. Item 3. List of training programmes conducted by the institute may be provided. The annual training calendar of the institute may be uploaded for the current year. This information has to be regularly updated.
3. Item 4. Details of the International Conferences, Seminars and Workshops planned for the current year. This information needs to be updated by the ACAs on a regular basis.