requiring approval of the President or the Parliament by 2/3rd majority. 2. Establishing a three-judge Court (ACC) under the Public Funds Court of Sana’a to conduct trials of corruption cases on a centralized and exclusive basis in the country. Ministry of Justice Decree by Supreme Judicial Council or the Ministry of Justice 3. Ensuring compliance of orders and Initiate administrative action against civil servants against whom conviction orders have been issued by competent courts as per Civil Service Law No. 19 of 1991 Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC) Ministry of Civil Service Prime Minister’s Decree 4. Amending Law no. 13 of 1994 on Procedures, to make ‘investigations’ into corruption cases a responsibility of Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC), which at present is that of Attorney General Office (AGO). Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC) Ministry of Legal Affairs Attorney General Office Republican Decree or Parliament Resolution 5. Amending Law no. 39 of 1992 for ‘Central Organization for Control and Audit (COCA)’, to make COCA independent of the executive by (1) Appointment of President COCA to be based upon nomination by the President and approval by parliaments, or vice versa. (2) Fixing the minimum tenure of the President COCA for a 5 year term, with no more than two terms (3) Autonomy to President COCA to appoint his Deputies and other staff. (4) Reporting by COCA directly to the Parliament. Central Organization for Controls and Audit (COCA) Ministry of Affairs Republican Decree or Parliament Resolution 6. Initiating audit of accounts of government agencies and Economic Units that have not been audited by COCA since independence. Central Organization for Controls and Audit (COCA) Ministerial Decree 7. Approving the Re-engineering Plan (RP) of COCA prepared under Civil Service Modernization Project Central Organization for Controls and Audit (COCA) Prime Ministerial Decree funded
accountability would go to a large number of people and it is difficult to measure Of which female (beneficiaries) Number in thousands 0 5 15 20 Estimation based on surveys PMU Intermediate Results Indicators Core Unit of Measurement Baseline Target Values Frequency Data Source/ Methodology Responsibility for Data Collection Comments YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 Intermediate Result Component One: Supporting implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy and Transparency and Anti-corruption Action Plan 1.1 Diagnostic study of form and manifestation of corruption in 7 pilot ministries completed. Number of Pilot Sectors 0 3 7 n.a. Annually Verify whether the report of diagnostic study has been finalized SNACC SNACC has published the final report on the diagnostic study 1.2 Decision Support System for the Asset Declaration Sector established. Y/N N N Y n.a Annually Verify whether database management system is installed and operational. SNACC Output reports on the Asset Declarations. 1.3 Management Information System for the Investigations and Complaints Management Sector established Y/N N N Y n.a. Annually Verify whether management information system is installed and operational. SNACC Output reports on the Management Information System. 1.4 Interactive website to disseminate information on anticorruption and receive citizens’ complaints launched Y/N N N Y n.a. Annually Verify whether the interactive website is installed and operational. SNACC Output reports and anticorruption information on the website. 1.5 Hotline unit to enable citizens to make complaints over phone established Y/N N N Y n.a. Annually Verify whether the hotline unit is installed and operational. SNACC Output reports from the hotline unit
2.10 An Information Portal for proactive disclosure of government information installed in the National Information Center. Y/N N Y n.a. n.a. year of the project ICO PMU NIC is ICO’s recommendation for hosting and operating the portal. It needs to be checked with the NIC if they have the hardware and networking resources to do that. Intermediate Result Component Three: Supporting the civil society coalition in raising demand for good governance in 7 pilot sectors 3.1 Pilot sectors in which victims of corruption and poor service delivery identified, their evidence recorded and case study documented Number of pilot sectors 0 2 6 7 Annually Verify whether the case study report Victims of corruption and poor service delivery have been finalized CSCAC CSCAC has the final case study reports and documentary film. 3.2 Pilot sector for which case studies of victims of corruption and poor service delivery is disseminated Number of sectors 0 0 4 7 Annually Verify whether the case study reports of victims of corruption and poor service delivery have been published and widely disseminated CSCAC Assessment of the reach of used for dissemination amongst the target audience 3.3 Volunteers of CSCAC provided basic training in investigations, data collection, documentation of evidence, and presentation of findings. Number 0 90 90 90 Annually Evaluation of capacity of concerned CSCAC’s staff in investigation and documentation of evidence CSCAC has enhanced investigations and documentation procedures implemented by its staff
Annex 5: Implementation Support Plan Republic of Accountability Enhancement Project Strategy and Approach for Implementation Support The World Bank will support the implementation of this project through a combination of fiduciary and technical supervision, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, as well as coordination. These activities will be implemented by teams composed of Bank staff, consultants as well as experts in coalition building. Implementation Support Plan Safeguards: Social and environmental safeguards are not expected to be triggered. Main focus in terms of support to implementation Time Focus Skills Needed Resource Estimate Partner Role Throughout project Adapting design while maintaining ability to evaluate for impact Adapting activities to volatile circumstances Coalition and consensus building expertise Government-Governance oversight entities-CSO partnerships building in fragile and conflict contexts Coordination and outreach through a transparent process
Skills Needed Specialization No. of Staff Weeks Number of Senior Public Sector Specialist Task Team Leader 30 6 Governance Specialist Access to Information and 15 3 Operations Operations Management 10 1 Local STC Anti-corruption 30 - Senior Financial Management Specialist Financial management 15 - Procurement Specialist Procurement 15 - Senior Counsel Legal 6 1 Team Assistance in CO Team Assistant 12 - Program Assistance in HQ Program Assistant 9 - Total 142 11