Accountable Public Institutions
The public sector, which includes government at all levels, is a central actor in almost all development activities. Its policies, programs, and services lay the foundation for progress on health, education, private-sector-led economic growth, trade, environmental sustainability, and equality between women and men.
Development success depends on an effective public sector, with strong institutions, well-qualified employees, and processes that include consultation with the public, reward merit, and sanction inefficiency and corruption.
In relation to public-sector capacity building, CIDA’s goal is to build strong institutions that have the vision and the administrative and professional capacities to support national development objectives effectively, equitably, and inclusively. Assistance includes strengthening of technical and managerial competencies including oversight, accountability, and anti-corruption measures; organizational, administrative and policy reform; and decentralization of government so that it is closer to the people.
DDD accountable public institutions initiatives aim to:
- Improve financial and economic management
- Strengthen audit, statistical capacity, and human resource management
- Promote policy coordination
- Enhance transparency and anti-corruption
- Improve service delivery, e.g. health, energy, basic needs
DDD accountable public institution initiatives:
Armenia – Strengthening Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Policy
Benin – Customs Reform at the Port of Cotonou
Benin – Supporting Administrative and Institutional Reform
Benin – Strengthening the Management of Public Finances
Bolivia - Improving the Quality of Official National Statistics
Burkina Faso – Promoting the Microfinance Sector
Cameroon – Focusing on Results-based Management (RBM) in Cameroon
Cameroon - Strengthening Internal Audit Reforms in Cameroon
Cuba - Improving Economic Planning in Cuba
East African Community - Ensuring Transparent Procurement Procedures
El Salvador - International Conference on Ethics in Democracy
Ghana- Accelerating Public Sector Reform by Strengthening Institutional Capacity
Ghana – Turning Oil and Gas Wealth into Sustainable and Equitable Development
Guyana – Strengthening Media Governance
Honduras - Establishing a Truth Commission in Honduras
Indonesia - Strengthening Foreign Affairs Policy and International Relations
Intergovernmental Authority on Development - Improving Regional Economic Cooperation through Results-based Management
Jamaica - Reducing Case Backlog in Jamaica’s Criminal Courts
Jamaica - Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Sector
Jamaica - Strengthening Development Capacity and Management Practices in Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy
Jordan - Implementing Jordan’s Educational Reform Model
Kenya – Results for Kenyans Program
Mali - Improving the Management of Public Finances in Mali
Mali - Implementing Mali’s Institutional Development Program
Niger - Preventing and Managing Food Crises in Niger
Niger - Reforming the Public Procurement System
Niger – Ensuring Children’s Right to Education
Niger – Developing a National Strategy on Statistics
Niger – Strengthening Gender Analysis and Budgeting in Niger
Peru – Supporting Peru’s Decentralization Process
Peru - Supporting the Office of the Ombudsman
Rwanda – Protecting and Managing the Environment to Improve the Lives of Rwandans
Southern African Development Community - Attracting Donors for the Southern African Development Community
Sudan - Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Process
Sudan - Strengthening Agri-based Options in Sudan’s Reintegration Process
Tanzania - Strengthening Ethics and Conflict of Interest Legislation
Tanzania - Changing Public Service Behaviour: Social Marketing Campaign
Ukraine - Assessing Gender Imbalances in the Budgetary Process