TANZANIA
AT A GLANCE
Head of Government: President Jakaya Kikwete
Next election: 2010
Capital: Dar es Salaam
Population: 41 million
Independence: 1964 (from UK)
Human Development Index (HDI): 152nd out of 179 countries
Gender Gap Index (GGI): 38th out of 130 countries
Gross National Index (GNI) per capita: US$400
Changing Public Service Behaviour – Social Marketing Campaign
Status: Operational
Local Partner: Public Service Management, Prime Minister's Office
Canadian Expert: Mary Gusella
As part of its Public Service Reform Program and ethics awareness activities, the Government of Tanzania is working to strengthen its responsiveness and accountability to the public. Through social marketing campaigns, they aim to increase public servant awareness of the core values, code of ethics and conduct required for excellence in public service delivery. Working with Public Service Management in the Office of the Prime Minister, DDD expert Mary Gusella (currently Chair of the Board of the Commission for Complaints for Telecommunications Services and former head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission) will help develop a social marketing campaign, campaign materials and evaluation tools to improve ethical conduct of public servants and increase citizen awareness and demand for quality public services.
Strengthening Ethics and Conflict of Interest Legislation
Status: Operational
Local Partner: Ethics Commissioner, President's Office
Canadian Expert: Mary Gusella
Papers: Strengthening Conflict of Interest and Ethics Legislation by Mary Gusella and her team
CIDA’s Deployment for Democratic Development (DDD) is helping to prepare the policy work leading to a revised Leadership Code of Ethics that will apply to a wide cross-section of public leaders in Tanzania. Under the guidance of the Ethics Commissioner, Canadian expert Mary Gusella is providing advice and support to this policy and legislative development process. Research is being conducted on the institutional machinery for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest in six selected countries. Issues that arise when attempting to separate the public and private interests of public officials are being examined as part of the legal research. In addition, the existing legislation that was enacted in 1995 is being thoroughly analysed to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to identify gaps that will need to be addressed. A variety of other related pieces of Tanzanian legislation is being scrutinized to identify areas of duplication and overlap with the current Public Leadership Code of Ethics Act. Consultations with stakeholders are planned, beginning at the problem definition stage. It is anticipated that the project will culminate in a working paper outlining potential policy and legislative options for revisions to the Public Leadership Code of Ethics Act.
