Supporting Integrity Institutions (LR0049)

Brief Description of the Commitment
Perceptions of integrity in the public sector are very low. Lack of integrity undermines trust between citizens and government and leads to high level perception of corruption and mismanagement. This deters honest young Liberians from entering the civil service. Hence, this commitment seeks to build trust between citizens and government and support integrity institutions in achieving their statutory mandates.

1. What problem does the commitment aim to address?
The citizens of Liberia are affected greatly by the level of corruption in the public sector. This corruption within the public sector has affected public service delivery over 177 years and has increased in the recent 10 years. Corruption has become a serious menace within public service, private sector and the society at large. However, there is a growing collective action in fighting corruption and those involve. It is essential for public institutions like the LACC to strengthen its integrity, ensure its resolve to fighting corruption and build public trust.

2. What are the causes of the problem?
Corruption in Liberia is caused by key factors that contribute to corruption such as poverty, greed, limited education, weak and slow legal system, bad leadership and governance. Liberia is a kleptocrat state where corruption is key looter national resources. Public officials have intentionally distributed ignorance through the operation of weak education system, structurally weak internal control, poor implementation of policies and laws, and disrespect for the rule of law.

3. What results do we want to achieve by implementing this commitment?
• Establishment of fast-track/Specialized Anti-Corruption Court- January 2025-January 2027 • Integration of integrity, transparency and accountability education into the Liberian publicschool curriculum- January 2025-January 2027 • Establishment of a National Integrity Committee to monitor high risk institutions and help inform decision-making- January 2025-January 2027 • Digitalization of the Asset Declaration Program of the LACC- January 2025-January 2027 • Open Data on Corruption Trends Develop a public, open-data platform where anonymized data on corruption cases, sectors most affected, and types of corruption are made available for public analysis and research- January 2025-January 2027 Decentralization of the programs, activities and operation of the LACC- January 2025- January 2027

1. How will the commitment promote transparency?
There will be public education and public participation in all the solutions proposed over the period. All documentation will be made public and the court proceedings will be public
2. How will the commitment help foster accountability?
The court cases will promote accountability by ensuring that government officials and institutions abide by the rule of law. The engagement with the citizens will be structured so to close the feedback loop. There will be a quarterly (6 months) review of this commitment
3. How will the commitment improve citizen participation in defining, implementing, and monitoring solutions?
How will it proactively engage citizens and citizen groups?
The citizens will be involved from the beginning to the end, in consultations, public awareness, the use of technology (TALKAY App) to collect citizens feedback in reporting corrupt cases to the LACC, and others.

Milestones (Expected Completion Date January 2025-January 2027)
• Establishment of fasttrack/Specialize d AntiCorruption Court • Integration of integrity, transparency and accountability education into the Liberian public-school curriculum • Establishment of a National Integrity Committee to monitor high risk institutions and help inform decisionmaking- • Digitalization of the Asset Declaration Program of the LACC- • Open Data on Corruption Trends Develop a public, opendata platform where anonymized data on corruption cases, sectors most affected, and types of corruption are made available for public analysis and researchDecentralization of the programs, activities and operation of the LACC

Expected Outputs
# of specialized Anti-Corruption court established # of integrity clubs established in public schools % increase in knowledge to fight against corruption
# of National Integrity Committee established # of Digitalized platform for Asset Declaration
# of open data platform # of corruption cases reported on the Platform
# of corruption cases made public
# of LACC programs and activities decentralized