Scaling up diagnosis of corruption in water
While awareness of corruption challenges in water has increased in recent years, more systematic research need to be conducted to better understand the scope and nature of corruption in water, adapting tools such as corruption impact assessments, public expenditure tracking or corruption risk-mapping to the different areas of the water sector. When designing specific anti-corruption interventions, it is also important to develop a solid understanding of the local water context, including the conditions of supply and demand, existing infrastructure, and governance systems as well as the incentives of the local stakeholders to design targeted and effective reforms that are tailored to the local circumstances.[1]
Annotated Water Integrity Scan (AWIS)
The Water Integrity Network developed AWIS as a participatory and qualitative tool to assess integrity levels in specific sub-sectors of the water sector. It consists of a one-day multi-stakeholder workshop to assess integrity risks, identify priority areas for action and raise awareness about the water integrity situation. AWIS aims to improve integrity by facilitating constructive dialogue between different water sector stakeholders on issues related to transparency, accountability and participation as well as the existing anti-corruption framework and anti-corruption measures. AWIS does not measure corruption directly but rather sheds light on systemic weaknesses in the governance framework, which leave the water sector vulnerable to corruption. So far, AWIS has been applied to the context of urban and rural water supply and sanitation, but it can be easily adapted for use in other sub-sectors, such as water resource management, irrigation or hydropower.[2]
Footnotes
- [1]
Transparency International. 2008. Global Corruption Report: Corruption in the Water Sector. https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/publication/global_corruption_report_2008_corruption_in_the_water_sector
- [2]
WIN. 2011. Annotated Water Integrity Scans: A Manual to Help Assess Integrity Levels in Specific Sub-Sectors of the Water Sector. http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WIN_AWIS_Manual_EN_2011.pdf
Chapters
Author
Iñaki Albisu Ardigó; Marie Chêne
Reviewer:
Matthew Jenkins
Contributing experts:
Umrbek Allakulov (Water Integrity Network)
Shaazka Beyerle (US Institute of Peace)
Simone Bloem (Center for Applied Policy)
Claire Grandadam (Water Integrity Network)
Jacques Hallak (Jules Verne University – Amiens)
Mihaylo Milovanovitch (Centre For Applied Policy)
Muriel Poisson (International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO)
Juanita Riano (Inter-American Development Bank)
Marc Y. Tassé (Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption)
Vítězslav Titl (University of Siegen)
Davide Torsello (Central European University Business School)
Patty Zakaria (Royal Roads University)
Date
01/09/2017
