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Commitment for Golden Bengal  National Integrity Strategy of Bangladesh

Commitment for Golden Bengal  National Integrity Strategy of Bangladesh. BACKGROUND OF NIS. Bangladesh as a state, dedicated to people’s welfare and upholding high ideals in national life;

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Commitment for Golden Bengal  National Integrity Strategy of Bangladesh

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  1. Commitment for Golden Bengal  National Integrity Strategy of Bangladesh

  2. BACKGROUND OF NIS Bangladesh as a state, dedicated to people’s welfare and upholding high ideals in national life; Commitment for ensuring equality, human dignity and social justice was expressed in our proclamation of Independence; ‘Vision 2021’, envisages - within the coming decade the country will be free from hunger, illiteracy, unemployment, deprivation and poverty. Achieving these goals needs prevention of corruption and practice of integrity; NIS is a concerted initiative for combating corruption. 2

  3. THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRITY Integrity in this document means : behavioral excellence influenced by morality and honesty; and adherence to time-tested norms, values, customs and principles of a society At the individual level, it means being duty-bound and honest; Organisations are created by people For promotion of integrity, strictness in observing the proprieties both at individual level and organisations are critically important; 3

  4. PREPARATION OF THE NIS • Review of all available documents; • Consultation meetings with civil society and professional bodies; • Draft placed in the Cabinet meeting in June 2011; • Published in the CD website • Incorporation of opinions of Hon’ble MPs and stakeholders; • Ministries/Divisions reviewed the document, provided written opinions & observations; • In May 2012 Cabinet set up a Committee headed by Hon’ble FM; • Redrafting in line with directives of the Committee; • Cabinet approved on 18 October 2012;

  5. STEPS TAKEN SO FAR • Spirit of Constitution: a just and righteous society; • Efforts to combat corruption was in the past, continues at present: • Penal Code, 1860; • Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; • Reorganized ACC, 2004 • Right to Information Act, 2009; • Prevention of Money Launering Act, 2012;

  6. RATIONALE FOR NIS • Coordination among different laws and interventions needed; • Development interventions and NGOs grown in huge proportions and numbers; • Corruption identified as a major problem in 1st and 2nd PRSP; • NIS to bring synergy in the impact of the interventions undertaken to prevent corruption; • UNCAC indicates formulation of a strategy to fight corruption.

  7. VISION AND MISSION OF THE NIS • Vision: • A happy & prosperous Golden Bengal • Mission: • Establishment of good governance in state institutions and society

  8. STATE INSTITUTIONS 1. Executive Organ and Public Administration 2. The Parliament 3. The Judiciary 4. The Election Commission, 5. The Attorney-General 6. The Public Service Commission 7. The Comptroller and Auditor-General 8. The Ombudsman 9. The Anti-Corruption Commission 10. Local Government Institutions

  9. NON-STATE INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS 1.Political Parties 2. Industrial and Commercial Organisations in the Private Sector 3. NGOs and Civil Society 4. Family 5. Educational Institutions 6. Media

  10. STRATEGY FOR ATTAINING INTEGRITY • This strategy paper- • Identifies the contexts & challenges of different state and non-state institutions/organisations; • Fixes goals of the institutions to ensure integrity; • Makes short, medium & log-term recommendations for achieving the goals; • Suggests time bound action plan for implementation of recommendations.

  11. EXECUTIVE ORGAN & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Goal: • Establishment of a transparent executive organ responsive to the demands and needs of people.

  12. CHALLENGES • Promulgation of Civil Service Act; • Increased functional freedom of public service with stronger accountability; • Enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in administrative activities; • Establishing links between promotion, transfer, pay and emoluments with appraised performance; • Introduction of a competitive pay and incentive structure; • Overall reform by ensuring equitable opportunities for different cadre services; • Building citizen-friendly enforcement agencies; • Fair, neutral and visible decision-making in public administration.

  13. SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS • Making systemic arrangements for submission of asset statements; • Proper enforcement of ‘Whistle Blowers’ (Protection) Act’; • Dealing with grievances by operationalising the ‘Grievance Redress System’; • Introduction of modern performance appraisal, incentive and emolument systems; • Ensuring appointment of government officers and employees on a regular basis.

  14. MEDIUM AND LONG TERM RECOMMENDATIONS • Enactment of Civil Service Act; • Establishment of an efficient, accountable, qualified and responsive executive organ by ensuring ‘career development’; • Providing in-service training for developing capacity; • Introduction of a competitive promotion system based on a combination of seniority, merit, efficiency and performance; • Expansion of e-governance system; • Framing a just pay-structure for the public servants with provisions for adjustments with cost of living.

  15. ACTION PLAN (1)

  16. ACTION PLAN (2)

  17. ACTION PLAN (3)

  18. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS • ‘Integrity Advisory Council’ at central level: Policy & overall directives; • The Council has an ‘Executive Committee’; • An Unit for NIS implementation in the Cabinet Division; • ‘Ethics Committees’ in all Ministries/Divisions and constitutional and statutory bodies; • ‘Focal point’ in all these bodies; • Monitoring implementation of Action plan with the help of FPs.

  19. CRITICAL ISSUES • Disclosure of wealth statements of MPs; • Draft law/rules/regulations for appointment and remuneration of the Election Commissioners; • Enactment of Audit Act; • Appointment of the Attorney General on tenure basis; • Enactment of Attorney Service Act; • Rules for appointment of PSC Chairman and Members; • Establishment of a functional office of the Ombudsman;

  20. CRITICAL ISSUES (cont.) • Submission of wealth statement of executives; • Clustering of Ministries; • Enactment of Civil Service Act; • Establishment of separate investigating agency; • Law/Rules for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court; • Issues related to the political parties (political environment & culture)

  21. CONCLUSION • NIS is an amendable living document; • Perspective Plan 2010-2021 contains commitment to launch prevention of corruption initiatives as a movement; • NIS may make this movement success and have an effective role in creating Golden Bengal a reality.

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