Fighting Corruption June 2012
The great challenge Fight Corruption Undermines competitiveness Inhibits investments and employment Weakens institutional order Scorns observance of Law Uncofigures social order
Corruption in the world 1 in 4 Persons admitted paying a bribe 8% of GDP Is paid in bribes Transparencia Internacional. Barómetro Global de la Corrupción 2010
Corruption in Mexico 75% of the companies Have suffered internal fraud 2.5 billion USD Estimated cost of corruption in 2010 1 out of10* Delivered public services involved bribes Dato empresas: KPMG. Encuesta de Fraude. 2010. *Transparencia Mexicana. 2010. ENCBG
Strategy Federal Government Citizen Centered Public Action
Strategy 1 Foster citizen involvement in reporting corruption Telephone Postal mail E-mail Web site Mailboxes Personally in offices 34% of the sanctions have begun with a citizen report
Strategy 1 Foster citizen involvement in reporting corruption Simulated User 83* operations 31* institutions 96*detained public officers *From January 2007 to December 2011
Strategy 2 Investigation Model 1. Investigation Units established within the Internal Audits Offices 2. Public officers assets investigation: Fiscal & Banking Authorities 3. Databases integration, linkage and analysis 4. National security agencies coordination 5. On site operations
Strategy 3 1. Audit Model Targeted audits 2. Audits as complement for the investigations 3. Specialization for the auditors 4. Prioritize on-site audits over desk-research 5. Comunication between audit and sanction areas 10%* less audits, 9%* more sanctions *Datos que se mantienen desde marzo 2010
Strategy 4 Exemplary punishment 7,559* Severe administrative sanctions to public officers (disabling and removal) of which: 596* sanctions were to high level officials 1,802* Administrative sanctions to companies *From January 2007 to August 2011 *From January 2007 ato December 2011
Strategy 4 Exemplary punishment PENAL COMPLAINTS PRESENTED 400 312 Just in In 23 years only 5 years 1983-2006 2007-2011
Prevention Strategy 5 Publicly denounce corrupt bureaucrats to induce contempt for corruption
Prevention Strategy 6 Regulatory improvement eliminated 10,360* Administrative norms + 5,901* Internal norms Replaced by 9 Administrative Handbooks Total 16, 261* *From October 2008 to December 2011
Prevention Strategy 7 Public procedures and services 2,491* Procedures and services eliminated and/or merged World Bank evaluations Decrease time to start a company from 58 to 9 days Ease to open a business improved from 73 to 35 place *From October 2008 to December 2011
Prevention Strategy 8 Public procurement 35% of the federal budget 10% of the GDP 1- Saving Results and Effective Governance 2- Improve management 3- Strengthen Transparency 4- Use of electronic means Procedural Compliance 5- Strategies for developement 6- Competitiveness protection
Prevention Strategy 8 Public procurement $625 USD* billion in savings Small and Medium Enterprise Support Policies Legal and Institutional Reforms New buying mechanisms Professionalization Electronic Procurement Planning and Standardization New and improved *From 2009-2011
9 Transparency Prevention Strategy Targeted Transparency as a tool 94% of the Federal Government agencies published socially useful information on their websites (2011).
10 Prevention Strategy National Interoperability Agreement Feature All the Federal Government agencies have to share the data at their disposal, to avoid asking citizens for same information more than once. 1 Establish protocols and communication mechanisms within the government. 2 Instructs agencies to order their information, so it be available in interchangeable formats.
Prevention Strategy 11 Federal Government procedures and services web site Searching tool for government information. Citizens can create their user profile, with which they : 1. May have a personal expedient. 2. Can access public services on-line. 3. Can personalize the site with apps. 4. Can develop apps.
Prevention Strategy 12 Public Works Audit Program Physical and financial monitoring Tracking all the public works using federal resources in the country. Collaborative team with government agencies and entities with a common goal. Close monitoring of the progress of public works (considering their dynamic and complex nature) Targeted audits (focalizing efforts) 2009 2010 2011 8,209 public works ($51,600 Mil USD) 11,536 public works ($46,800 Mil. USD) 13,381 public works ($55,200 Mil. USD)
Open Government Partnership All of this policies are now part of the Mexican Action Plan that was delivered when we joined the Open Government Partnership. They are joined by 36 specific proposals that were developed together with 8 Civil Society Organizations.
2011 UN Public Service Awards 1st place in Latin America and the Caribbean in Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service: Improving efficiency through administrative Simplification 1st place in Latin America and the Caribbean in Fostering participation in policy making decisions through innovative Mechanisms: Public Call to Identify the Most Useless Process.
2012 UN Public Service Awards Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service on Latin America and the Caribbean 1st Place: New Model of control and audit public works 2nd Place: National Public Procurement System
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