“Raising level of anti-corruption consciousness in rural areas” project
On December 1, 2009, the Rights & Prosperity international public organization launched a new project on “Raising level of anti-corruption consciousness in rural areas”. The project is funded by Act Central Asia.
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The overall goal of the project: is to “Raise the level of anti-corruption consciousness and introduce mechanism of public participation in monitoring of corruption in Bokhtar, Muminobod and Rudaki regions.”
Target groups are:
• Members and heads of mahallas (men and women), members of public chamber (DFID-led project), members and heads of jamoat development committees and local public structures
• Local officials, senior officials and workers from local self-government structures
• Local non-governmental organizations and representatives of regional mass media
Coverage area
The planned project activity to be implemented in Muminobod, Bokhtar and Rudaki regions.
Strategies of intervention:
The project will be based on the following strategies of intervention:
• Researches among community members, local officials and representatives of self-governing structures.
• Design of educational program (legal capacity) for community members and senior officials from self-governing bodies, local officials and representatives of public organizations and mass media in target regions.
• Strengthening legal capacity of target groups in the field of corruption, its causes and solutions.
• Introduction of counter-corruption methods through the activity of Public Chamber – introduction of public corruption control tools
• Awareness campaigns on corruption issues and its appearance at community level and ways of resolution.
Experts and sociologists are now elaborating research methodologies to examine public relation to corruption-related problems.
