Anti-Corruption
Anti-corruption is not a campaign; it is a system-building endeavour. This file proposes re-engineering the public work environment to reduce opportunities for corruption, strengthen accountability, and activate transparency and oversight tools.
Introduction
Corruption in Iraq is not a superficial phenomenon; it is the product of an institutional environment that enables it. Combating it does not occur through individual punishment alone, but through rebuilding the environment in ways that minimise opportunities, raise the cost of corrupt acts, and sustain transparency.
Key Challenges
- Complexity of administrative procedures that generates demand for bribery.
- Lack of transparency in major government contracts and weak disclosure practices.
- Entanglement of authorities and weak independence of oversight bodies.
- Dominance of a cash economy that makes financial transactions difficult to trace.
- Weak protection of whistleblowers and inadequate supporting legislation.
Vision
A transparent public work environment that reduces corruption opportunities procedurally before legislatively, and establishes a comprehensive system of independent oversight, financial disclosure, digital governance, and whistleblower protection.
Action Axes
Simplification of Procedures
Reviewing administrative procedures to remove unnecessary steps, digitising transactions, and eliminating human contact wherever possible.
Transparency in Contracting
Creating a unified government procurement platform that enables disclosure of major contracts in accordance with international transparency standards.
Independence of Oversight
Strengthening the independence of the Integrity Commission, the Board of Supreme Audit, and the judiciary, and unifying the legislative framework for anti-corruption.
Whistleblower Protection
Enacting a whistleblower protection law, establishing secure reporting channels, and launching awareness programmes for citizens and public servants.