U4 – Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (Norway)
The U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, housed at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen (Norway), is a web-based resource center for development practitioners who wish to effectively address corruption challenges in their work. U4 is a leading player in providing its own applied research, publications, a helpdesk service and online training in order to attain more effective development efforts.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Global |
Governance Rule of Law - Democracy - Human rights
Decentralisation
Legal and judicial development Information and communication technology (ICT) Media & freedom of information |
01.04.2015
- 30.09.2019 |
CHF 900'000
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- U4 publications are operationally relevant and of high-quality.
- U4 website and communication activities are informative, relevant and broadly known.
- U4 training & other learning opportunities provide high-quality, targeted information.
- Other Academic Research North
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
COMMUNICATIONS
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
Legal and judicial development
Media and free flow of information
Information and communication technology (ICT)
Cross-cutting topics Conflict reduction
The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
The project supports partner organisation improvements as a priority
Aid Type Core contribution
Project number 7F09157
| Background |
Corruption threatens economic growth, social stability and poverty reduction particularly in developing countries which lose billions through corrupt acts such as bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation or other diversion of property or abuse of functions. Corruption erodes public trust in government, it leads to sub-standard services and it wastes scarce public resources. Corruption, however, also may occur at project or programme level of donor agencies. SDC is therefore committed to improving its knowledge base for anti-corruption work. |
| Objectives |
U4 aims to provide enhanced knowledge, understanding and learning across the anti-corruption agenda for practitioners from development agencies and, more broadly, for a wider public. The operating principle of U4 is to make available as much as possible of its products as a global public good. The development impact of the contribution will be to substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms via training, applied research and other services (i.e. helpdesks) and hence to reduce the negative impacts of corruption on economic growth, social stability or poverty. |
| Target groups |
Direct target groups are staff of the U4 partner agencies, in particular SDC and the Swiss Administration. U4 aims to provide resources and services that are directly relevant to the practical and policy challenges facing these key development actors. U4 services will be relevant to SDC’s coordination offices and Regional Cooperation / Cooperation with Eastern Europe (online training, in-country training), Global Cooperation (specific sector issues) and Humanitarian Aid (fragile states). Given that U4’s research is publicly accessible, indirect beneficiaries are the broader community of development practitioners in governments, NGOs, and academic institutions around the world. |
| Medium-term outcomes |
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| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Development cooperation |
| Project partners |
Contract partner Foreign academic and research organisation |
| Link: |
U4 – Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
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| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 900'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 899'810 |
| Project phases |
Phase 99
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2029
(Planned)
Phase 1 01.04.2015 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) |