MEDIA RELEASE National consultations for anti-corruption strategy_2Jul2025
REPUBLIC
OF NAURU
Government
Information Office
MEDIA
RELEASE
For
Immediate Release
Wednesday, 2
July 2025
Nauru national
anti-corruption strategy stakeholder engagement and
consultation
The
Secretary for Justice and Border Control, Mr. Jay Udit officially
opened and facilitated on Wednesday 25 June 2025, a stakeholder
engagement and consultation workshop where key stakeholders were
invited to a strategic dialogue on the formulation of a new
National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS) for Nauru. The strategic
dialogue provided the opportunity for key stakeholders to provide
inputs on developing a new NACS for Nauru.
Nauru
acceded to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
on 11 August 2012, and the Convention entered into force in the
country on the same day. In line with article 5 of the Convention
and Teieniwa Vision Implementation plan, Nauru is developing
its national anti-corruption strategy for the
first time. The Teieniwa Vision is the Pacific
government leaders' agreement adopted in 2021 to tackle corruption
in the region.
In February
2025, the Cabinet approved the drafting of a NACS and the
establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy Working
Committee (NACSWC) whose purpose is to drive the development,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy. Members
of this Committee include the Department of Justice and Border
Control as the national focal point for anti-corruption.
Memberships of the Committee will be reviewed and revised once the
Strategy is developed and launched to ensure there is equal
representation from key relevant anti-corruption institutions in
government as well as from private sector, civil society and
community.
The NACS
will guide the government and all other key stakeholders on key
development initiatives and actions to be adopted and implemented
to improve the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in Nauru.
Participants at the workshop shared their views that there is a
need to improve these measures which include addressing gaps in
areas such as anti-corruption policies, legislations, operational
systems and procedures, civic awareness, data and information, and
capacity building for key agencies involved in the prevention,
control and addressing of corruption.
The
stakeholder engagement and consultation workshop were held at the
Department of Environment and Agriculture Management Conference
Room and was attended by various stakeholders from various
government departments and offices (including those from the
executive and legislature) as well as representatives from private
sector, civil society and community.
The
development of the NACS is supported with technical and financial
assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) regional office.
For more
information contact the Department of Justice and Border Control
via contact information available on its website
https://justice.gov.nr/
.
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