Agreement Signed between the Institute of Law at Birzeit University and UNDP
UNDP/PAPP and EUPOL COPPS.
In partnership and close cooperation with the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), the IoL will deliver a long-term training programme, targeted to promote principles and norms of good governance, transparency, integrity and accountability. In particular, the project consolidates anti-corruption efforts within the Palestinian society. To this avail, the project research team will build capacities of anti-corruption agencies, particularly the PACC staff, Anti-Corruption Prosecution team and Corruption Crimes Court judges. The agreement was signed by Dr. Khalil Hindi, President of Birzeit University, and Mr. Frode Mauring, UNDP Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
An internalised experience and promoted local ownership are a pivotal component of the IoL’s approach to implementing the training programme. The IoL will pay special attention to building and empowering national institutions so that they can effectively and efficiently own and integrate enhanced training initiatives within respective capacity building exercises and departments. In general, the IoL seeks to incorporate the concept of local ownership within the project components and phases. Accordingly, partner national institutions will be capable of making spontaneous decisions on planning, implementation and evaluation with a view to materialise desired goals and ensure sustainable results and outputs of the project.
The project comprises training and research components, addressing a variety of theoretical and practical themes of relevance to functions delivered by the target group. It will provide three training exercises: (1) training of PACC staff members, including PACC legal, technical and administrative teams;
(2) training of prosecutors delegated to the PACC along with other members of the Public Prosecution;
and (3) training of judges at the Corruption Crimes Court as well as other judges. Taking account of the nature of their functions, training courses have been selected and designed in line with beneficiaries’ needs. The training process will ensure that anti-corruption actors will acquire a set of relevant values, expertise and skills. To ensure a maximum utilisation of available national resources, highly qualified and specialised trainers will be objectively selected from among Palestinian universities, think tanks and institutions. Additionally, regional or international experts can be hired as needed. The project research team will also develop tailor-made training materials, which can be developed and improved on a continuous basis in the future. These will be the hub of of an integrated training curriculum which ensures a sustainable training delivery to law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies.
The programme will be implemented from April through December 2013.
