In-country training:
ESSENTIALS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION

On-site training workshops for agency staff and invited participants

The U4 Resource Centre organises focused in-country training workshops for groups of up to 30 people. Workshops usually last 2,5 days, and two such sessions can be held back-to-back when demand is high.

U4 collaborates with Tiri on the content and execution of in-country workshops.

The benefits of in-country training

• Intensive, interactive learning for busy staff members
• Country specific or regional focus with highly relevant examples
• At least two trained and experienced instructors
• Instructors will respond to local demands in terms of workshop content and focus
• Invited speakers with local/regional expertise

Should U4 come to your country?

The decision on where to hold workshops depends on demand from the U4 partner agencies' field staff. Please notify your HQ and anti-corruption officer, or e-mail us at u4@u4.no to express your interest or to request further information.

Workshop content

The course includes the following elements:

• Core concepts: analytic categories, explanations and drivers, consequences
• An overview of integrity reform in country: past approaches by national authorities and donors, civil society perspectives
• The international AC agenda: actors and legal instruments
• Strategic approaches to AC reform: special focus on measurement and policy-oriented knowledge creation
• Group work on discrete areas of reform

Please note that we like to work closely with the host agency to ensure that individual elements of the course are closely tailored to the specific concerns of the country.

All PowerPoint presentations plus a CD-ROM with additional resources are distributed at the venue.

Who can participate?

Usually training workshops are primarily open to, and targeted at U4 partner agency staff. It is at the discretion of the host-agency and other partner agencies present in the country, to decide whether to invite participants from other donor agencies, government, and NGO's.

No previous knowledge is required.

Fees and costs

• All participants must cover their own costs of travel, accommodation, and daily subsistence. Lunch is organised for the participants.
• Staff from U4 Partner Agencies, DIFID/British Embassies/High Commissions, Norad/Norwegian Embassies, and Sida/Swedish Embassies, CIDA/Canadian Embassies (Canada), MinBuZa (The Netherlands), BTC (Belgium), GTZ, KfW, BMZ, and CIM (Germany), and AusAID (Australia) attend free of charge.
• Agencies inviting government and NGO counterparts will be charged Euro 600 for invited participants, when their places are not part of the quota of free places for Partner Agencies.

Training methods

• Mix of group activities, presentations and plenary discussions
• Knowledge sharing between peers and interactions from invited expert speakers
• The instructors encourage and facilitate active participation in open and frank discussions
• Participants are required to participate actively in the discussions (no written/oral tests)

Diploma

Active participation is the one prerequisite for "passing" the course, and diplomas certifying participation will be presented on the last day.

Training Online course Course texts: Essentials on Anti-Corruption Course texts: Money in Politics Virtual classroom In-country training Specialised in-country training Workshop materials Corruption in the education sector Corruption in the health sector Money in politics online course EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN-COUNTRY TRAINING Locations for the 'Essentials of Anti-Corruption' training workshops and the specialised training modules are decided by the AC coordinators at the U4 Partner Agencies' Headquarters. Requests by field offices for U4 In-country training can be forwarded to them.

Training in Afghanistan, June 2006