Understanding the UN Convention against Corruption and how it affects development cooperation is a new four week course to raise awareness about what UNCAC entails and how it can be used to promote good governance in partner countries.
Why take this course?
- To get a better understanding of the requirements the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) places on partner countries and what effect it can have on anti-corruption reform.
- To learn how donor and embassy staff can use the Convention and support its implementation to foster development.
- To engage with top-level experts and country peers in cutting edge discussions and exchange of experiences.
Target audience
The course is targeted to advisors and programme managers working with implentation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, in developing countries or based at headquarters. Practitioners involved with anti-corruption work will also benefit from this course
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, participants will have:
- Enhanced knowledge about UNCAC and national implementation processes
- Increased understanding about ways to integrate UNCAC elements into donor approaches
Workload and training methods
Participants participate actively in group discussions and deliver assignments as requested in the course readers. Weekly course readers are accessible to anyone with a valid U4 user account.
Minimum 40 hours of available time - spread over four weeks - and a reasonably stable internet connection is needed.
It does not matter what time of day you log on to the Virtual Classroom, but please do not sign up if you cannot participate on a regular basis during all the three weeks of the course.
Guidance, facilitation and expert supervision
The participants receive help and guidance from a U4 course facilitator. In addition, experts with long experience in the field give input to discussions and comment on assignments.
Certificate
All participants who complete the course successfully will be issued a course certificate.
Course fee
Participation is free for U4 Partner Agency Staff and invited partners (includes ministry of foreign affairs and embassy staff). U4 unfortunately cannot respond to requests for participation in the online course from individuals or organizations not connected to a U4 partner agency. Non-U4 partners cannot apply for a place, unless they submit first an explicit invitation by a U4 partner agency granting them a place under their quota.
