The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition is a cross sectoral grouping of Government, Official Anti-Corruption agencies, the Private Sector and Civil Society:
Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) Forum of Religious Bodies (FORB) Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Serious Fraud Office (SFO) National Governance Programme (NGP) Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Centre for Democratic Development, Ghana (CDD)
How does GACC Operate?
GACC operates through a secretariat and shares membership responsibility amongst as many members as possible to ensure collective ownership of the process and enhance the effectiveness of the partnership.
What is corruption?
Corruption is the abuse of power, economic, political and administrative power leading to personal or group benefits at the expense of the rights and legal interest of the individual, the specific community or the whole society. Corruption is a development issue and affects the society and developing countries such as Ghana.
Who can be corrupt?
Public & Private Officials Anyone who diverts the ownership of property Anyone who takes undue advantage
What are the forms of corruption?
Bribe: an offer or receipt of money or favour to influence a public official Nepotism: Favouritism shown by public officials or relatives or close friends Fraud: Cheating the government through deceit Embezzlement: Stealing money or other government property Favouritism Extortion Kickbacks
What are the tools used in corruption?
Money, valuable goods or gifts, favours, promises and undue advantage.
What is the adverse effect of corruption?
Halts or undermines development Undermines democracy and good governance Destroys democracy Leads to suspicion and mistrust Impacts negatively on rule of law Destroys the capacity of individuals to perform well
How does corruption violate human rights?
Corruption prevents governments from fulfilling their obligation to promote and protect the fundamental human rights of the inhabitants of a country in three important respects:
a. Affects the full realisation of economic, social and cultural rights
b. Perpetuates discrimination and
c. Leads to infringement of civil and political rights
How is corruption measured in Ghana?
In Ghana, corruption is measured through the following:
Household Survey in 1999 to 2000 Ghana Integrity Initiative Urban Household corruption survey GACC Corruption Monitoring Indicators
Based on an Anti-corruption Action Plan drawn in 2001 and reviewed in 2005 Monitors the actual implementation of the various anti-corruption laws and processes locally
What is Corruption Perception Index?
CPI is a composite index which ranks countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.
What is Bribe Payers Index (BPI)?
BPI assesses the propensity of companies from major exporting countries to bribe abroad – notably poor countries.
How do we fight corruption?
Systems must be engineered to reflect best practices in the world. Let us challenge the “status quo” and bring to bear good governance through ACCOUNTABILITY;TRANSPARENCY; PREDICTABILITY & PARTICIPATION.
Accountability is the ability to call public officials to answer for their actions and to show evidence that public fund were utilised for public interest. Transparency entails making information available at no or low cost to stakeholders. Predictability results primarily from law and regulations that are clear and known in advance, uniformly and effectively enforced Participation is needed at all levels of governance in deciding how to develop, alleviate poverty and also benefit from the national cake.
Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) 
Accountability is the ability to call public officials to answer for their actions and to show evidence that public fund were utilised for public interest.
Transparency entails making information available at no or low cost to stakeholders.
