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Subject: [Pacific_media_watch] 6301 VANUATU: Media project to follow newanti-corruption office
Date – 9 June 2009
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Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Islands Business, 8/06/09
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VANUATU'S ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICE OPENS IN VILA
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By Hilaire Bule
PORT VILA (IB Online/Pacific Media Watch): A Citizen Complaints Office against Corruption has opened in Vanuatu.
It is one of the major tools fostered by Transparency International to empower citizens to fight against corruption.
The president of Transparency International Vanuatu, Marie-Noelle Ferrieux Patterson, says the project was made possible with the assistance of Transparency International in Berlin and other donors including the Department for International Development of UK.
There are now 38 such centres in the world. In Vanuatu, this centre will receive and process complaints focused on corruption related matters.
The centre aims to establish a working partnership with public institutions such as the Ombudsman’s Office. Patterson said it is crucial to develop cooperation with public authorities in order to better represent the interests of citizens of Vanuatu and to help improve transparency, accountability and efficiency of these public authorities.
“At the same time, we do not want to duplicate each other, but we want to reinforce each other’s work, for example the Ombudsman Act."
Before people lodge a complaint with the Ombudsman Office, they lodge the complaint with the concerned department. Often people have difficulties lodging a legal complaint. The centre can be the legal office that can help them before they go to see the Ombudsman.
“We are hoping to develop partnerships with other bodies like the police and the Public Solicitor,” says Patterson.
This year Transparency Vanuatu intends to implement two other major projects. The EU Media Project aims at advocating the draft bill proposal of the right of Freedom of Information through consultation with the main stakeholders.
The other is the Citizen Awareness project which will be implemented with the participation of the Ombudsman’s Office.
The Ombudsman’s Office has agreed to send their representative to workshops which are to be organised and run by Transparency International in the outer islands.
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