Caserta, september 19, 2012
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Bad Governance and Corruption relating to
the former political system, mixed with
impunity, had fed enough popular anger
and had comtributed to the famous
Tunisian Revolution of January 14, 2011.
Before
After
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The Ministry of the Governance and the
Fight
against
corruption,
recently
created, is to execute all the programs
and the projects relative to it with full
transparency, and in partnership with all
the concerned parts.
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The corruption does cost 2 points of growth to
Tunisian Economy,
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The
transparency
and
the
Governance
generate
2 points of growth,
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9 Tunisian citizens on 10 consider that the corruption is
a serious socioeconomic phenomenon,
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35% of Tunisian citizens are accommodated to the
phenomenon of corruption.
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Source IACE
January 2012
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Continuous well lubricated system of
corruption,
Culture of mediocrity,
Occult fight against transparency,
Illicit Market : 20% of GDP,
Redistribution of corruption: new networks,
Social and political instability,
Bad governance (political parties, civil society
and media ...),
little visible government action
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‫ (وال تألكوا أموالمك بينمك ابلباطل وتدلوا هبا اىل احلاكم لتألكوا فريقا من أموال الناس ابالمث وأنمت‬:‫قال تعاىل‬
]188:‫تعلمون) [البقرة‬
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[188] Ne vous dépouillez pas injustement les uns
les autres de vos biens ! Ne les offrez pas non plus
aux juges dans l’espoir de vous accaparer
illégalement et en toute connaissance de cause
d’une partie des biens appartenant à autrui !
[188] Und fresset nicht untereinander euren
Reichtum auf durch Falsches, und bietet ihn nicht
der Obrigkeit (als Bestechung) an, daß ihr
wissentlich einen Teil des Reichtums anderer zu
Unrecht fressen möchtet.
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The Institutional level :
- Strengthening of the coordination of supervisory bodies
based on a comprehensive and coherent strategy guided by the
principles of independence, autonomy and neutrality,
- Revision of the legal form of the missions and operations of
the ombudsman,
- A court specialized for Fighting Against Corruption (FAC):
specialized judicial pole.
The Legal Level:
- The establishment of a unified regulation with consistency
and clarity for the FAC, in particular through a new system
governing public procurement,
- The establishment of a legal framework for the
denouncement (internal and external) of the corruption that
protects Whistleblowers,
The Administrative Development Level :
- Generalisation of procedures manuals,
- Strengthening training and development of
administrative staff about the FAC,
- Establishing a mapping corruption risks:
integrity scan.
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Creation of a network of partners to FAC:
- Involvement of civil society,
- Accountability and awarness of citizens,
- Strengthening the independence and
neutrality of the media.
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Public Procurement:
18% of GDP. (Bad governance and corruption
surcharge of 20%),
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Increase the effectiveness, efficiency and
transparency
of
systems
procurement:
national system of public procurement, well
designed and in accordance with accepted
international standards.
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The assessment of the regulatory and organizational procurement has
been completed and approved by the Government at the beginning of
September 2012
Increase the value of contracts approved by the CSM between 2008 and 2009: use
general markets nationally equipment (rolling stock, medicines, fuels), and
regional pooled procurement.
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-Report
on public procurement, 2010: 8500 procurement
(contracts written):
-1.7
billion $ / 16% of total market which 63% of public
works market Excluding orders < $ 65,000 / 84%
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The Monitoring Committee and Investigations Procurement,
reviewed 850 requests / 3 last years: It yields:
-60%
of opinions were in favor of the applicants.
Evaluation of the institutional and regulatory framework for
public procurement:
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 The
evaluation
methodology
of
the
national
procurement aims to assess the quality and proper
placement of public procurement ,
 Two decrees of May 2011 and June 2012 introduced new
slides to better control the time of award and the quality
of services to be performed.
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1)
Requirements
definition
5) independence
of the
Commissions
market
8) Training
public
purchasers
2) Delay in
procurement
phases
3) Abuse of
endorsements and
litigation.
6) Publication of notices
and reports from
supervisory bodies and
recourse.
9) Promotion
of SMEs
10) Documents
type
4) Delay in the
final rule market
7) Specific
provisions in the
fight against
corruption,
11) Procurement
planning
11 levels of renal / June 2012 Report
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Governance and
streamlining the
legal framework
 Performance
4 pillars identified
Transparency
Professionalization
The implementation of these 4 modules will be achieved
with technical assistance of:
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The World Bank
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Streamlining the procurement and execution of public
procurement.
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Assessment of the regulatory system governing public
procurement (support to SMEs, environmental aspects,
requirements definition, agreement in procurement).
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Final assessment report submitted in early June 2012 and
approved in September.
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Training public purchasers through training of trainers
(7000 procurers).
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W.BANK/AD BANK/E UNION:
- PPP through public procurement and concessions
SOUTH KOREA
The implementation of e-procurement began with the design
of the system architecture, consolidation, implementation
and generalization in the purpose of ensuring greater
transparency of public procurement procedures.
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National Portal of e-procurement
TONEPS
Tunisian ON-line E-Procurement System
Système d’approvisionnement électronique
Portail
Gérant
Demande
Sélection de
de
service (SR)
l’appel d’offres
Gestion
des contrats
Vérification/
contrôle
Liste des
produits
Ministère
des finances
Shoppingmall
Direction des
impôts
Système de contrat à prix unitaire
Acheteurs
publics
Infos unis
sur l’ appel
d’offres
Décision de
la méthode
du contrat
Contrat Demamde
de
à prix
unitaire commande
Demande
de
fourniture
paiement
Paiement
électronique
e-documents / lien externe
Fournisseurs
Gestion
des
usagers
Gestion
Distridution
du standard
du
des documants e-documents
Gestion
du
e-document
Résultats
des
entreprises
Lien des
informations
Institution de
certification
Caisses de
sécurité sociale
Garantie
électronique
Institution de
garantie
The UNDP
The strategy against corruption announced on July 2, 2012 in
the framework of cooperation with UNDP provides:
1) Establishment of a National Integrity System,
2) Promotion of the role of Civil Society,
3) Strengthening the Independent body to fight against corruption,
4) Establish a communication plan and a participatory platform to
generalize the culture of the fight against corruption.
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THE OECD
The new Tunisian government is committed to
deepen and expand cooperation with the OECD in several
areas to improve its procurement system and promote a
transparent conduct of business, namely:
- The signing of the PIT charter in international trade and
financial activities (May 23, 2012).
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CleanGovBiz: A circular of March 2012 on the
establishment of a cell GLCC in each
department, region (Local Gov) and public
enterprise: agenda dedicated to Governance
(OECD) June 19, 2012
( Integrity Scan). Mapping, June 11, 2012
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The open GOV particular to develop local
governance and local investment,
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More than 150/400 applications and files
relating to corruption have been educated
since the creation of the Department.
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The priority reform projects also are open public procurement to
improve transparency, integrity, governance and the Fight
against Corruption,
 Customs OOperations
 Ffraud and tax evasion
 Financial Markets
 Land Registration Reform
These projects will include simplifying procedures, the
mastery of time and mastering the cost of procedures in order
to reduce the administrative burden
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Lifting of reservations to the entry into force of the UN
Convention on the Fight against Corruption in 2003,
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Revitalization of the National Forum of Independent fight
against corruption in early April 2012 (Decree Law 120),
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Starting the operation PEER REVIEW Peer Review in
relation to the implementation of the UN Convention on the
Fight Against Corruption,
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Fight against illicit trade: draft traceability of products sold
(20% of GDP).
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Implementation
of
the
Tunisian-German
Academy of Governance and fight against
corruption.
1 / Currently in Berlin since May 2012,
2 / A Tunis from January 2013 to National Administration
School (ENA ),
3 / Dialogue on how legal intelligence services (defense,
internal governance .., civil society and the German side) provided
17 / 9/2012 but delayed in Tunis, Mai 2012.
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SOCIAL CONTRACT
Signature
of
the
national
charter
Transparency, Integrity and Probity in 2013.
on
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CONCLUSION
The Governance and the Fight against Corruption
(GFAC) through a great effort for training, exchange of
good practices and experiences compared. Tunisia has
the support of the Deauville Partnership and the OECD to
assist in its efforts to establish the foundations of good
governance and transparency, as well as appropriate
control mechanisms against corruption:
training,
networking establishment of pilot sites, establishment of
adequate infrastructure …
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Grazie mille
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