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Viewing cable 07COLOMBO1114, SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION

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07COLOMBO1114 2007-08-13 11:12 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Colombo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001114 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS, TREASURY FOR LESLIE HULL, MCC FOR S 
GROFF, D TETER, D NASSIRY AND E BURKE, USAID FOR R 
HOWELL/ANE/IR, ELIZABETH HUME/CMM, BARBARA SMITH/DG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ECON CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION 
ACTION PLAN 
 
REF: COLOMBO 000779 
 
1.  SUMMARY: The final version of the USAID-sponsored 
National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), which outlines 
key steps the Government and private sector can take to 
address corruption, was presented at the Bandaranaike 
Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on July 28 as 
part of the National Conference on Anti-Corruption.  The 
event, including a speech by Charge, received broad 
television and newspaper coverage.   The NACAP is a key 
component of the USAID-sponsored Sri Lanka Anti-Corruption 
Program (ACP), designed to help the Government of Sri Lanka 
(GSL) and civil society organizations combat corruption and 
monitor the use of tsunami and other government expenditures. 
 While events such as these help raise awareness of the issue 
and create public demand for better governance, the lack of 
senior-level GSL participation in the event may signal a lack 
of political will that may limit progress in combating the 
problem.  End Summary. 
 
LAUNCH OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTION PLAN 
------------------------------------- 
 
2.  The final version of the NACAP was presented at the BMICH 
on July 28 as part of the National Conference on 
Anti-Corruption.  The NACAP, drafted over the past 18 months 
by the Anti-Corruption Program's Consultative Council, 
outlines steps that the Government, civil society, private 
sector, media, and donors can take to improve accountability 
and reduce corruption.  The audience included NGO and civil 
society leaders as well as members of the legal community. 
The event was initially planned as an opportunity to present 
the NACAP to high-level GSL officials.  However, despite 
intensive efforts by Embassy to recruit a senior official to 
receive the report, none of the high-level invitees attended. 
 The event, including a speech by Charge, received broad 
television and newspaper coverage. 
 
PLAN'S ORIGIN: PART OF TSUNAMI RELIEF 
------------------------------------- 
 
3.  The NACAP is a key component of the Sri Lanka 
Anti-Corruption Program (ACP).  The ACP was designed to help 
the GSL and civil society organizations combat corruption and 
monitor the use of tsunami assistance funds.  As part of its 
$135 million tsunami recovery and reconstruction program in 
Sri Lanka, USAID provided $2.3 million to the ACP. Key ACP 
partners include the  Auditor General's Department and the 
Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or 
Corruption.  The ACP has been involved in conducting more 
than 100 workshops, seminars, and conferences in 
tsunami-affected districts, raising public awareness of 
 
SIPDIS 
corruption through broadcast TV, radio spots, and children's 
books, and collaborating with the Auditor General's 
Department on new methods and techniques of investigative 
auditing. 
 
CIVIL SOCIETY DECRIES PERVASIVE CORRUPTION 
------------------------------------------ 
 
4.  At a May 2007 roundtable hosted by Ambassador (reftel), 
participants from government, civil society organizations, 
the private sector, and media described corruption as endemic 
at all levels of Sri Lankan Government and widespread in 
dealings between business and government.  Participants noted 
a pervasive culture of corruption, coupled with lack of 
public awareness of its consequences, and agreed that 
existing anti-corruption bodies lack the financial or 
institutional strength to effectively address the problem. 
 
5.  COMMENT: The lack of high level Government participation 
 
COLOMBO 00001114  002 OF 002 
 
 
at this event was disappointing and is symptomatic of the 
lack of political will lamented by civil society activists. 
Events such as these, however, help raise awareness of the 
issue, sensitize the public, and hopefully, create public 
demand for better governance. 
MOORE