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Introduction and Background

Corruption … undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life and allows organised crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish. This evil phenomenon is found in all countries - big and small, rich and poor…corruption hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development, undermining a government's ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and injustice and discouraging foreign aid and investment.

Why We Exist

To achieve the 17 goals for sustainable development, the ACEC believes that Africa needs to strengthen good governance and anti-corruption; otherwise sustainable development will remain a far-fetched dream in the distant future. We believe that by enhancing skills and institutional measures to proactively prevent and manage corruption risks in the workplace, both private and public sector institutions are better positioned to foster good governance and help developing nations to achieve meaningful sustainable development.

Our Objectives

Consistent with the sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly Goal no. 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) Targets 16.5 (Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms) and 16.6 (Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels), the objectives of the ACEC are to: 1. Support the public and private sector institutions and other organisations through the provision of robust corporate solutions in the form of training, policy advice and development as well as creation of sector-specific anti-corruption frameworks for the purpose of preventing and dealing with corruption in order to ensure that institutions are able to:

Situating Our Work within the African and Global Development Agenda

The ACEC’s work constitutes a comprehensive home-grown solution for developing countries that is coherent and relevant to their national development plans and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development based on the 17 SDGs(http://www.globalgoals.org/ ) and africa agenda 2063(http://agenda2063.au.int/en/documents/agenda-2063-africa-we-want-popular-version-final-edition ). The ACEC posits that Goal number 16 is cross-cutting all through the rest of the other 16 goals. The ACEC uses a holistic approach that is contextually relevant to Africa and one which draws from international best practices in the context of globalization which is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, the work of the ACEC is central to SDG Goal Number 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, (http://www.globalgoals.org/global-goals/peace-and-justice/) essentially which seeks to Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide access to Justice for all and build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels.

Linkage to Namibia’s Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP)

One of the four pillars for achieving sustainable development in Namibia’s HPP is Effective Governance and service delivery (Pillar 1), which are pre-conditions for sustainable development. Through effective governance, the Government Republic of Namibia seeks, among others, to improve accountability, transparency, performance and service delivery. While the proposed strategies under Pillar 1 are sound (e.g. National Anti-corruption Strategy and Action, Income and asset declaration, public expenditure and financial accountability, access to public information, whistle blowers protection, e-governance and e-procurement, etc.), there is need to strengthen institutional frameworks and policies and step-up capacity building for members of the public and private sector institutions to pro-actively prevent corruption in work place and promote good governance.

The Company Founder

Mr Geoffrey Shakwa is the Founder and Managing Director of the Anti-Corruption Education Consultancy (ACEC). He holds various academic and professional qualifications earned from renowned universities around the globe in the fields of education and training, governance, corruption prevention/anti-corruption, teaching, educational leadership and policy, eLearning and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

In addition to holding a Master’ Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy, Mr Shakwa possesses 7 specialized post-graduate credentials in the field of governance and anti-corruption, such as post-graduate certificates Introducing Anti-Corruption Approaches into Sector/s Work (2015, NORWAY): Curbing Corruption in the Education Sector (2012, NORWAY); Diploma in Curbing Corruption in the Health Sector (2011, NORWAY); Certificate in Decentralized Governance (2010, UNPAN), Certificate - Identifying and Avoiding Corruption in the Infrastructure, Construction and Engineering Sector (2009, UK); Diploma - Anti-corruption and Governance - Essentials of Anti-Corruption (2008, NORWAY); Diploma - Money in Politics: Curbing corruption in election campaigns and political party finance (2008, NORWAY).Certificate: Corruption in natural resource management (2016): U4 Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), NORWAY.