MEC Monitoring of Ministry Anti-Corruption plans: Ministry of Finance, 2017
This is the first review of the Finance Ministry Anti-Corruption Plan for the year of 2016-2017.
The plan itself is very restricted and not proportionate to the large scale of the Ministry. The small number of the activities may be an advantage – as it means it enables to be focused and with appropriate resources to achieve the planned effects and to make impact in the anti-corruption activities in the Ministry. On the other hand, many corruption issues in the Ministry are touched on.
MOF is a large ministry and one of the one most susceptible to corruption: a plan with only 15 activities is not a broad one. For example, the scope of activity in ARD, which is the largest domestic source of revenue, is limited to two objectives and five activities. Administratively, the Deputy Ministry for Admin with 3 General Directorates and 13 Directorates has only one activity in the plan. In the Customs Department, seven activities identified by MOF Internal Audit Directorate are not even included in the plan.
The huge scale of MOF means that there need to be 5 separate anti-corruption plans, one each for customs, revenue, etc.