19 May 2021 / 15:47 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has completed 29 of the 115 initiatives in the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023 as of Dec 31 last year.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki (pix) said the other 86 initiatives were still in progress.
“Acknowledging that coordinated efforts are crucial to ensure holistic preventative measures for corruption, Malaysia has roped in the involvement of various key stakeholders as lead agencies to implement the initiatives under the NACP.
“MACC is the main agency responsible for implementing this plan and is tasked with the leading role in the initiatives,” he said when delivering his keynote address at the World Bank East Asia and Pacific Launch of Global Flagship Report, aired live on Facebook World Bank Malaysia here today.
Poverty, risk based relief support more effective
Speakers tell at CPD-Oxfam dialogue
Staff Correspondent
31st January, 2021 11:00:18
Multidimensional measures need to be considered taking into account local level poverty rate, population, unemployment rate, and others to increase the effectiveness of the relief programme against COVID-19, economic analysts said on Sunday.
They shared the observations at the virtual dialogue titled, Relief Supports and Agricultural Incentives in Response to COVID-19 and ‘Amphan’: The Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery’ jointly organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), the Oxfam in Bangladesh and European Union (EU).
The speakers said that raising public awareness about technology-based initiatives related to relief services is critically important.
Vulnerable people must be priorotised in relief schemes
Speakers say at CPD-Oxfam webinar
Staff Correspondent
28th December, 2020 10:08:29
The allocation and subsequent beneficiary selection process of the government’s relief supports should be based on the proportion of vulnerable population in an area; not the size of population, speakers told a dialogue on Monday.
A number of government relief supports to tackle the situation emerging from COVID-19 and flood are allocated at the local level based on the total population of that area
These observations emerged at a virtual dialogue titled “Relief Supports and Agricultural Incentives in Response to COVID-19 and Flood: The Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery,” says a release.