The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) organized its third Expert Meeting on Measuring the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) in Laxenburg, Austria from 24 to 25 March 2026. The Research Coordinator at CAACC, Ms. Sethunya Rathedi was invited to this meeting following the visit to CAACC BY Mr. Samuel De Jaegere who is head of the Global Programme on Measuring Corruption at IACA.
The purpose of the expert meeting was to review the methodology for the survey to assess effectiveness of anti-corruption agencies. The methodology was developed in IACA’s framework of its Global Programme on Measuring Corruption (GPMC). The overall framework seeks to exchange knowledge in order to develop innovative research projects aimed at elaborating methodologies and indicators, including through using modern technologies, to assist States parties to UNCAC in more efficient ways of measuring corruption risks, trends and prevalence, as well as assessing the effectiveness of their policies and actual measures to combat corruption.
The survey on Measuring the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies was rolled out across 50 anti-corruption agencies in 2025. This year IACA intends to roll out the survey across 100 agencies. CAACC has been identified as a collaborating partner by IACA to assist in the roll out of the survey across its 25 ACA’s. A critical factor to the success of this flagship project is the inclusion of national statistical offices in data collection for the survey as there is need for reliable, nationally owned data on corruption.
The survey will commence in April/May 2026 once refining of the methodology has been completed.
