Celebration of National Anti-Corruption Day in the Maldives

Posted on April 24, 2016 at 5:17 am.

The ACC celebrates its second National Anti-Corruption (NAC) day of the Maldives this year. The 21^st April has been dedicated for this important cause. It is the date that the government of the Maldives had formally initiated the noble work of establishing an institution called Anti-Corruption Board (ACB) in 1991 for the purpose of fighting against-corruption in the Maldives. Later in 2008, with the enactment of the new constitution, an establishment of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) replaced the former ACB with more legislative powers and responsibility.

It is under the governance of ACC that we are jubilating the second NAC day in the country. This year, the NAC day is year marked for celebration in Gn. Fuvahmulaku. On this occasion, several activities and events are organized at the Island. The main objective of conducting these events is to outreach a larger society especially in order to work towards achieving the vision of ACC in terms of fostering a culture of integrity to fight against corruption with public participation and engagement through public awareness and advocacy.

An eight day official event week has begun from 16^th – 23^th April 2016. The slogan for this special week is termed as ‘integrity epoch’ and the slogan given for the year 2016 is ‘individual participation – for societal integrity’. Several programs are being conducted to reach targeted audiences such as school students, teachers, parents, public officials, N.G.Os and the general public.

The events that are being held in Gn. Fuvahmulaku are shown in the below table;

Events / Activities	Date	Venue @ Gn. Fuvahmulaku
School Students Quiz Program	16^th April	Haafiz Ahmed School
School Students Quran Competition	16^th April	Fuvahmulaku School
Awareness Program for Parents	16^th April	Various schools
Teachers Integrity Program	17^th April	Various schools
Awareness Workshop for N.G.Os	17^th April	Various schools & Atoll Council Hall
Awareness Program for School Students	18^th April	Atoll Education Centre
Awareness Programs for Government Officials	18^th April	Youth Centre Hall
Awareness Programs for employees of State Companies	18^th April	Haafiz Ahmed School
Debate between ACC Team & Fuvahmulaku Team	18^th April	Atoll Education Centre
Door to Door Campaign & Survey execution	19^th April	Visiting households
Friendly football match between ACC Team & Fuvahmulaku Team	20^th April	Fuvahmulaku football ground
Public Forum	20^th April	Atoll Education Centre
School Students Assembly	21^st April	All schools
National Integrity Pledge Signing Ceremony	21^st April	All Atolls in Maldives
Launching National Integrity Pledge Monument	21^st April	Fuvahmulaku Airport
Official Ceremony	21^st April	Atoll Education Centre
Religious Lecture	22^nd April	Atoll Education Centre
Youth for Integrity	22^nd April	Youth Centre
Children’s Evening	23^rd April	Fuvahmulaku football ground
Official Closing Ceremony	23^rd April	Fuvahmulaku Thundi

The Official Ceremony held on 21^st April was honored by Dr. Mohamed Latheef, Chancellor of Maldives National University. During the ceremony, ACCs Corporate video and ACCs first Annual Statistics Book was launched, Issue 2 of ‘Bithufangi Bulletin’ was released, redesign of Integrity Award Report was shown, prizes for Quiz, Quran and Debate Competition winners were distributed and a recognition plaque was given to staffs who had concluded ten years of committed services in the anti-corruption work.

All the five members of the Commission, Secretary General and a support team of 30 staff are actively present at the event sights of Fuvahmulaku in execution of these many activities. The cooperation and support rendered by Fuvahmulaku Councils, Government institutions and N.G.Os are extraordinarily notable in the success of these events.

Furthermore, to mark the importance of the day, ACC head office in Male’ organized a staff assembly, provided anti-corruption information to the public at the ground floor of Huravee Building, held an Integrity Pledge signing ceremony for its staff and managed a work related Quiz program.

An additional event ‘Children’s Evening’ will also be conducted on 6^th May at the children’s orphanage of Fiyavathi in Hulhumale’. The final event of the celebration will end on 7^th May with a blood donation campaign by ACC staff to the Maldives Blood Services. The purpose of these last two events denotes that the ACC stands alongside and is ready to contribute for social needs of the society.