Project
Create national Plans of Action to implement the recommendations made by the MESICIC Committee of Experts.

Background
During First Round meetings of the MESICIC Committee of Experts, countries expressed the importance of receiving support to fully develop and implement the selected provisions of the Convention and, in particular, the recommendations contained in the country reports adopted by the Committee.

To that end, the OAS General Secretariat, with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), carried out a pilot project to create national Plans of Action to implement the Committee’s recommendations.  During the pilot project the OAS General Secretariat worked with the first four countries reviewed by the Committee in the First Round of review (Argentina, Colombia, Nicaragua and Paraguay).

In September of 2006, with a contribution from the United States, the General Secretariat set up the Anti-Corruption Fund to extend this initiative to other countries participating in MESICIC.

Plan of Action
Each national Plan of Action addresses the following aspects:
- Specific actions necessary to implement the recommendations of the MESICIC Committee of Experts
- Institution, entity or government agency responsible for implementation
- Estimated costs and resources needed
- Time frame for execution
- Indicators that measure the expected results and means of verification

Methodology
- Each country prepares a draft Plan of Action, with the assistance of a consultant and the institutions designated by the government in the framework of the MESICIC.
- A national workshop is held in which representatives from civil society, government agencies, the judiciary, legislature, private sector, and international funding agencies discuss the draft Plan of Action.
- The Plan of Action is modified and finalized by incorporating the input from the National Workshop.