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<p>a) The UK is supporting political and economic reform in Jordan through the Arab
Partnership, including support to committees in parliament to improve the quality
of legislation and support improvements to parliamentary procedures. We are also working
with different groups across Jordanian governorates to build concepts of good governance,
including forming counsels from the local communities that work to monitor the performance
of local governance institutions against its roles and responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>b) The UK is helping the Palestinian Authority (PA) to build strong
institutions and deliver essential services. Our support is governed by a Memorandum
of Understanding which reaffirms the PA’s commitment to non-violence and a negotiated
two-state solution, as well as its respect for human rights and delivering clean and
accountable governance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We are also helping
deliver institutional reform and improve public financial management, and working
with civil society to help citizens become more effective at holding the PA to account.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>c) DFID does not does not have any anti-corruption or good
governance programmes in Turkey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>d) The UK promotes
good governance and anti-corruption in Nigeria through a range of technical assistance
programmes which support democratisation, better use of Nigerian resources, improved
transparency in the oil sector, increased capacity of civil society and more robust
enforcement of anti-corruption legislation. No UK aid money goes directly to the Government
of Nigeria to ward against corruption.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>e) Since the
revolution, UK funded programmes in Tunisia have supported the development and application
of a code of conduct for public servants, have strengthened risk management, audit
practices and the development of a whistle blowing framework, and have enhanced transparent
public procurement. The UK has also supported the development of an anti-corruption
strategy and strengthened the role of the National Anti-Corruption Agency.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>f) DFID and FCO have developed a cross-governmental strategy
to support effective, prioritised and coordinated action at the international and
multilateral level to strengthen governance in Mali and the wider Sahel region. Our
objective is to ensure that Sahelian States, including Mali, have governments that
are politically inclusive, able to deliver basic services, enable growing prosperity
and cooperate regionally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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