Anti-corruption

training for
development
practitioners
Be confident with anti-corruption initiatives in your
work. We offer dynamic and time-efficient online
courses for people seeking updated anti-corruption
knowledge.
About us
At the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, we work to reduce
corruption’s harmful impact on society. We share research and evidence
to help international development actors get sustainable results.

We have studied how corruption threatens We take online training seriously: we strive
development outcomes since 2003. to ensure that you will get the most updated
Together with global research networks and and useful information that you can apply in
practitioners, we pursue emerging topics and your work. We develop our courses based on
advance the anti-corruption field. high-quality research and evidence.

The U4 partners’ development agendas Are you up to a challenge? Be prepared

inspire our independent research. We apply to put in some effort, and you will pass. If
academic rigour to explain the complex you have an interest in the topic and time
nature of corruption. We communicate available, we promise that you will enjoy the
practical entry-points for countering U4 online course experience. It prepares you
corruption – through dialogue, publications, for tackling corruption issues in your work.
workshops, a helpdesk, and online courses.
3,500 development practitioners
U4 is a permanent centre at the Chr. have passed U4’s online courses
Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Norway. CMI
over the years. Participants work in
is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary research
institute with social scientists specialising in various agencies (government, bi-/
development studies. multilateral) and NGOs.

MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OF DENMARK
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Two types of U4 courses
SELF-PACE D

Our self-paced course can be taken at anytime, by anyone. The course typically takes 1-2
hours to complete and successful participants receive a certificate.

Essentials of anti-corruption I: The basics

Basic literacy on corruption and anti-corruption. This module

is a prerequisite for our expert-led courses.
Available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Ukrainian.

FACI LI TATE D, E X P E RT-L ED

Facilitated courses are donor-focused and led by a team of experts. Over several weeks,
you will engage in self-study, written assignments and group discussions in an online
forum. Successful participants receive a certificate.

Essentials of anti-corruption II: Corruption in the justice sector

Development programming
Learn how to integrate anti-corruption measures
Gain practical knowledge about corruption in programming for judicial reform.
in development work. Apply anti-corruption
programming principles to an area of your choice.
21 March – 8 April 2022

Dates TBA.

Addressing corruption in the health sector Gender and corruption

Improve your understanding of how corruption Learn how to integrate gender, diversity and inclusion
affects health systems, how it hinders access to practices into anti-corruption programming.
health care, and what can be done about it.
6 – 24 June 2022
16 May – 3 June 2022

Addressing corruption in the natural Corruption risk management

resources sectors Learn basic principles of corruption risk
Learn how to integrate anti-corruption measures management.
in programming for judicial reform.
17 – 28 October 2022.
13 June – 8 July 2022 (French)
3 – 28 October 2022 (English)

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About our courses
Can you take a U4 course? Nominate external participants
Essentials of anti-corruption I: The basics is Partner staff can nominate external
a short, interactive course that is open to participants for a place in U4 courses. They
anyone. may be employees from NGOs, government-,
or multilateral agencies, etc. Please send your
If you work for a U4 partner agency, you can nominee’s name and e-mail address to the
take our expert-led courses. You need to online course coordinator.
complete Essentials of anti-corruption I: The
basics before you can start one of our expert-
Contact
led online courses.
Rachael Tufft
Senior Learning Technology Adviser
Cost
[email protected]
There is no participation fee. Partner funding
to U4 covers all costs.

More information available at

www.u4.no/online-courses
SELF-PACED, ONLINE COURSE

Essentials of anti-corruption I:
The basics

Short, self-paced course for basic literacy on corruption and anti-corruption. This
module is a prerequisite for our expert-led courses.

Available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Ukrainian.

Type What you’ll learn

Self-paced. Work your way Definitions
through videos, text and Different types of corruption (eg bribery, embezzlement,
interactive quizzes. trading in influence, sextortion), and the difference between a
conflict of interest and corruption.
Who
Open for everyone to take. Measurement and assessments
Registration required. The difference between perception and experience-based
tools, corruption risk assessments, administrative data, and
Duration multi-country corruption indices. What can they validly tell us
about the scope of corruption in a given context?
1–2 hours.

Basics of anti-corruption programming

When
Entry points to anti-corruption programming that cover both
Available at anytime. implicit and explicit approaches.

What participants have said about this course:

“Interesting, challenging, and thought-provoking!”

“Useful, informative, relevant, and user friendly.”

“Adequate length and very comprehensive.”

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Essentials of anti-corruption II :
Development programming

Gain practical knowledge about corruption and anti-corruption in development

work. Apply anti-corruption programming principles to an area of your choice.

Type When
Facilitated, expert-led course. 8 May – 2 June 2023.
Engage in self-study, written assignments Please register for this course to receive
and group discussions in an online forum. information on upcoming dates (non-
Successful participants receive a certificate. binding registration).

Duration What you’ll learn

4 weeks. • Understanding corruption: why theory
Participants will need 3–5 hours per is important
week to review the material, contribute • Diagnosing corruption challenges
to discussions, and complete a short • Programming considerations
assignment. Support from U4 advisers and
affiliated experts is available. • Programming in practice

“It was the most relevant, useful and interesting

training I have done in a very long time!”

– Participant, 2020

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Corruption in the justice sector

Learn how to integrate anti-corruption measures in programming for judicial reform

and rule of law. Suitable for practitioners involved in the justice sector, and general
governance experts with a good understanding of the sector.

Type What you’ll learn

Facilitated, expert-led course. Week 1 – Corruption risks and tools to assess
Engage in self-study, written assignments them
and group discussions in an online • Corruption risks along the criminal justice
forum. Successful participants receive a chain
certificate. • Overview on surveys and assessment
tools of corruption and corruption risks
Duration in justice sector

3 weeks. • Case: Police corruption in Indonesia

Participants will need 3–5 hours per

Week 2 – Internal and external oversight
week to review the material, contribute
to discussions, and complete a short • Overview of anti-corruption tools
assignment. Support from U4 advisers • Overview of international standards and
and affiliated experts is available. guidelines of professional behaviour
• Oversight mechanisms
When
• Recruitment and dismissals
11 – 30 September 2023.
• Case: Judicial appointments in Ukraine

Week 3 – Other integrity-supporting

approaches
“I really appreciated the exchange of thoughts and • International support, collaboration, and
ideas and the sharing of useful links amongst us. Since peer-to-peer learning
I do not directly work in the field of AC, this course was • Judicial specialisation as a means for
extremely useful for me in order to draw the connection more efficiency, expertise, and integrity
with the justice sector. I will definitely be able to use
what I have learned and also gained a lot of knowledge
about the country I am currently working in.”

– Participant, 2021

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Addressing corruption in
the health sector

Improve your understanding of how corruption affects health systems, how it

hinders access to health care, and what can be done about it. The course is suitable
for development practitioners, public officials, and civil society activists working on
health issues.

Type What you’ll learn

Facilitated, expert-led course. • What drives health sector corruption.

Engage in self-study, written • Various methods we can use to assess corruption

assignments and group discussions in risks.
an online forum. Successful participants • How to analyse corruption- and governance-
receive a certificate. related surveys, barometers, and indices to
determine what they tell us about corruption in the
Duration health sector.
3 weeks. • A conceptual framework for anti-corruption
strategies and reforms and the importance of
Participants will need 3–5 hours per
conducting political economy analysis before
week to review the material, contribute
starting a reform initiative.
to discussions, and complete a short as-
signment. Support from U4 advisers and • How to include social accountability tools in
affiliated experts is available. designing and applying anti-corruption approaches.
• Lessons from reform initiatives to address informal
When payments, corruption in procurement, and
corruption in the pharmaceutical sector.
Next course will take place in 2024.

What participants said about this course in 2020:

“Altogether the course was quite insightful and empowering”

“Participating in this course has added value to my career”

“Great course with lots of lessons learned that I will be able to

use in my everyday work”

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Gender and corruption

Learn how to integrate gender, diversity and inclusion practices into anti-corruption
programming. This course is designed for development practitioners, public
officials, and civil society activists.

Type What you’ll learn

Facilitated, expert-led course. The objective of this course is to assist
Engage in self-study, written assignments development practitioners to integrate
and group discussions in an online gender, diversity, and inclusion into anti-
forum. Successful participants receive a corruption programming. The course will
certificate. consider:

• How the inclusion and participation of

Duration under-represented groups in public office
reduces corruption
3 weeks.
• The differential impact of corruption on
Participants will need 2–3 hours per
minorities and under-represented groups
week to review the material, contribute
along various dimensions of human
to discussions, and complete a short
development and security
assignment. Support from U4 advisers and
affiliated experts is available. • Reducing sextortion in development and
humanitarian aid
• Using gender-budgeting and gender-smart
When
procurement to advance transparency and
29 May – 16 June 2023. accountability

“I greatly enjoyed and appreciated this course. To

me, one of the biggest takeaways is the crucial need
to begin legitimising the intersection of gender and
corruption.”

– Participant, 2020

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Addressing corruption in the

natural resources sectors

Understand how corruption affects the natural resources sector and what can be
done about it. Suitable for development practitioners, public officials, and civil
society activists working on natural resources issues.

Type What you’ll learn

Facilitated, expert-led course. In this course, you will be able to identify the
main forms, challenges, consequences, and
Engage in self-study, written assignments drivers of corruption in the natural resources
and group discussions in an online forum. sector but also examine cases of corruption in
Successful participants receive a certificate. this sector, and determine measures that can
be implemented to address these issues.
Available in English and French.
The course consists of 5 modules:

Duration • Introduction to corruption in the natural

resources sector
4 weeks.
• Specialism 1: Corruption and extractive
Participants will need 3–5 hours per week to
industries
review the material, contribute to discussions,
and complete a short assignment. Support • Specialism 2: Corruption and forest
from U4 advisers and affiliated experts is • Specialism 3: Corruption and wildlife
available.
• Corruption, gender, and natural resources

When
5 – 30 June 2023 (French)
“The course opened my eyes and broadened my
2 – 27 October 2023 (English)
horizon and now I have many ideas on how to
address corruption in the natural resources sector.”

– Participant, 2020

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 EXPERT-LED, ONLINE COURSE

Corruption risk management

Learn basic principles of corruption risk management. This course equips

development practitioners with knowledge on how to identify and act on
corruption risks in their work.

Type What you’ll learn

Facilitated, expert-led course. • The different types of risks that
corruption poses to development
Engage in self-study, written assignments programming
and group discussions in an online forum. • What measures can help to mitigate such
Successful participants receive a certificate. risks
• How to integrate risk management into
Duration various stages of the programming cycle
2 weeks.
Note that this course is not a how to-course
Participants will need 3–5 hours per on specific mitigation measures related to
week to review the material, contribute a particular service or activity. There are
to discussions, and complete a short specialised courses available from other
assignment. Support from U4 advisers and providers for many of these areas. This U4
affiliated experts is available. course offers a conceptual framework to
identify, assess, and respond to the risks that
When corruption poses to your development goals.
23 October – 3 November 2023.

“While I was aware of many of the different elements of CRM before the course,
it taught me to better integrate all these elements throughout the life-cycle of the
project – in other words, CRM is not just the initial exercise of completing a risk
matrix and then filing it away and forgetting it.”

– Participant, 2020

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