During the week of 6th to 10th December 2021, the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre (CAACC) conducted a

virtual training programme on Stakeholder Management.  The programme was designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills on identifying stakeholders, managing relationships with stakeholders and monitoring and evaluation of vested interests in their professional relationships with various stakeholders.  It attracted officers mainly public education and corruption prevent departments from twelve Commonwealth African Anti-Corruption Agencies.

The training focused on cooperation between anti-corruption agencies and their various stakeholders especially the civil

society, communication as well as monitoring and evaluation of work conducted through their partnerships.  The topics

covered included principles of stakeholder engagement and management, understanding and undertaking stakeholder analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders, implementation of effective

monitoring and evaluation of stakeholder projects.

The five days training programme comprised of theory, group work ,discussions and practical session. On 8th and 10th

December, Partnership for Transparency(PTF) , which is in partnership with CAACC, hosted two training sessions.  PTF

also facilitated a session where participants shared their experiences of working with the civil society orgarnisations. The fourth day 9th December, coincided with the International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) and participants were allowed to participate in the activities conducted by their respective agencies. The next day in class they had an exchange of the IACD experiences of

working with the stakeholders.

The training programme had experienced facilitators and guest speakers from Malkara Consulting, PTF, German Agency for

International Cooperation (GIZ) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  “Nigeria is a broad country, and the

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on its own cannot reach everyone. However, with the help of the civil society we can be everywhere at the same time, because they have the reach,” said John Odey, a participant in the session.