Project Overview

The Integrity in ACTion (I ACT) Project represents the next phase of UNDP’s support to Lebanon’s integrity and governance reform agenda. Building on the achievements of the Anti-Corruption for Trust (ACT) project, the findings of its mid-term and final evaluations, and the evaluation of Lebanon’s National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2020–2025), I-ACT marks a strategic shift from policy formulation to effective, targeted, and tangible implementation. Launched on 1 April 2026, the project is grounded in the understanding that effective anti-corruption reform implementation depends on the simultaneous strengthening of institutions, enforcement mechanisms, sectoral integrity systems, and civic oversight and engagement. It envisions that by equipping state and non-state actors with the capacities, tools, social accountability mechanisms, and incentives to plan, implement, and monitor integrity measures, Lebanon can move from foundational reforms to a coherent, tangible results-oriented anti-corruption ecosystem.

Project Objective

• Support the full operationalization of Lebanon’s national anti-corruption coordination mechanism and strengthen results-based monitoring and public reporting on the National Anti-Corruption Strategy.
• Strengthen the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s institutional capacity and support oversight, integrity, and enforcement bodies in applying anti-corruption laws, decrees, and regulatory frameworks.
• Embed gender-responsive corruption risk management in priority public sectors, including through a replicable “Model Ministry” approach.
• Expand access to budget data and establish citizen feedback and grievance channels linked to public spending and service delivery.
   

GESI Component (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion)

The project carries a GEN2 gender marker across its outputs. It works from the premise that corruption does not affect women and men equally: structural gaps in access to resources, information, legal protection, and decision-making mean women face specific barriers to public goods, services, and justice that a gender-blind reform would miss. In practice, this means:

• Gender considerations built into all four outputs, including gender-responsive SCRM processes and a dedicated Inclusion Task Team supporting gender mainstreaming across the NACS.

• Sex- and age-disaggregated data and gender-responsive indicators in monitoring, evaluation, and public reporting on anti-corruption reforms.

• Legal aid, outreach, and citizen redress mechanisms designed around the practical barriers women and vulnerable groups face in using them, not just formal eligibility.

• Gender-responsive fiscal impact analysis at the Ministry of Finance to inform equity-conscious budgeting.

• Support to civil society, including women-led and women's rights organizations, to monitor, advocate, and communicate on anti-corruption reforms and SCRM implementation.