The Association Nigérienne de Lutte contre la Corruption (Nigerien Association for the Fight Against Corruption, ANLC) is an apolitical, non-denominational, not-for-profit association created in 2001. Its main objective is the fight against corruption through :

• The promotion of reforms aiming for more transparency in the management of public and private sectors;
• Denouncing and combatting all practices of corruption that come to its knowledge in the management of private and public sectors;
• Promoting of an ethics of moral integrity; and
• Promoting transparency and responsibility in commercial international and national transactions.

Structure of the organisation

ANLC is made up of technical commissions on the regional level. These include commissions on:

• Money laundering, human trafficking and fraud;
• Land-ownership;
• Governance and the fight against impunity; and
• Climate change and humanitarian aid

Each commission is made up of four members: a president, a rapporteur and two members. The commissions produce bi-annual reports formulated as recommendations.

ANLC also works locally in anti-corruption clubs. These are made up of citizens of all ages and profession and serve as local relays for ANLC’s work in the fight against corruption. Each club uses a code of good conduct and a guide for good function.

Successful activities include:

• Raising awareness on electoral corruption.
• Election monitoring
• Press releases to denounce corruption
• Editorials in support for the fight against corruption
• Parlementary day on corruption awareness

ANLC is represented in the following institutions:

• National Council on Public Market’s Regulation
• Interministerial council of the ITIE
• ITIE consultation committee
• Information and claims bureau of the fight against corruption and violations department

Publications

• Study on the perception of corruption by actors of the education sector in Niamey
• Report on election monitoring in Niger
• Report from the Corruption in Africa Seminar on the ‘case of Niger’
• Study on the corruption in the education, justice and health sectors
• State of Corruption in Niger
• Report on the Parliamentary Day on the fight against corruption
• Report on the training of civil society actors in the fight against corruption
• Report on the financing of Political parties in Niger
• Report on the National Evaluation of studying and traceability of spending linked to the primary education sector with Africa Education Watch.
• Report on the evaluation of the national system of integrity in Niger