Partnerships are designed to support and strengthen:

• Civil service reform programs;
• Pro-integrity and anti-corruption laws;
• Transparency of official decision-making;
• Citizen access to official information;
• Conflict of interest prevention;
• Corruption detection and prevention;
• Government accountability mechanisms;
• Citizen empowerment strategies;
• Professional ethics in the civil service;
• Whistleblower protection laws;
• Ethics codes for elected and appointed officials;
• The rule of law and independent law-enforcement institutions;
• Community-based institutionalisation of public ethics standards;
• Government and public service based on advancing 'the public interest'.