Millennium Challenge Account - Philippines Threshold Program (MCA-PTP) Technical Assistance Project

$38.96M USD

Funder	Millennium Challenge Corporation
Recipient Organization	Management Systems International
Country	Philippines
Start Date	Jan 24, 2007
End Date	Mar 02, 2009
Duration	768 days
Number of Grantees	34
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`182006-76`

Grant Description

The MCA Threshold Project implemented by MSI from 2006 to 2009 supported Government of the Philippines anti-corruption initiatives by providing substantial training, research and equipment support to the OMB and other anti-corruption agencies to enhance their capability to investigate and prosecute corruption.

The MCA project strengthened capacity within the OMB and improved compliance and enforcement at the countrys principal revenue administration agencies.

It trained staff from the OMB, the Department of Finances Revenue Integrity Protection Service, the Bureau of Internal Revenues Run after the Tax Evaders program and the Bureau of Customs Run after the Smugglers on legal writing, legal and tax accounting, financial investigations, substantive law, tax fraud, prosecution skills and customs regulation training.

It also increased the investigation and surveillance abilities of these organizations.

The project also computerized 75 regional district offices of the internal revenue bureau, which included encoding more than 2.2 million documents into the countrys tax system. Additionally, 200,000 anti-corruption promotional materials were distributed to 4,400 elementary and secondary schools.