Combining the technical expertise of the OFNAC with the research and innovation capacity of UCAD to better fight corruption. This is the shared goal of the two institutions, which signed a cooperation agreement this Wednesday. The OFNAC delegation was received at UCAD by the rector, Alioune Badara Kandji. He stated that "the fight against corruption cannot be effective without the involvement of academia, the production of rigorous knowledge, and the education of citizens."

The director of OFNAC shares this conviction, persuaded that since corruption is a multifaceted phenomenon, the response cannot be exclusively repressive. "It must combine prevention, education, citizen mobilization, knowledge production, capacity building, and inter-institutional cooperation."

Therefore, this cooperation is built on several major pillars, such as raising awareness among students and staff, developing training programs, and producing knowledge and innovative tools to better understand and combat corrupt practices.

With this in mind, plans include integrating cross-disciplinary modules on ethics, integrity, and transparency into academic curricula, as well as creating a dedicated research center focused on anti-corruption.

Indeed, OFNAC is convinced that the sustainable prevention of corruption must be built on a robust analytical foundation. Its authorities have high expectations for academic research. "The dissertations, theses, field surveys, interdisciplinary work, case studies, and applied research conducted at the university are not merely academic outputs. They can become genuine instruments of public intelligence." This is why its director calls for the effective involvement of students, doctoral candidates, and faculty researchers.

This collaboration comes at a time of reform for OFNAC, with several major legislative texts related to asset declaration, whistleblower protection, and access to public information. Among other objectives, these reforms aim to refocus OFNAC on the fight against corruption. "These reforms have also strengthened our operational capabilities, notably through expanded prerogatives, such as the use of special investigative techniques, and the administrative seizure and freezing of assets, to name just a few examples," the director emphasized.

This is precisely why OFNAC seeks to leverage UCAD's expertise across various fields to successfully fulfill this mission.