The following three initiatives are part of the civil society participation being implemented in 2007 and include:

- Constitutional Factors
The main constitutional factors of the basic law and election law are associated with certain weaknesses that contribute to the political unrest and increasing tension between parties have been specified and incorporated in a special document; the document has been distributed to the concerned parties. Awareness exists among the political parties and other interested persons and institutions of the importance of introducing constitutional changes.

The outcome is a document titled “Declaration on good governance.” The original document of 10 points has been discussed unilaterally with representatives of some political parties and with representatives of all parties in two round tables; the input of the parties was incorporated into the document. In the second meeting the document was reclassified into three categories; a) constitutional elements b) awareness elements and c) PLO matters.  It is anticipated that the document will form a good base for constitutional reform when the PLC starts to act normally [1]. 

Although ATF was able to have written feedback on the document by key officials of the main parties and further develop it with more elaboration based on the nature of its use, it was not possible to go further to the point of adaptation and processing because of the attributed problem of the unstable political situation including the fact that the PLC is still unable to function. Nevertheless, the document will be available for when the situation allows.

- The non active law on Illegal Income
The Financial and Administrative Control Bureau and other interested entities are aware of the need to activate and respond to the fact that the law on Illegal income needs to be activated together with the proposed Authority to combat Illegal Income.

As the Law of Illegal Income and the decree on establishing the Authority of combating Illegal Income has not yet materialized, they become under discussion by influential figures and community leaders along with media coverage including a broadcast interview with the working group coordinator. Feed-back from the president of the PNA will be requested. A working group has been formed by the participants of a workshop on the law and Illegal Income Commission (IIC). Both the (FACB) and the (IIC) would have clear and effective role [2].

Both the (FACB) and the (IIC) would have the possibility to function more properly to handle reform and combat corruption in the public sphere and the community institutions using public resources. Options for activating these entities will be further explored by the working group.

- The low ranking of Palestine on the Global Corruption Index
The low ranking of Palestine on the Global Corruption Index issued by Transparency International (TI) was examined. It was assessed that the low ranking is not justified objectively and also based in comparison to other similar states.

Transparency International was asked to temporarily remove Palestine from the index until a new evaluation process is in place. A working group of experts is under formation to establish and develop suitable indicators for Palestine to be used as assessment tools for the perception of corruption in Palestinian society. The concept of the Palestinian Corruption index has been explored and a recommendation has already been made to develop this index together with the proper mechanisms [3].

The possibility of developing a Palestinian Corruption Index would help evaluate the level of corruption as a means to accurately eliminate it. Additionally, ways for regional support through consultation with interested groups in some Arab countries will be explored. This process would lead to the drafting of a proper index including more fair indicators to which Transparency International would make possible adaptations to be used on the Corruption Perception Index.

[1] Parties representatives provided feedback individually includes; Qais Abdel Karim, Khalida Jarar, Hanan Ashrawi. Representatives of other parties provide feed back in the meeting includes Azam Al Ahmad and Wasfi Qabha.

[2] Members of the working group includes: PLC members Qais Abdel Karim and Hasan Khrisheh, Muhammad Abu Al-Rub the head of the "Office of Financial Supervision and Management", Muhammad Hassoneh head of the Palestinian auditors association and Shaher Arouri from the Palestinian PAR Association, in addition to Abdel Rahman Abu Arafeh the ATF director.

[3] In cooperation with AMAN Coalition, the ATF form a group of 5 experts in the field including representation from the Financial and Administrative Supervision Department, the Central Statistics Bureau and representatives of civil society. The group will conduct a scientific research to identify the reasons behind the low ranking of Palestine on the World Corruption Perception Index.