Christina Zur Nedden

About Christina Zur Nedden

Christina zur Nedden is Online Communications Officer at Transparency International.
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What do you think of our blog?

By on 2 November 2012 in People power

Last month, Transparency International’s blog “Space for Transparency” won a Digital Communication Award – Best Corporate Weblog – from the Quadriga University of Applied Sciences. In the spirit of improvement, we want to improve the blog – with the help of you, our readers. One thing we are thinking of doing is changing the blog’s [...]

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New technologies for more accountability: Watch the Transparency Works conference

By on 29 March 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, Technology

Our chapter in Lithuania in cooperation with the Sunlight Foundation held an international conference that brings together IT developers and NGOs to talk about online transparency initiatives, public monitoring of and citizen engagement in democratic processes from March 29-30. The event featured around 30 international speakers from more than 20 countries exchanging ideas about how [...]

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‘We Have To Fight Corruption, Or It Will Defeat Us’

By on 8 February 2012 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Measurement and Research

Transparency International’s Chair, Huguette Labelle, was interviewed by Benjamin Kessler for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act blog. She talks about what she would change about the FCPA, why companies should make compliance a priority and the possibility that countries which score low on the Corruption Perceptions Index are hit hardest in the European debt crisis. [...]

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Fighting corruption in 2011

By on 1 December 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Aid, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption Conventions, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Europe and Central Asia, Financial Markets, Lobbying, People power, Poverty and development

Today’s launch of the 2011  Corruption Perceptions Index, notes Christina zur Nedden of Transparency International’s Communications Department, serves as a timely occasion to reflect on our efforts to fight corruption in 2011. Corruption high on the agenda This has been a big year for anti-corruption work and public awareness of corruption has risen substantially. Unprecedented [...]

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Corruption News highlight: Graft fugitive’s allegations rock Indonesia’s ruling party

By on 16 September 2011 in Asia Pacific

Christina zur Nedden looks at a highlight of Transparency International’s Daily Corruption News, a daily selection of leading corruption-related news. Former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has tainted the reputation of Indonesia’s Democratic Party by accusing its members of rampant corruption. The country’s most-hunted graft fugitive made his allegations during his own escape from corruption charges and [...]

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