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Can you teach how to fight corruption?

By on 5 April 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Education, People power, Politics and government, Young people

Just last week, around 3,000 high school students protested outside Cypriot Parliament  after Cyprus agreed the 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout with the European Union. Break out of demonstrations around the world makes me wonder- what is it that young protesters really do? Express their anger? Why anger? I can‘t help perceiving angry faces [...]

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Transparency International on the road of technology

By on 4 April 2013 in Access to information, Anti-corruption movement, People power, Politics and government, Technology

US transparency activists taking part in a meeting of staff from Transparency International’s legal advice centres have written about the use of technology to fight corruption. This post was originally published in the Sunlight Foundation‘s blog and is authored by Júlia Keseru. Great news for the open government movement: Transparency International, one of the key international [...]

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Troubled waters: European neighbourhood progress reports published

By on 2 April 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, European Union, Human rights, Politics and government

This post was originally published in TI-EU‘s blog. Today the EU published progress reports for its neighbourhood partner countries, which also looks at reforms in governance and anti-corruption. It is no secret that the EU’s closest neighbours generally face considerable problems of corruption in their public institutions. The 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index places almost all European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries below 50, [...]

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Venezuela: The State as Election Campaign Headquarters

By on 28 March 2013 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government

Lea este post en español aquí. When is a presidential election free and fair? During the 2012 presidential campaign in Venezuela, the Alerta Electoral bulletin recorded numerous instances of public resources being used to support the president’s successful election campaign. For example, in July 2012 Alerta Electoral – which is produced by a coalition of [...]

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Venezuela: El Estado como Oficina de Campaña

By on 26 March 2013 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government

Read this blog post in English here. ¿Cuándo puede decirse que una elección presidencial es libre y justa? Durante la campaña presidencial en Venezuela del año pasado, el boletín Alerta Electoral registró numerosas instancias del uso de recursos públicos para apoyar la exitosa campaña del entonces presidente. Por ejemplo, en Julio de 2012 el boletín [...]

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New efforts to kill off the UK Bribery Act

By on 20 March 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government, Private sector

This post was originally published in TI-UK‘s blog. Is there an assault being mounted to undermine the Bribery Act – before it has had a chance to take effect? Anecdotal evidence suggests this is the case – one visible sign is a recent letter to the FT (FT Letters, March 18th). I have some sympathy for the concerns expressed [...]

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(Anti-) Corruption in the police: progress made and pending issues

By on 15 March 2013 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Corruption in the Peruvian police has hit the headlines for two reasons: The Peruvian authorities have decided to start a rotating system of 80% of their policemen in order for these to be more difficult to get involved in organised crime activities; between 2011 and 2012 there were 6.000 policemen being investigated for corruption. Samuel [...]

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Cross-continental promotion of corporate transparency

By on 13 March 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Measurement and Research, Private sector

In July 2012 Transparency International published its report analysing the transparency of reporting on a range of anticorruption measures among the 105 largest publicly listed multinational companies. Assessing transparency in corporate reporting has been used by Transparency International for several years now and research for the next report scheduled for 2014 will start soon. The growth [...]

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“Corruption is a problem of standards”

By on 1 March 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Private sector, Young people

An interview with Executive Director Galia Sagi and Project Coordinator Ido Feder about the working methods of Transparency International Israel, opportunities and challenges in the fight against corruption. Transparency International Israel was founded in 1999. Was there a specific reason? Galia Sagi: Transparency Israel was founded by Prof. Dov Izraeli. Lecturing at the Faculty of [...]

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Honduras: Nuevo mecanismo de auditoría social en el sector seguridad

By on 28 February 2013 in Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Centroamérica es una de las regiones más violentas del mundo. Honduras lidera el ranking mundial de países más violentos con una tasa de 82 homicidios cada 100.000 habitantes. En esta región hay indicios de que el crimen organizado ha logrado infiltrarse y cooptar a la policía. Es decir, la institución estatal por excelencia responsable de controlar [...]

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