Craig Fagan, Senior Policy Coordinator at Transparency International, highlights some of the main initiatives and campaigns to make aid more transparent ahead of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in South Korea. Transparency is the trigger for change; accountability offers the mechanism to make it. This reality applies to a range of […]
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New ‘open-government’ initiative to trigger more accountability
Leah Good is an Executive Coordinator to Transparency International’s Management Group In New York City yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama was joined by representatives of 45 nations and nine civil society organisations for the official launch of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a new initiative championed by the US and Brazil, which invites governments to […]
Famine in Africa requires more aid, but also transparency
With drought and famine back in the Horn of Africa, Nicolas Seris, Programme Coordinator Humanitarian Aid, Transparency International Kenya, talks about the challenge of accountability and integrity in the humanitarian aid sector. The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 60 years, with an estimated number of 12 millions people in urgent need […]
Kenya champions open data in Africa
By Tinatin Ninua, Programme Coordinator, Political Corruption. Last week marked an exciting event for the freedom of information campaigners in Kenya. On July 8th the country has launched an open data portal, which makes Kenya the first African country to release government data to the public through a single online platform. The portal aggregates information […]
UK Kenya aid scandal highlights transparency role in development
Daniela Christen, from Transparency International Switzerland, presents a practical guide for NGOs on dealing with corruption in development cooperation. The British government will ask for a return of large amounts of money they had given to the Kenyan government for a free education scheme. Between 2005 and 2009 corrupt officials of the Kenyan education and […]
In pictures: Working with vulnerable communities in Latin America
By Zoe Reiter and Max Heywood, TI’s Americas department. Lea este artículo en español aquí We were recently in Peru with three of our national chapters to discuss the findings of a TI pilot project Economic Equality in Latin America that aims to make Conditional Cash Transfer programmes (CCTs) in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru more […]
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