Troubled waters: European neighbourhood progress reports published

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

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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Integrity Default Alert: EU probes collusion in banking sector

27 March 2013 in Private sector

Reposted from the blog of Transparency International’s EU liaison office in Brussels. Corruption thrives in the dark, dank corners where no-one is looking, and banking is no exception. Who had heard of the LIBOR benchmark until the rate-rigging scandal erupted early last year? Now it is a byword for bad behaviour in banks. This week, […]

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Oil money in Gabon and Sierra Leone: from mirage to reality?

27 March 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Human rights, Oil and gas, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

Many of the world’s poorest countries by per capita income are actually some of the richest in terms of natural resources. Trouble is, this wealth doesn’t reach citizens who, by rights, own the resources. That is why the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) was started in 2002: to get countries to agree to publish information […]

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La transparence des revenus au Gabon et en Sierra Leone: du mirage à la réalité?

27 March 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Human rights, Oil and gas, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

Par Lavina Banduah, Directrice exécutive de Transparency Sierra Leone et Marc Ona, Coordinateur de Publiez ce que vous payez Gabon. Beaucoup des pays les plus pauvres de la planète de par le revenu par habitant sont en fait parmi les plus riches en termes de ressources naturelles. Le problème est que cette richesse ne profite […]

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Venezuela: El Estado como Oficina de Campaña

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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“But are you a real doctor?” Shortcut doctorates in Germany

26 March 2013 in Education

Last month, German Education Minister Annette Schavan resigned after a university revoked her doctorate due to allegations of plagiarism. Only two years ago, the then-Minister of Defence, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg also stepped down for the same reasons. These two high-level cases, in addition to numerous other plagiarism cases involving German politicians (such as Members of […]

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5 ways to meet an anti-corruption Millennium Development Goal

25 March 2013 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, People power, Poverty and development, Young people

This week the United Nations is bringing experts and world leaders to Indonesia to debate development priorities beyond 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals expire. Good governance tops the list of what to add to the current eight targets. We want to make certain that good governance and anti-corruption form part of the promises and […]

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World Water Day 2013: Together we can do more

22 March 2013 in Water

Today is World Water Day. “Sin agua no hay vida” – “There is no life without water“ – so says Daniel, a minor yet important character in the movie Even the rain, a movie from 2010 about the water war in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is right: water is life. Water is a human right. But […]

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Get involved: Support a mobile transparency project!

21 March 2013 in Accountability, People power, Technology

This article was cross-posted from the blog of the engine room Transparency International recently awarded grants to TI country chapters with ideas for mobilising more people in their countries around anti-corruption campaigns. The common thread among these new initiatives was a clear recognition of the potential that web and mobile-based technologies have to engage people. […]

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