Haiti’s hard road to recovery

12 January 2013 in Accountability, Aid, Americas, People power, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

In the three years since the devastating earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed much of Haiti’s infrastructure we have had to contend with two cyclones, a cholera epidemic and a drought that currently threatens our food security. No wonder Haitians and donors are suffering from reconstruction fatigue when too often the small […]

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4 Oportunidades y 4 Desafíos para El Gobierno Abierto en América Latina

11 January 2013 in Americas, Politics and government

Adaptado del discurso de Zoë Reiter, Gerente de Programas Regionales de Transparency International, en la Reunión Regional de Gobierno Abierto (OGP) en Santiago, Chile el 10 de Enero  de 2013. El discurso completo puede encontrarse aquí. En términos generales, sabemos que el año que recién termino fue un año positivo en muchos aspectos. Importantes indicadores […]

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Cleaning up public procurement in the Czech Republic

9 January 2013 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

When the phone rang, it was clear the caller was scared. He worked in the government, he said. He had information on a huge public tender that he needed to share. He had tried to complain to his superiors about the bidding process, but they had rebuffed his allegations. Now he wanted to speak out, […]

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Young Hungarians waking up to corruption

7 January 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Young people

Transparency International Hungary is starting to build a new, committed, young audience, who is ready to listen and take action against corruption. This community aims to provide a platform for those concerned with and willing to fight against corruption. Anyone who values transparency and is not willing to idly watch abuse of power or corruption can […]

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Walking for a corruption free Malaysia

3 January 2013 in Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, People power

On December 9, our movement and activists around the world came together to celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, our chapter organised a public walk against corruption.

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Looking back makes the outlook for corruption fighting bright

31 December 2012 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Anti-corruption movement, G20, People power

It was late 1992 and Peter Eigen was putting the finishing touches to plans that would see the launch of Transparency International in 1993. For several years Eigen, then a veteran World Bank senior official, had been waging a campaign inside the Bank and across the development aid community to build understanding of how corruption […]

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From international award winner to a man on the run: the courage of an investigative journalist

28 December 2012 in Miscellaneous

One month ago as Mauri König accepted the 2012 Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Press Freedom Award at a gala dinner in New York, he said he was thankful to be free and alive and expressed his concern for his co-recipients from China and Kyrgyzstan who remained in prison. Today König is in hiding with […]

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La OEA: ¿Refleja y pone en práctica la integridad que predica a sus estados miembros en sus propias políticas?

27 December 2012 in Americas, Politics and government

La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) es la organización líder a nivel regional para los países del norte, centro y sur de América, así como los del Caribe. Desde sus orígenes, en 1948, ha sido pionera en promover la cooperación en la lucha contra la corrupción, hasta desarrollar el primer instrumento internacional al respecto: […]

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The Organization of American States: Does it practice the integrity it preaches?

27 December 2012 in Americas, Anti-corruption Conventions, Politics and government

The Organization of American States (OAS) is a leading regional body for the countries of North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. Since its founding in 1948, it has been forerunner in the fight against corruption in member states and produced the first international agreement to fight corruption: The Inter-American Convention against […]

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The legalisation debate: why allowing bribery won’t work

21 December 2012 in Asia Pacific, Impunity

Imagine having to pay a bribe in order to register your marriage, get a passport, report a crime or even to claim on your medical insurance.  These are just a few examples taken from over 20,000 stories shared online on the Indian website, ipaidabribe.com.  Similar stories of petty bribery can be heard in Greece, Zimbabwe […]

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