Towards a new and more transparent culture of spending EU funds?

13 July 2010 in European Union

EP Public Hearing on Transparency in Structural Funds from TI EU on Vimeo. Intransparency of EU funds spending is not only bad for democratic governance and public participation and control, but transparency is also crucial for the fight against corruption as the President of the Budget Control Committee, Luigi de Magistris, underlined this morning in […]

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The Transparency International EU office is moving (not just physically)

8 July 2010 in European Union

A lot is on the move here in Brussels – especially the Transparency International Liaison Office to the EU (short: TI EU office). We’ve just unpacked most of the boxes, installed the coffee machine and plugged in the computers in our new office. It’s actually not far from the old one on Rond-Point Schuman (see the new […]

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Thanh Hoa, Kuzey Vietnam / North Vietnam, by gecetreni

Why the MDG action plan needs an anti-corruption agenda

28 June 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development

The word anti-corruption appears nowhere in the draft declaration ahead of the September MDG Review Summit to kick start action on the Millennium Development Goals. Why this should change. In 2000 the United Nations set a 15-year time line – the Millennium Development Goals – to tackle some of the world’s biggest development problems from […]

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Don’t miss the boat on financial reforms

24 June 2010 in Anti-corruption movement, Financial Markets, G20, Politics and government, Private sector

Angela McClellan has worked on G20 issues at Transparency International (TI) for the past two years. She looks forward to this weekend’s meeting in Toronto. When the financial crisis struck hard in 2008, the Group of 20 nations went into high gear to facilitate bail-out packages for banks and companies. Governments coughed up unprecedented sums […]

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Aiming for a clean record in Brazil

22 June 2010 in Americas, Politics and government

The passage of the Ficha Limpa (‘Clean Record’) bill is a milestone in Brazilian’s fight against corruption. Yet, its importance goes beyond the direct benefits which it will bring – hopefully, in the short term – to the Brazilian political system. The process of mobilising civil society that led to the drafting of the bill, […]

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Non-cash payment solutions to avoid corruption

22 June 2010 in Technology, Water

Sometimes it’s the easy solutions that could turn out to be effective in reducing bribery and corruption. Take one of the most common forms of corruption: bribing the police (as found in the Transparency International’s 2009 Global Corruption Barometer, the police is the institution people are most likely to bribe. Almost a quarter of people […]

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Gender, corruption and basic services – unequal impacts all around

16 June 2010 in Americas, Poverty and development

Just as with public services or pay levels, inequality between men and women characterises corruption. Corruption in the provision of basic services such as health and education – which are key areas for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – can have disproportionate and negative consequences for women and girls. Corruption can compromise their access to […]

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XL Asamblea de la OEA: No a la restricción

10 June 2010 in Anti-corruption Conventions

Esta entrada ha sido preparada por Delia Ferreira Rubio, miembro de la Junta Directiva internacional de Transparency International y presidenta del capítulo Argentino Poder Ciudadano. Para más información vea la sección especial en el sitio web de Transparency International (and in English). La sociedad civil le ganó la partida al gobierno de Venezuela. En la […]

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Asset recovery in the dock

8 June 2010 in Asset recovery, Financial Markets

This week senior members of the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meet in Paris to step up efforts to find and repatriate stolen assets. Here, Daniel Lebègue, president of TI France, explains what his organisation is doing on this issue. […]

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The new bribery act: are UK companies ready?

27 May 2010 in Europe and Central Asia, Private sector

This post has been written by Chandrashekhar Krishnan, Executive Director, Transparency International UK. On 9th April, a new Bribery Act was passed into law. This will help to restore the UK’s reputation for taking corruption seriously by ensuring the UK is compliant with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. It also sends out a strong message to […]

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