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Reconstruction in Italy: We need transparency and monitoring activities 

31 August 2016 in Accountability, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, European Union

It’s true, “Italians do their best in moments of emergency.” Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said it after the earthquake that devastated central Italy on 24 August. Italy’s President echoed the Prime Minister and we all tell it to ourselves every time that the images remind us that we are a country that rolls up […]

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Combattre la corruption à Madagascar

16 December 2014 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME, Civil society, Education, People power, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Jusqu’aux élections d’octobre-décembre 2013, dont les résultats ont été confirmés par la Cour Electorale Spéciale en Janvier 2014, Madagascar traversait depuis cinq ans une crise politique, pendant laquelle le gouvernement issu d’un coup d’État se révéla incapable de mettre un terme à la corruption rampante. Le pays a perdu quatre points sur l’Indice de perception […]

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Fighting corruption in Madagascar

16 December 2014 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME, Civil society, Education, People power, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Before this year’s election, political crisis ruled Madagascar for the last five years as a powerless post-coup government failed to halt rampant corruption. The country dropped four points from 32 in 2012 to 28 in 2014 in our Corruption Perceptions Index. In our interview with Florent Andriamahavonjy, Executive Director of Transparency International – Initiative Madagascar […]

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Czech construction job: honest official makes sure citizens win

17 June 2014 in Access to information, ALAC, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Unhošť is a small, sleepy town about 20 kilometres from Prague’s city centre – home to around 3,500 inhabitants. Normally, this is a peaceful place, but a controversy a few years ago has taken its toll on the community. It all began when a newly elected politician decided to look into the town’s finances. He […]

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Knowledge empowers: A Palestinian’s quest for transparency

20 September 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East

You have the right to know! You have the right to ask questions and for public officials to answer your enquiry. Unfortunately, Palestine till now does not have an access to information law. This blog post is part of a series drawing on articles from the forthcoming project It Belongs to You: Public Information in […]

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Ushahidi: An Introduction to Anti-Corruption Mapping

2 May 2013 in Technology

This blog post is the first of a blog series on anti-corruption and transparency mapping by Ushahidi’s Heather Leson. The series will discuss best practices and feature some of the strategies to connect policy and action with online savvy. Ushahidi’s community strategy is aimed to connect topical mappers to build and learn together. Resources and […]

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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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Hacking against corruption

16 October 2012 in Americas, People power, Technology

30 people, some of them friends, some others strangers, put together their skills in one place for one cause: beating corruption while having fun programming, coding, testing and, when things did not work out, starting all over again. The goal was making one good idea  become reality by the end of 24 hours. In Bogotá, […]

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worker in Zimbabwe

Dream job or living nightmare?

1 September 2011 in Africa and Middle East, ALACs in AFME, Human rights, Poverty and development

Harsh socio-economic conditions in Zimbabwe are pushing many to migrate in search of work so that they can better provide for their families. But the dreams of those migrating can easily turn into living nightmares because of corruption. Leeroy’s (names have been changed) story is one such example. Eager to find work, Leeroy told us […]

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