Tag Archives | Transparency International Germany

Corruption and security: uncovering the elephant in the room at the Munich Security Conference

7 February 2014 in Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Measurement and Research, Politics and government

Last weekend the City of Munich saw one of its most admired and, for some, most controversial events of the year – the Munich Security Conference. In the beautiful halls of the conference venue (Bayerischer Hof), heavily guarded by police and security personnel, an astonishing density of the world’s leaders and security and policy experts […]

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Good Governance in Grassroots Sport

27 May 2013 in Europe and Central Asia, Sport

This week sports ministers and experts from more than 50 countries are meeting in Berlin to discuss the future of sports under the auspices of UNESCO. Good governance is a key priority. Here Saska Benedicic Tomat, head of projects at the International Sport and Cultural Association, explains why it is so important in grassroots sports. […]

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Tackling match fixing needs good governance

24 September 2012 in Accountability, Sport

On 20 September the European Union released a declaration calling for co-operation between everyone involved in sport to stop match-fixing. Sylvia Schenk, Transparency International’s senior advisor for sport discusses why this is only a first step and what more needs to be done. In the past two years, the world of sport and politics finally […]

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Hamburg’s Transparency Law to open government more than ever

25 June 2012 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, People power

The Beatles played their first concert in Hamburg. Hamburg’s harbour is one of Europe’s largest. Now Hamburg, one of Germany’s 16 federal states, also has one of the world’s best transparency laws. Passed in mid-June, the new law sets a precedent that might resonate in the worldwide open government community. The new 10-page Hamburg Transparency […]

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