Details for the next International Anti-Corruption Conference, a biennial event, have just been released. It looks like Global Integrity will be taking a trip to Thailand in November 2010! Last year’s International Anti-Corruption Conference in Athens focused on the need to create a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.…
DetailsVoies Nouvelles (one of the winners of the Global Integrity Impact Challenge) recently had the great opportunity to explain their organization’s anti-corruption mission to select Ministers in their native Cameroon. The photo above shows the president of Voies Nouvelles speaking with the Minister of Secondary Education. In an email to Global Integrity, Voies Nouvelles told…
DetailsFriends, we have some exciting news to share with you. Global Integrity is partnering with Omidyar Network, which will be providing funding and expertise in support of our work to improve governance worldwide. This support will allow us to scale in ways that were previously out of reach. This is a big moment for us.…
DetailsYesterday, the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) teamed up to host an event on the increasing momentum for the right to information in many Arab nations. The panel mainly focused on the creation of draft FOI legislation in Yemen, although it did touch upon broader challenges…
DetailsGlobal Integrity is proud to announce the formal launch of Foglamp, an initiative we have been working on for a number of years to provide real-time research and insights to the investment community on corruption and governance issues in countries around the world. Historically, Global Integrity’s work (like most non-governmental organizations) was aimed at governments,…
DetailsDisclosure: The World Bank is a funder of Global Integrity. The World Bank’s Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal (AGI) is now available to the public and, while exploring the platform will definitely take a couple of days, we are excited about the possibilities it represents: a move away from simple name-and-shame rankings addressing fuzzy concepts…
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