Examples of Supported Projects
Bulgaria: PTF funded a panel of 15 experts nominated by TI Bulgaria to monitor the public auctioning of the second license for a GSM mobile cellular network. The panel ensured legal compliance with tender procedures and transparency. It is considered that this simple initiative saved millions of dollars.
Cambodia: PTF provided a grant to the Center for Social Development to work with government and other stakeholders to elaborate a new strategy to curb corruption and to establish a new Coalition for Transparency.
Costa Rica: PTF has supported a pilot project to map the risks of illegal logging in an ecologically sensitive area and to use the map to develop an anti-corruption forest plan.
Czech Republic: PTF supported the elaboration of a pilot city institutional corruption index for Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw which enables the cities’ accountability systems to be assessed and subsequently strengthened.
India: PTF assisted Transparency in India to work with the Delhi state government to establish and make effective Citizens Charters overseen by independent Ombudsmen.
Mongolia: PTF funded a competition on anti-corruption themes among journalists, artists and media people. The winning submissions were shown on TV or radio or published in the press.
Nicaragua: PTF supported a media campaign to reduce the highly excessive pensions and perks of retired presidents and top officials. Legislation has since been introduced to end these abuses.
Pakistan: PTF assisted the NEDIANS, an association of professional engineers, in working with the Karachi Water Supply and Sewerage Board to establish an Integrity Pact for the public tendering and implementation of a $100 million water supply expansion scheme. Savings on the engineering contract alone exceeded $2 million for a PTF grant of some $22,000.
Philippines: PTF supported an initiative of G-Watch to track the production and distribution of school textbooks by mobilising the young scouts. The outcome was that the distribution of books improved dramatically and savings resulting from reduced leakage amounted to several million pesos.
Uganda: PTF has funded a pilot project undertaken by the Joint Christian Council to track local government expenditure on education. This involved developing a methodology and manuals that could be replicable elsewhere.
Azerbaijan: PTF helped CESD to monitor oil revenues and procurement to strengthen the transparency of the State Oil Fund.
Argentina: CIPPEC introduced, tested and applied the freedom of information decree at six central government ministries.
India: PTF assisted 12 CSOs to fight corruption in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by mobilizing groups to monitor worker registration and the payment of wages.
Latvia: Delna pioneered the use of an integrity pact in the construction of the National Library tracking over $200 million in spending.
Mongolia: TI-Mongolia developed a code of ethics for the judiciary and to train judges in the handling of corruption cases.
Nicaragua: CSO media campaign to reduce excessive pensions and perks of retired top officials. Legislation has since been introduced to this end.
Pakistan: NEDIANS – an engineering association – established an integrity pact for the tenders of a Karachi Water Supply and Sewerage $100 million water project.
Philippines: G-Watch coalitions of CSOs uncovered corruption, tracked procurement, ensured distribution of school books for the country’s children.
Poland: Asocjacje piloted a public expenditure monitoring system for local government aimed at creating the ‘transparent commune’.
Uganda: supported NAFODU to develop a Code of Conduct for the local police and to use radio to build public awareness of this program.