The internet shutdown during Uganda’s recent general election constitutes a significant setback to anti-corruption efforts in the country, and could hinder efficiency of COVID-19 response programs, according to two local civil society leaders....
Malawi Procurement Monitoring Project Begins Implementation
Following several years of project design and relations building with Malawian and international organizations, PTF completed a full proposal for funding from the European Union for a procurement monitoring project: Strengthening the Capacity of CSOs to Promote Transparency and Accountability in Public Infrastructure Projects in Malawi. Funding for the project…...
European Investment Bank Releases Development Handbook, with PTF Assistance
The European Investment Bank (EIB), one of the world’s largest funders of development projects, chose UN Human Rights Day, December 10, 2020, to release “Guidance note for EIB Standard on Stakeholder Engagement in EIB Operations.” The Guidance Note was prepared with the support of John Clark and Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg…...
Challenge One: Confronting The World’s Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis
The world faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The impact of the pandemic on middle- and low-income countries is significantly greater than the enormously challenging situation in Western industrial nations. It is too early to gauge with any accuracy the full scale of the global humanitarian crisis, but not too late…...
Maximizing Citizen Engagement to Beat COVID
As governments and the international aid community scramble to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, direct citizen engagement in public health programs has already had a demonstrable positive impact on the success of these programs. While governments in both middle-income and low-income developing countries face the pandemic with support from international…...
SEXTORTION: A Crucial Global Humanitarian-Corruption Challenge
On July 1, 2020, the Partnership for Transparency (PTF) and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) hosted experts from Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States in a 90-minute conversation on one of the worst forms of corruption. Nancy Hendry of the International Association of Women…...
