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News and Updates
African CSOs Chart Paths to Counter Shrinking Civic Space
November 5, 2024: Rachel Ansley reports on the “PTF Africa Civil Society Forum on Shrinking Civic Space” that brought together CSO representatives from Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Uganda and Zambia, as well as regional organizations, at a time when civic space continues to shrink in Africa.
Read the full article here.
Working with PTF – SAVE Ghana’s Executive Director Shares His Perspective
November 4, 2024: Dintie Sule Tayiru, SAVE Ghana’s Executive Director and a 2024 Global Anti-Racism Champion shares his perspective on his organization’s 16 year partnership with PTF. The journey, which began in 2008 with election monitoring, has since expanded to reducing teacher absenteeism and to increasing stakeholder engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read the full article here.
Spotlight on Dintie Sule Tayiru – SAVE Ghana
October 27, 2024: The U.S. Department of State honors Dintie Sule Tayiru as a 2024 Global Anti-Racism Champion.
PTF has had a 16 year partnership with SAVE Ghana, the civil society organization headed by Mr. Tayiru. PTF and PTF Europe have been proud supporters of the successful projects that they have partnered with SAVE Ghana. Read the full article here.
Wayne Nissly Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer at the Partnership for Transparency (PTF)
October 1, 2024: Wayne Nissly, former Chief Executive Officer of Peace Winds, has joined PTF as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
“Wayne has a distinguished career and promises to bring fresh perspectives and new energy to our organization to build on the successful record that PTF has attained,” stated PTF’s Co-Chairs on behalf of the Board of Directors, Jean-Louis Sarbib and Hasan Tuluy.
Read the full article here.
To Be “Better” The World Bank Must Center Citizens
October 3, 2024: PTF’s Vinay Bhargava and AccountabilityLab’s Blair Glenclose call for World Bank action.
Read the full article here.
May 13, 2024: PTF’s new report details specific approaches for enhancing the effectiveness of projects funded by the World Bank’s concessional affiliate, the International Development Association (IDA), through deepening engagements with CSOs. The report makes ten recommendations for how the Bank can more closely involve local civil society in its work at the country level, beyond consultations. The publication of this report has been followed by a campaign to call for funding for the expansion of partnerships with local civil society organizations (CSOs) as an integral part of a bigger and better next round of funding for IDA (IDA21: 2025-2028).
Please find more information on the report, the 2 page summary, and the latest updates on the campaign here.
Malawi Pilot Project Highlights Critical Lessons for Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Public Infrastructure
September 20, 2024: The completion of a pilot project in Malawi provided deep insights into shortcomings in public infrastructure contracting, paths to meaningful transparency and accountability improvements, and the vital roles that civil society organizations can and should play. It also demonstrated the capacity of trained CSOs to monitor public infrastructure procurement, and the benefits this can have.
Read the full article here.
Learning Critical Lessons from Healthcare Activism – Argentina
August 16, 2024: Providing citizens with essential healthcare information should be a fundamental duty of government, but that was not the case in Argentina when COVID-19 struck. A series of PTF-supported projects, developed and implemented by Poder Ciudadano, Transparency International’s national Argentine chapter, yielded exceptional results. Poder Ciudadano’s Ana Pichon details the approaches and achievements of the program: “Argentina: Recovering with Integrity – Fostering Preventive Transparency in the Health System”.
Read more here.
Project Curbing Gender-Based Violence in Rajasthan Sees Key Successes
August 6, 2024: PTF’s supported project – Building a Coordinated Response to Prevent and Reduce Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kishangarh Block, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India – has been completed with notable successes providing a model for future approaches. Approved in 2018 and completed in 2023, it worked to strengthen the readiness and capacity of the administrative and legal system and the community to develop the mechanisms including standard operating procedures and grassroots structures to address Gender-Based Violence in a timely and decisive way.
Read the full article here.
PTF Moves Ahead with Projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Argentina – Latest Project Summaries
PTF’s Board of Directors reviews progress on current projects twice each year. The most recent report covers projects led by PTF Asia and PTF Europe, as well as projects in India, Argentina, and Africa. Please review the latest summary of the report to the PTF Board. Projects pages can also be found after the summary.
Please review the latest summary of the report to the PTF Board here.
