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.

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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.

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Advocating for Deeper Partnerships between Civil Society Organizations and IDA grants to the Poorest Countries

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.

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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”.

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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.

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“The Voice of the Champions” – New Journal Highlights Successes

July 9, 2024: “The Voice of The Champions” – the Journal, published today, provides insights into the remarkable efforts being made by outstanding individuals – the Champions – and their organizations in 18 French-speaking sub-Saharan countries under the auspices of the Organisation de l’Afrique Francophone pour le Renforcement des Systemes de Sante et de Vaccination (OAFRESS). PTF plays advisory roles with 10 PTF Advisors involved as resource persons.

Learn more at the following links: Background on the Journal – Project Update Overview – Project Background.

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.