July 4, 2024 – The increasingly difficult conditions for development activities in Uganda have delayed implementation of the 2021-initated PTF-ACCU Uganda Country Strategy – Marlon Agaba, Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) reports on recent activity. From: Marlon Agaba, Executive Director of Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU), PTF’s main…...
“The Voice of The Champions” – New Journal Highlights Successes
Project Update Overview Project Background PTF Advisor and Board Member Pietronella van den Oever writes: The Journal “La Voix des Champions de l’ OAFRESS” was officially launched on Friday, July 5, 2024. As the title suggests, through this Journal the OAFRESS Champions tell their story of assiduous work, often under…...
Will The World Bank’s Gender Strategy 2024-2030 Be Vigorously Implemented?
PTF’s Perspectives World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030: Accelerate Gender Equality to End Poverty on a Livable Planet. July 9, 2024 – After an elaborate and comprehensive process of stakeholder consultations, the World Bank Group (WBG) has finalized its new Gender Strategy. Like other stakeholders, PTF made suggestions for changes…...
What can civil society organizations contribute to the work of Anti-Corruption Authorities?
That is the question PTF Advisor Dr. Hady Fink considered during his presentation “Engaging Civil Society in the Fight Against Corruption” during the 14th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, Accra, Ghana, May 6-11, 2024. Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) should exist to serve the people Dr. Roger…...
The World Bank’s Evolution Playbook Must Include Expanded Partnerships With Civil Society to Combat Waste, Fraud, and Corruption in the Projects and Programs It Finances
By John Clark, Vinay Bhargava, and Pierre Landell-Mills October 2023 The World Bank Group (the Bank) is embarking on an “Evolution“ strategy through which it aims “to become a ‘better and bigger bank’ that is fit-for-purpose to respond to the most pressing needs of people and the planet”, in particular…...
PTF is Hiring a Part-Time Junior Project Consultant
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. Partnership for Transparency (PTF) is looking for a part-time Junior Project Consultant to support its international project team for a project implemented in the Republic of Moldova as soon as possible. Background About the Project: Since 2020, PTF is implementing a five-year project to Increase the…...
Eliminating Sextortion Must Be the Goal – But How?
Needed – Zero-Tolerance Policies for Sexual Abuses By: Frank Vogl, Board Chair, Partnership for Transparency December 12, 2022 Professor Purna Sen does not use weasel words and vague phrases when discussing sexual abuse and sextortion. She does not argue that we must seek gradual change or aim to just curb…...
Fifth Edition: Monitoring Moldova’s Public Procurement
The June issue of Monitoring Moldova's Public Procurement details the benefits and risks involved in the draft amendment to the Public Procurement Act registered in Parliament, how many procurements were concluded in 2021, the most frequent violations in terms of public procurement, and the conditions to be respected in the…...
A Supranational Response to Corruption: The Case for CSO Engagement
Around the world, nearly one in four people still pay bribes to access essential services, demonstrating that despite the surge of anti-corruption legislation and initiatives in recent years, successful progress will depend upon a whole-of-society, rather than a top-down approach. “Bribery in public service delivery is still widespread, and success…...
