While most African countries hold elections, concerns over the integrity of the electoral process have led to a decline in the credibility of elections across the continent. A key issue is whether members of the electorate feel that their voice has been heard and their vote has been fairly counted. ...
How Citizens Fight Corruption and Shrinking Civic Space
Fighting Corruption Starts with Us: A Call to Civic Action When Citizens Speak, Corruption Loses Ground! By Daniel Ritchie, Partnership for Transparency The William A. Keese School of Continuing Education at Asbury On April 7, Daniel Ritchie spoke to a group of residents at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland…...
Engaging Stakeholders Meaningfully on Sustainable Development Projects: Lessons from Community Participatory Approaches
PTF will moderate a discussion at the 58th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM local time (10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Washington, D.C. time). The session, entitled “Engaging Stakeholders Meaningfully on Sustainable Development Projects: Lessons from…...
Good Governance Academy: Stakeholder Engagement in World Bank Projects
April 18, 2025: On March 11, 2025, the Good Governance Academy hosted a webinar on “Stakeholder Engagement in World Bank Projects“. Dr. Vinay Bhargava, Chief Technical Advisor at PTF was a featured speaker at a webinar along with Asli Gurkan, Social Development Specialist at the World Bank. The event was…...
Taking the Helm, Chairing a Strategic Transformation by Mervyn King
April 15, 2025: Mervyn King, member of PTF’s Board of Directors will host a session with the Good Governance Academy (GGA) Webinar Series. This session will explore the critical role of the chair in driving strategic transformation, providing practical insights on leadership, governance, and decision-making in times of change. Real-world…...
21st International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC)
June 21, 2024: PTF Advisors Christoph Kowalewski and Hady Fink attended the 21st IACC (managed by Transparency International) held on June 18-21, 2024, at a time of mounting pressures by many governments to harrass and censor civil society organizations and the press. The conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, was over-shadowed by the Russian attacks on…...
14th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa
May 12, 2024: The heads of anti-corruption agencies from 21 African member states of the Commonwealth met in Accra, Ghana, from May 6-11, 2024. The theme of the conference was “Strengthening Institutions and Promoting Transparency: A means of fighting Corruption in Commonwealth Africa”. PTF Advisor Hady Fink addressed the…...
2nd Symposium on Supranational Responses to Corruption: Integrity in Climate Finance & Action
May 11, 2024: PTF Advisors participated in the 2nd Symposium on Supranational Responses to Corruption: Integrity in Climate Finance & Action at the London School of Economics on May 9-10, 2024. In preparation for the meeting, a report was written and presented by Kulsum Ahmed, Marjory-Anne Bromhead, Charles Di Leva,…...
PTF Represented at UNCAC CoSP10 in Atlanta
Vinay Bhargava, Hady Fink, and Jillian Hess represented Partnership for Transparency (PTF) at the tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP10) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Atlanta from December 11 to 15, 2023. In addition, Hady gave a presentation entitled “Engaging Civil Society…...
