Over the past 14 years, the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) has supported civil society activists in developing democracies working to engage citizens in the demand for good governance. Our experience has proven the value of this year's International Day of Democracy theme - "engaging young people on ......
PTF Leads Call for New Multilateral Governance and Accountability Program in the UK
Between 2007 and 2012 the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) program provided about $200 million USD for around 1,000 transparency and accountability projects in about 100 countries. A final review of the program notes “many examples of convincing evidence of improvements in a…...
Dr. Vinay Bhargava Shares Lessons on Citizen Engagement in Education Administration
PTF's Chief Technical Officer, Vinay Bhargava, has been busy during a visit to Japan to share lessons of experience for grassroots anti-corruption interventions. Only July 7th, Dr. Bhargava was in Kobe, Japan to discuss strategies for improved governance through citizen engagement with the Japan International ......
PTF Urges World Bank President to Scale-up GPSA
At the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Global Partners Forum in May 2014, World Bank President Jim Kim called the program, which aims to bring together civil society and governments to solve critical governance challenges in developing countries, "an amazing political success.” PTF agrees ......
New Report on PTF-Supported Anti-Corruption Interventions in Education
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: Education (2013) reinforces the notion that corruption inhibits social and economic development and may even jeopardize stability of a nation’s education system. Opportunity for corruption exists all along the education continuum. The “roots of corrupt practices lie in a lack of transparency and accountability.” The…...
PTF Launches Barry Metzger Rule of Law Initiative
On May 14, 2014, the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) launched the Barry Metzger Rule of Law Initiative at the law offices of Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC. The initiative is designed to respect the humanitarian and legal values that PTF founder and board member Barry Metzger promoted throughout his life by promoting systems of justice…...
Michael Lippe – In Memoriam
Michael Lippe, a valued Project Adviser to the Partnership for Transparency Fund, died on Monday, April 28th, 2014 of pancreatic cancer. His capacity to push-on, working to aid the poorest and most vulnerable, while courageously fighting the disease over the past six years left his colleagues in awe. Up until…...
World Bank promotes citizen action to help fight corruption and poverty
PTF’s Board Chair, Anabel Cruz, and Chief Technical Adviser, Vinay Bhargava, were quoted in an article written by Stella Dawson on citizen-led anti-corruption interventions. Anabel Cruz “warned of fatigue among poor citizens over efforts to engage them in the development process, especially when results are not clear.” We have to be…...
