PTF Paper Explores How Partnerships with Local CSOs Could Help Advance Integrity on Climate Finance and Action April 24, 2024: The PTF Climate and Environment team has prepared a paper for presentation at the Second Symposium on Supranational Responses to Corruption, which focuses specifically on Integrity in Climate Finance…...
Advocating for Deeper Partnerships between Civil Society Organizations and IDA grants to the Poorest Countries
PTF Calls on IDA21 To Expand Partnerships with Local CSOs to Do Better at the Country Level The full report, the 10 recommendations, and the 2 page summary can be found here. April 17, 2024: PTF representatives attended the roundtable discussions among CSOs, the International Development Association, and the World…...
Sustainable Procurement: a Smart Way to Procure Looking at the “Big Picture”
Sabine Engelhard, a Partnership for Transparency (PTF) Advisor who is a member of the PTF team working with IDIS Viitorul on the Increasing the Integrity of Public Procurement in Moldova project, has written the following article. Sustainable Procurement: a Smart Way to Procure Looking at the “Big Picture” By Sabine Engelhard February…...
Civil Society Leaders Call on the World Bank to Ensure Anti-Corruption Plays A Key Role in its New Gender Strategy
Civil society anti-corruption leaders from more than 50 countries signed a letter to the World Bank in support of its ambitious Gender Strategy 2024 – 2030: Accelerate Gender Equality for a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Future. However, they warned that the goals will be unattainable without significant emphasis on anti-corruption.…...
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’s Local CSO Partner IDIS and the Ministry of Finance Signed a Cooperation Agreement to Improve the Transparency and Efficiency of the Public Procurement Process in Moldova
Since September 2020, Partnership for Transparency has been collaborating with the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) Viitorul on the Increasing the Integrity of Public Procurement in Moldova project. On September 26, 2023, IDIS and the Moldovan Ministry of Finance signed a cooperation agreement that will increase collaboration on…...
Partnership for Transparency Calls for Strengthening Partnerships with Citizens and Civil Society Organizations in the World Bank Group Evolution for Greater Impact
Partnership for Transparency (PTF) prepared a response to the World Bank Group’s request for comments on the Evolution proposals paper. PTF’s comments focus on the roles that citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) could play in enhancing the development impact and accountability of the proposed expanded levels of financing under…...