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On Sep 6, 1:23 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > http://transparency.org/ > > Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading > the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide > coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and > children around the world. > TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. > > Transparency International challenges the inevitability of corruption, and > offers hope to its victims. Since its founding in 1993, TI has played a lead > role in improving the lives of millions around the world by building > momentum for the anti-corruption movement. TI raises awareness and > diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements > practical actions to address it. > > Transparency International is a global network including more than 90 > locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These > bodies fight corruption in the national arena in a number of ways. They > bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and > the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in > procurement and in business. TI’s global network of chapters and contacts > also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement > anti-corruption reforms. > > Politically non-partisan, TI does not undertake investigations of alleged > corruption or expose individual cases, but at times will work in coalition > with organisations that do. > > TI has the skills, tools, experience, expertise and broad participation to > fight corruption on the ground, as well as through global and regional > initiatives. > > Now in its second decade, Transparency International is maturing, > intensifying and diversifying its fight against corruption. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Vam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technology for Transparency Network - Final Report : Global mapping of > > technology for transparency and accountability. > > >http://bit.ly/qHPWXQ > > > - Bringing projects and interventions to scale. > > > - Bringing citizens closer to the policymaking process through new and > > improved channels of participation as well as citizen monitoring of > > government. > > > - Identifying policy priorities and service delivery challenges > > through ‘data mashing‘ and other visualisation and data manipulation > > techniques of both government and private datasets. > > > - Improving the efficiency of civil society organisations working in > > the transparency and accountability space through adoption of best > > practice technology platforms.
