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Amnesty International (AI)
AI has developed training material for Human Rights Education for a variety of audiences, including materials for educators and young people.

Coalition 2000: Anticorruption Education in Bulgaria (2004)
The main objective of this distance-learning course is acquainting young people with the role and functions of the public institutions, state budget and taxes, local government, the need for transparency and feedback in the state institutions, as well as with their civil rights and obligations. The course targets a wide audience: schools and universities, administrative structures, nongovernmental organizations, and business associations.

Council of Europe: Year of Citizenship through Education 2005
The Council of Europe launched the European Year for Citizenship through Education, 2005, in order to encourage governments to implement Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC). This website is designed to provide information related to EDC for the general public, and offers awareness raising ideas, a tool kit and links to Council of Europe Education publications.

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong: Tackling Corruption: School Education and Public Awareness (2004)
This paper highlights how the ICAC tackles corruption in Hong Kong through its school education programme. The paper looks at anti corruption strategies and the basic philosophy behind the education programme. This comprehensive programme contributes significantly to the increase in public awareness of the importance of the anticorruption cause in Hong Kong.

Junior Achievement (JA)
This is a US-based NGO dedicated to educating young people about business, economics, and free enterprise. In partnership with business and educators, JA provides ethics training and hands-on teaching material for classroom and after-school teaching in 97 countries.

Lithuania Modern Didactics Centre: Education Against Corruption (2002-2004)
This project aimed at increasing anti-corruption awareness through education of the youth, dissemination of anti-corruption information, and awareness-raising on the financing of political parties and campaigns. The webpage describes the four main components of the project, as well as a summary of the results.

TI In Focus: Youth and corruption (2007)
Transparency International has dedicated a special In Focus to anti-corruption work with young people. It includes information on projects initiated by TI and other organisations, as well as news stories and other useful links.

World Bank: Youth and Good Governance
This program comprises of teaching material developed for the World Banks long distance learning programme. It consists of 9 modules focusing on the causes of corruption, the extent of corruption as well as responses to corruption.

Websites for young people

Hong Kong ICAC: Teensland
This interactive colourful website is directed at teenagers. In Chinese.

OCASA - Jóvenes contra la corrupción
This youth group is made up of young Colombians who aim to promote transparency within their country, through a series of projects that place youth as the main actor of their activities. Their website offers documents, events, and links, as well as a lively chat forum discussing methods of transparency promotion. In Spanish.

Youth Movement for Democracy
The Youth Movement for Democracy (YMD) is a global community of youth and allies working non-violently for democracy. It was founded by a group of young people, like you, who believe in and work for fair elections, free speech, and human rights.

World Bank: You Think! "For Schools: Issues: Corruption"
The World Bank's For Schools website has a focus page on corruption targeted at youth. It gives background information on corruption for students as well as teachers. Furthermore there is a variety of links to related material.


TI Working Paper:
Corruption in the Education Sector