MEDIA ADVISORY

Launch: Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2008

Berlin, 01 September 2008

On 23 September 2008, Transparency International will release its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of domestic corruption.

The index, released annually since 1995, looks at public sector corruption based on expert assessments and opinion surveys, helping to highlight the propensity of domestic corruption and its damaging influence.

Press Conference

23 September 2008
10:00 CET
Projekt HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance
Wilhelmstrasse 67
10117
Berlin

With
Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
Sylvia Schenk, Chair, Transparency Deutschland

All speakers and additional representatives from TI will be available for individual interviews after the press conference. Interviews may be conducted in English, French, German and Spanish.

For media queries please contact:
press@transparency.org
Tel. +49 30 34 38 20 666

Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.