MEDIA ADVISORY

Global public opinion survey on corruption launching 03 June

Transparency International (TI), the civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, will publish a public opinion survey of citizens’ views on and experiences of corruption in 69 countries and territories around the world.

TI’s Global Corruption Barometer 2009 highlights everyday experiences with bribery, people’s views on private sector corruption and corruption levels in six institutions (political parties, public officials/civil servants, parliaments/legislature, business, judiciary and media).

Press Conference: 03 June 2009 - 10:00am (CET)
Résidence Palace - International Press Centre – Passage Room
Rue de la Loi 155 - Bloc C
1040 Brussels, Belgium

With
Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
Robin Hodess, Director, Policy and Research, Transparency International

TI representatives will be available for interviews immediately after the press conference. Interviews may be conducted in English, French, German and Spanish.

Countries included are:
Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zambia

Media contacts:

Jesse Garcia
jgarcia@transparency.org
Tel. +49 30 34 38 20 667

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser
ggkaiser@transparency.org
Tel. +49 30 34 38 20 662

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