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TI speeches & articles

On this page you can download speeches, articles and editorials by TI representatives. The selection of documents follows TI’s global priorities and main thematic issues as well as its regional working fields.

General anti-corruption topics
Private Sector
Poverty & Development
Health
Access to Information
Good Governance
Africa and the Middle East
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia

General anti-corruption topics

Christiaan Poortman, Senior Advisor	25 October 2011	Transparency International address to the plenary assembly of the Fourth Session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (English)	Delivered at the 4th session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Morocco

Huguette Labelle, Chair	14 October 2011	Reflecting on 2011: The global context and Transparency International (English)	Delivered at the Annual Membership Meeting in Berlin, Germany

Huguette Labelle, Chair	22 April 2011	Transparency as Modernisation of the State: experiences, key actors and challenges (English)	Delivered at Consejo de Transparencia conference, Santiago, Chile

Huguette Labelle, Chair	10 March 2010	The importance of good governance in the management of public affaires especially state enterprise (English)	Delivered at the Corporate Governance Forum in Cameroon

Huguette Labelle, Chair	10 March 2010	L’importance d’une bonne gouvernance dans la gestion des affaires publiques et particulièrement pour les entreprises d’État (texte français)	Forum de la gouvernance d’entreprise, Cameroun

Samantha Grant, Asia Pacific Department	23 February 2010	Integrity: Antidote to Corruption	Delivered at the 2nd Integrity and Human Rights Conference in Makati City, Philippines

Huguette Labelle, Chair	09 December 2009	International Anti-Corruption Day Speech	Delivered in Mexico at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Huguette Labelle, Chair	10 November 2009	CoSP Plenary presentation by Huguette Labelle	Third Session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption

Huguette Labelle, Chair	08 July 2009	Building integrity and reducing corruption risk – the way forward	Address to the Ambassadors Meeting of the Euro Atlantic Partnership Council, NATO HQ, Brussels

Elena Panfilova, Director, TI Russia	07 July 2009	Address to the Parallel Civil Society Summit during the Obama-Medvedev summit in Moscow.	Meeting attended by US President Obama, Hotel Metropol, Moscow

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director	20 May 2009	A quest for social justice: fighting corruption around the world	Public lecture: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Huguette Labelle, Chair	26 February 2009	Building Integrity and Defence Institution Building	Speech addressed at the NATO Conference in Monterey, California, United States

Huguette Labelle, Chair	17 February 2009	Opening Remarks 2008 Integrity Awards Ceremony	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Auditorium, London

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director	18 February 2009	Transparency International fully supports EITI and looks forward to its geographic expansion and successful implementation	Statement of Support at 4th EITI Global Conference: Establishing Resource Transparency >French<

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director	02 November 2008	The Road Ahead: Global Transparency for a Sustainable Future	Speech at the Closing Plenary of the13th International Anti-Corruption Conference

Huguette Labelle, Chair	03 July 2008	‘Societal Expectation of the Oil and Gas Industry’	Speech to the World Petroleum Congress

Huguette Labelle, Chair	30 January 2008	Statement at the Conference of the States Parties	Address to the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director	10 December 2007	Statement	Elders' Event to mark Human Rights Day, Cape Town, South Africa

Huguette Labelle, Chair	06 December 2007	Statement at the press conference	Global Corruption Barometer 2007, official launch in Berlin

Huguette Labelle, Chair	17 Sep 2006	Partnerships to Combat Corruption: Rising to the Challenge	Panel discussion at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group/Board of Governors Annual Meetings

Huguette Labelle, Chair	11 December 2006	Statement	Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Dead Sea, Jordan

Barbara Ann Clay, Director of Communications	17 May 2006	How can communications change the perception and reality of corruption in donor & recipient countries?	Speech at the 2006 annual meeting of the Informal Network of DAC Heads of Information/Communication

Huguette Labelle, Chair	9-12 Apr 2006	Cultivating entrenched integrity	Speech at the World Ethics Forum, "Leadership, Ethics and Integrity in Public Life", University of Oxford

Peter Eigen, Founder and former Chairman	28 Nov 2005	Transparency made visible: Making mining and oil companies accountable is a first step towards halting exploitation	Comment, Guardian

Peter Eigen, Founder and former Chairman	25 May 2005	Civil Society and Participatory Governance: Challenges & Prospects, “Capacity and Responsibility of Civil Society”	Speech, 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government

Peter Eigen, Founder and former Chairman	21 Feb 2005	Combating corruption: bribery stunts economic development	Article for WISU

Private Sector

Akere Muna, Vice-Chair	21 June 2011	The supply side of bribery: Addressing corruption through corporate governance	2011 United Nations and Africa Public Service Forum
Huguette Labelle, Chair	21 Mar 2011	Integrating integrity within an organisation	OECD Tax and Crime conference
Huguette Labelle, Chair	22 Feb 2011	From foundation to structure: the hardest part	NATO conference: Building Integrity and Defence Institution Building
Huguette Labelle, Chair	3 July 2008	Taking the Planet Hostage	19th World Petroleum Congress
Cobus de Swardt Transparency International (TI) Managing Director	28 April 2008	Statement TI Promoting Revenue Transparency launch
Huguette Labelle, Chair	21 Nov 2007	Statement on the OECD Convention anniversary	Tenth anniversary celebration of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
Jermyn Brooks, Director of Private Sector Programmes	3 Oct 2007	Value orientation from a business perspective	Discussion at IMB Institute of Management Forum 2007
Frank Vogl, Member of TI's Board of Directors	1 Sept 2007	Global Corruption: Applying experience and research to meet a mounting crisis	Article in the Journal of Center for Business Ethics
David Nussbaum, former CEO	24 Feb 2006	Presentation to the Global Council on Business Conduct	Conference
Peter Eigen, Founder and former Chairman	15 Apr 2005	Bangladesh: Politics and Business between Corruption and Development	DW Bonn
David Nussbaum, former CEO	20 Dec 2004	Why businesses must face up to corruption	Article for CA Magazine

Poverty & Development

Akere Muna, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors	15 Dec 2011	Democracy and Development (English)	European Development Days 2011
Craig Fagan, Senior Policy Co-ordinator	19 May 2011	Why the G8 should open its books (English)	Article on Guardian.co.uk
Cecilia Blondet Montero	14 June 2010	Anti-corruption: a strategy to address challenges around the Millennium Development Goals (Spanish)	UN General Assembly Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector on the Millennium Development Goals
Cobus de Swardt Transparency International (TI) Managing Director	24 April 2008	Better governance and anti-corruption as pillars of the fight against poverty and climate change	Speaking to Group of Eight (G8) government and global NGO representatives
Professor Toru Umeda TI Japan board member		Towards strengthening a global anti-corruption regime	Spoke of corruption as a cause of deforestation and illegal trafficking of endangered species
David Nussbaum, former CEO	Jan 2005	Corruption in disaster relief efforts	Article for the RSA Journal

Health

David Nussbaum, former CEO	2006	Corruption in health: what every policymaker should know	Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book
David Nussbaum, former CEO	26 Mar 2003	Poverty, Political Corruption and Healthcare	Address to the Global Medical Forum II Zurich, Switzerland

Access to information

David Nussbaum, former CEO

03 May 2006

Dead silence: when journalists are muzzled, corruption goes unchecked

World Press Freedom Day Statement

Good Governance

Huguette Labelle, Chair	30 Apr 2011	The Importance of Good Climate Governance	Launch of Global Corruption Report: Climate Change, Dhaka, Bangladesh

David Nussbaum, former CEO	1 Nov 2004	Strengthening Good Governance at the National Level	UNCTAD Expert meeting on Good Governance in Investment Promotion, Geneva, Switzerland

Africa and the Middle East

Akere Muna, Vice Chair of the International Board of Directors	12 Dec 2011	How Developments can Promote Transparency and Prevent Corruption	Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department - ACT

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director	31 May 2011	Returning stolen assets; the first step in affirming commitment to transparency (English)	Opinion Editorial in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat

Huguette Labelle, Chair	8 Feb 2011	Corruption blew the lid off North Africa (English)	Article on CNN.com

Chantal Uwimana, Director of Middle East and North Africa	9 May 2010	The Good Governance Challenge: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine	Speech, Cairo, Egypt
Huguette Labelle, Chair	9 Mar 2009	Special Address at the launch of Transparency International Kenya’s National Corruption Perception Survey	Speech, Nairobi, Kenya
Casey Kelso, Director of Africa and Middle East Department	7 Mar 2006	Promoting the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in the Middle East	Speech, Amman, Jordan
Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria	7 Nov 2003	Nigeria: From Pond of Corruption to Island of Integrity	Lecture on the 10th Anniversary of Transparency International, Berlin, Germany

Americas

Christiaan Poortman Regional Director, Global Programmes	28 September 2010	Opening Remarks at the Central America and Dominican Republican Transparency Forum (English)	Speech held at the Central America and Dominican Republican Transparency Forum in San Salvador
Alejandro Salas Regional Director, Americas	15 August 2009	Opening Speech at the Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism (in Spanish)	Speech held at the opening ceremony of the Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism, Lima, Peru
Ximena Salazar Regional Conventions Programme	03 June 2007	TI's recommendations to the OAS General Assembly to increase transparency and accountability Text (Spanish) Video	Speech held at the 37th OAS General Assembly
Ximena Salazar Regional Conventions Programme	04 June 2006	Diálogo entre los Jefes de Delegación, el Secretario General y los representantes de la sociedad civil	Speech held at the 36th OAS General Assembly
Huguette Labelle, Chair	29 Mar 2006	"El futuro de América depende de la lucha contra la corrupción" (english version)	Opinion Editorial in El Nuevo Herald

Asia and Pacific

Pascal Fabie, Asia Pacific Department	28 Nov 2008	4th Anti-corruption dialogue	Speech at the 4th Anti-corruption dialogue, Hanoi
Ifterkhar Zaman, TI Bangladesh	17 May 2006	Corruption in Bangladesh - a household survey	Speech at the 2006 annual meeting of the Informal Network of DAC Heads of Information/Communication
David Nussbaum, former CEO	Apr 2005	Interview: Five questions for David Nussbaum	Asia-Pacific Development Review (ADR)

Europe and Central Asia

Miklos Marschall, Director of Europe and Central Asia Department	25 June 2008	State of democracy in Europe	Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe ordinary session
Miklos Marschall, Director of Europe and Central Asia Department	Autumn 2004	Corruption, the judiciary and the rule of law Marschall_litonline_ebrd.pdf 376.31 kB	LIT online: Focus on early transition countries
Miklos Marschall, Director of Europe and Central Asia Department	30 Apr 2004	Interview Marschall_euractiv_04-04-30.pdf 42.39 kB	EuroActiv.com
Miklos Marschall, Director of Europe and Central Asia Department	27 Nov 2003	Europe's Corruption Gap Marschall_WSJ_2003-11-27.pdf 15.08 kB	Opionion Editorial in the Wall Street Journal