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The U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre and Helpdesk
| Since 2002, TI has cooperated with the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway, in the development of an Anti-Corruption Resource Centre for the U4 group of ministries of international development. The U4 group is supported by the government development agencies of Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. |
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The U4 promotes informed approach to anti-corruption policy development through training, knowledge management and research activities. TI has contributed to several aspects of the Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, such as developing a set of FAQs on corruption, compiling selected annotated literature and assisting in preparation of an anti-corruption training course curriculum for anti-corruption practitioners.
The U4 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk
From 2003 to present, TI has also operated the U4 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk in collaboration with CMI. The U4 Helpdesk provides targeted, timely and evidence-based advice on anti-corruption issues to the staff of member international development agencies - both at their headquarters and field offices worldwide - on a demand driven basis. Queries are answered within 10 working days in the form of “U4 Expert Answers”. Each answer provides a synthesis of the state of research on a specific topic, lessons learnt from case studies as well as practical recommendations for anti-corruption approaches. They are published on the public access website www.u4.no. More than 150 U4 Expert Answers have been prepared to date, drawing on the expertise of the U4 Panel of Experts as well as the TI network. Topics cover a wide range of corruption related issues, from the effectiveness of anti-corruption agencies to how to tackle corruption in post-conflict situations.
A searchable data base of all published Expert Answers is available at www.U4.no
Read recent expert answers:
Examples of anti-corruption clauses in cooperation agreements (Mar 2010)
Auditing the auditors - International Standards to hold Supreme Audit Institutions to account (Mar 2010)
Examples of procurement compliance checklists (Feb 2010)
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Guyana, with reference to natural resource sectors (Feb 2010)
International good practice in anti-corruption legislation (Feb 2010)
Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption within Donor Agencies (Jan 2010)
Impact of international asset recovery and anti-money laundering efforts on poverty reduction (Jan 2010)
Corruption in tax administration (Jan 2010)
Exploring the Relationships between Corruption and Tax Revenue (Jan 2010)
The status of information on corruption in the forestry sector (Jan 2010)
Donors’ Contributions to Anti-Corruption in the Education Sector (Dec 2009)
Approaches to corruption in drug management (Dec 2009)
Gender and corruption in humanitarian assistance (Nov 2009)
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) (Nov 2009)
Low salaries, the culture of per diems and corruption (Nov 2009)
Corruption and the international financial system (Sep 2009)
Coordination mechanisms of anti-corruption institutions (Sep 2009)
Impact of law enforcement interventions on corruption (Aug 2009)
Tracking the progress of grand corruption cases: best practices and indicators (Aug 2009)
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in the Philippines (Aug 2009)
Gender, corruption and health (Jul 2009)
Corruption challenges at sub-national level in Indonesia (Jun 2009)
Gender, corruption and education (Jun 2009)
Good practice in addressing corruption in water resource management projects (Jun 2009)
Good Practice in Whistleblowing Protection Legislation (WPL) (Jun 2009)
State of Research on Gender and Corruption (Jun 2009)
Overview of corruption in Burma (Myanmar) (Jun 2009)
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) (Jun 2009)
The role of supreme audit institutions in combating corruption (May 2009)
The political economy of public procurement reform (May 2009)
Overview of Corruption in Tanzania (May 2009)
Developing a code of conduct for NGOs (Apr 2009)
South-south anti-corruption cooperation mechanisms (Feb 2009)
Examples of anti-corruption training sessions (Feb 2009)
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption efforts in India (Jan 2009)
