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| This area provides highlights of the valuable work of the anti-corruption movement, championing a world free of corruption. This month highlights the following stories: |
New Business Portal launched
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| A new Business Anti-Corruption Portal has been developed by the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Global Advice network. The portal aims to provide support to small-and medium-sized enterprises in avoiding and fighting corruption, and creating a better business environment. |
The portal contains a variety of instruments and information, which can be used alone or in combination. Some tools are new; others are well known procedures and methods adapted to small-and medium-size businesses.
Many corruption fighting tools have been created with the purpose of combating corruption in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries and are targeted at larger companies. This portal combines experience in this field with new tools for small and medium sized companies operating in developing countries.
Fourth international Right to Know Day marked by new report
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| International Right to Know Day marked the 28 September 2002 founding of the global Freedom of Information Advocates Network. Its aim is to raise awareness of every individual’s rights: to access government-held information; to know how elected officials are exercising power, and how the tax-payers’ money is being spent. |
In recognition of Right to Know Day 2006, Transparency International released a new publication, Using the Right to Information as an Anti-corruption Tool. It includes the experiences of TI’s chapters in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Peru in 2004 and 2005. The report focuses on the design of access to information laws and their implementation, and discusses how international financial institutions can improve their access to information provision.
Several TI chapters also organised activities to mark the day. TI Venezuela launched two publications devoted to information access, and organised workshops with mayors to discuss transparent local government, while TI’s Serbian chapter launched a report on the last 12 month’s progress in implementing its access to information legislation.
Pakistan launches second e-complaint centre
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| In September, TI Pakistan opened a new e-complaint centre in North Nazimabad Town, Karachi, following the success of an identical centre in Gulshan Town. |
The project had the support of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, under its "Improving the Quality, Transparency and Effectiveness of Pro-Poor Public Services using ICTs" programme.
The centre provides an interface between citizens and the authorities, and encourages efficiency and good management on the part of the latter. Complaints can be registered online, over the phone or in person, and will be addressed within 72 hours. Their progress can be tracked by both the centre and the complainants themselves; the latter will be issued with a ticket number for the purpose.
For more information, please see www.tmanorthnazimabad.com