Among many others examples, TI France publicly engaged the presidential candidates on the issues, while Accion Ciudadana, TI’s national chapter in formation in Guatemala, and Poder Ciudadano, TI’s chapter in Argentina, were closely involved in monitoring the elections and raising awareness among the electorate. In an unprecedented move, TI Germany lodged a complaint with the German government requesting action to be taken against 57 German companies over the UN Oil for Food scandal in Iraq for violating the OECD Guidelines for Multinationals.

Not only has TI successfully highlighted anti-corruption efforts around the world, but the work of TI and chapters have received much well deserved recognition. In February, TI introduced a new website, The Central American Anti-Corruption Resource Network - Red Centroamericana de Recursos Anticorrupción (RECREA), providing an in-depth view of anti-corruption efforts in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. TI Venezuela won the Changemakers’ “Ending Corruption: Honesty Instituted” competition for its long-running Municipios Transparentes (transparent municipalities) project.

Efforts to combat corruption have seen a large march against corruption organised by the chapter in the Dominican Republic (photo shown here), TI Sri Lanka introduce a telephone hotline service to report corruption, and TI Česká republika awarded responsibility for operating a trial hotline for the Czech Ministry of the Interior. Meanwhile, across in Africa, TI is coordinating, together with its chapters and contact groups, the ‘Africa Education Watch’ project aimed at reducing corruption and ‘resource leakages’ in the primary education sector in Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda.