About the Anti-Corruption Award

Launched in 2000 as the Integrity Award, and renamed in 2016, the Anti-Corruption Award honours remarkable individuals and organisations worldwide, including journalists, public prosecutors, government officials and civil society leaders.

Winners are a source of inspiration to the anti-corruption movement because their actions echo a common message: that corruption can be challenged.

The Anti-Corruption Award may be conferred to a person (or an organisation) discharging official or professional duties as well as to an activist(s) from all walks of life.

The Anti-Corruption Award Committee, the body responsible for evaluating nominations and choosing winners, may choose up to two award recipients. In making these awards, the Committee will take into consideration the need to recognise efforts in diverse fields of civil society, the private sector and government and to acknowledge anti-corruption initiatives throughout the world.

The Award consists of a trophy and participation in a public award ceremony during the 18th edition of the International Anti-Corruption Conference to take place from the 22nd to the 24th of October 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Anti-Corruption Award may, in some cases, have a profound impact, as the recognition may contribute to social, political and economic developments in the countries to which they relate. Therefore, in selecting Anti-Corruption Award recipients, the Anti-Corruption Award Committee follows a clear evaluation process honouring the right of participation and equal opportunity while ensuring diversity. In considering nominations, the Anti-Corruption Award Committee also looks for geographical and occupational balance.

You can read the TORs of the Anti-Corruption Award Committee here and the Anti-Corruption Award Guidelines here.

See past winners here. 

Winners of the 2018 Anti-Corruption Award

Transparency International proudly announces that the late Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and Spanish whistleblower and campaigner Ana Garrido Ramos have been selected as winners of the 2018 Anti-Corruption Award. The awards were presented at a ceremony at the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Copenhagen, Denmark on 22 October 2018. 

See our full press realease here. 

Watch the videos about the 2018 winners: 

Shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Anti-Corruption Award

• Daphne Caruana Galizia (posthumous) was a brave and effective investigative journalist who exposed major corruption scandals involving powerful politicians and other individuals in Malta and abroad. She was murdered in October 2017.  
  
  “Daphne’s battle was a dangerous one and that the bravery with which she fought it should serve as an example to us all as we continue her unfinished fight.” – Paul Caruana Galizia, son of Daphne.
   
• The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is an international body charged with investigating and prosecuting serious crime in Guatemala. Iván Velázquez, the CCIG Commissioner, has recently been banned from entering the country.
  
  “The anti-corruption struggle is unstoppable, despite the opposition and obstacles, the clamour for more transparent democracies and greater accountability will not stop.” - Matías Ponce, CICIG spokesperson.
   
• Khadija Ismayilova is a celebrated investigative journalist and human rights activist in Azerbaijan, currently facing a travel ban. She has contributed multiple investigative reports to Radio Free Europe and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
  
  “Everyday we hear about killing, arrest, or harassment of journalists who uncover corruption and rarely we witness corrupt leaders paying a price for their crimes. Bad guys help each other to silence critics and hide stolen wealth. It is time for those who expose them to work together.” - Khadija Ismayilova
   
• Ana Garrido Ramos is a former public servant at Boadilla del Monte Town Hall in Madrid, Spain, whose whistleblower revelations triggered the Gürtel case that led to the fall of the Spanish government. She is campaigning for effective whistleblower protection legislation. 
  
  “Citizens can not sit idly by waiting for the world to change, each of us must be part of that transformation.” – Ana Garrido Ramos.

The four shortlisted candidates were selected from 169 nominated individuals and institutions. More than 1,000 nominations were received, mostly from members of the public.

The Anti-Corruption Award Committee

Timeline

Selection Criteria

The Committee will use the following criteria to assess eligible nominations:

1. IMPACT

• Recipient/s must have undertaken an action that is likely to significantly influence, or to have had a significant impact on, existing levels of corruption in her/his respective country or region.
• Recipient/s demonstrate that fighting corruption is possible and can have impact on society and public good
• The recipient/s should be working in a country or region in which open society is at threat, and their anti-corruption work should strive to ensure that society does not falter.
• The action includes as many people affected by the act of corruption; rather than being solely an individual effort.  
• The reception of the award enhances the awardee's profile and protects the awardee from future threats.

2. COURAGE

• The action must be particularly courageous and exemplary, inspirational and deserving of wide international recognition.
• The recipient should be recognised for what the potential or actual negative consequences were of their anti-corruption work. 
• The action should likely attract interest and emulation in other parts of the world.

3. SUSTAINABILITY

• The action should recognise the longevity of commitment to fighting corruption.
• The action contributes to or has built resilient anti-corruption institutions and added to the durability and strength of the anti-corruption effort. 
• As a result, the recipient drove real change in the medium to long-run with her/his work.

Eligibility

Nominees must meet the following requirements:

• Nominees must have undertaken an action that is likely to significantly influence, or to have had a significant impact on, existing levels of corruption in his/her respective country or region.
• The action should be one likely to attract interest and emulation in other parts of the world.
• The action must be particularly courageous and exemplary, inspirational and deserving of wide international recognition.
• The action should recognise the longevity of commitment to fighting corruption.

Nominations for posthumous awards can be considered by the Committee only in truly exceptional cases.

Ineligible Nominees

The following categories of nominees will not be considered for the Anti-Corruption Award:

• Individuals or organisations of questionable integrity or goals.
• Members of the TI Board of Directors, the Boards of TI chapters, the Award Committee and salaried staff of the TI Secretariat and of chapters while serving in those capacities.
• Individuals or organisations that submit self-nominations. 

Translations

Français 

• Prix anticorrupcion 
• Directives du Prix anticorruption
• Formulaire de consentement relatif à la protection des données 

Español

• Premio Anticorrupción
• Pautas del Premio Anticorrupción
• Formulario de consentimiento del cliente a la protección de datos 

عربى

• جائزة مكافحة الفساد
• جائزة مكافحة الفساد: دليل موجز
• نموذج موافقة خاص بحماية البيانات