Our Institutional Relationships
In its coalition-building approach, Transparency International engages with a multitude of stakeholders around the world. Formal institutional relationships are listed below.
Transparency International holds formal status with the following international governmental organisations:
- Council of Europe – Participatory status
- Climate Investment Funds, Scaling Up Renewable Energy Programme (UNFCCC) – Elected as a developed country civil society representative with observer status
- European Commission – Registered lobbyist as NGO
- European Parliament – Accredited NGO
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Accredited observer
- Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – Official observer status
- UN Department of Public Information (DPI) – NGO accreditation (DPI & ECOSOC)
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – Accredited observer
- UN Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) – Accreditation special consultative status
Memberships
Transparency International is a member of the following organisations:
- Better Aid Coordinating Group – Member
- Beyond 2015 – Member
- Bundesverband dt. Pressesprecher – Member
- CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation) – Member
- Committee of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO) – Member
- European Foundation Center – Member
- European Policy Centre (EPC) – Member
- Freedom of Information Advocates Network – Member
- Friends of Europe (FoE) – Member
- G8/G20 Global Working Group – Member
- Global Environmental Facility NGO Network – Member
- Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) Associate – Member
- IGAC (International Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination) – Member
- Industrie-Pensions-Verein e.V. – Member
- International Aid Transparency Initiative – Member (Steering Committee)
- International Civil Society Centre – Member
- LINGOs – Member
- Formal representation
Transparency International is formally represented in the governance of the following bodies:
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia Pacific – Representative on Initiative Steering Group
- Crown Agents Foundation – Elected Permanent Member
- Finance Watch (FW) – Representative on the Board
- International Aid Transparency Initiative – Representative on Steering Committee
- International Anti-Corruption Academy – Representative is vice-chair of the Board
- International Civil Society Centre – Representative is chair of the Board
- World Economic Forum (WEF) NGO Advisory Group – Representative is a member
- World Economic Forum (WEF) - Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) – Representative is on the Board
- World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council (GAC) on Corruption – Representative is co-chair