Transparency International last week released its annual report, which suggests that Kenya is losing the battle against corruption. According to the report, Kenya ranked 154 out of 182 countries surveyed, indicating that both Kenya and Zimbabwe, who are tied, are at the bottom of the scale of countries worldwide combating corruption. The plague of corruption…
DetailsAs representatives from member countries of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and civil society groups convene in Brasilia, Brazil over the next couple days, I thought I would cover what people on Twitter are saying and asking regarding the initiative and process. Here is the round-up from December 7, 2011: jenngustetic Jenn Gustetic: MT @opengovpart:…
DetailsAs South Africa took up its chairmanship of the UN COP17 in Durban this week, committing the country to play a role in saving our planet, a less than healthy environment has been created at home for other basic rights such as freedom of information. Last week, the South African parliament passed legislation overhauling the…
DetailsDakar, Senegal was host city to UNDP’s recent Africa Forum on Civil Society and Governance Assessments. It brought together researchers, development practitioners and technology experts from more than 30 countries to reflect on best practices in civil society and governance assessments and how to promote democratic governance through increased accountability and inclusive participation (buzzwords!). A…
DetailsRecently, Global Integrity’s Africa-based team (Marianne Camerer, Erica Penfold and Dadisai Taderera) hosted an expert roundtable and public seminar to consult on a new set of indicators that will eventually feed into the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. Both events took place at our new offices located in the elegant Armoury building in Woodstock, Cape…
Details(This blog post was crossposted over at the Transparency and Accountability Technology Project.) Global Integrity focuses an increasingly significant amount of its time on technology-related initiatives – building, using, and supporting other organizations that are on the Indaba fieldwork platform is one obvious example. As we’ve continued to grow into a technology-focused organization (while certainly not abandoning…
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