International Organizations

Organizations of interest whose focus is on public integrity issues internationally

American Bar Association: Rule of Law Initiative

The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative is a nonprofit organization supporting justice sector reforms worldwide. Their anti-corruption work includes capacity-building, legislative support, public education, and inter-agency coordination.

Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative (ACAD)

ACAD is an academic project which encourages the inclusion of anti-corruption curriculum in universities and other academic institutions. A collaborative effort between Northeastern University, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Bar Association (IBA), the initiative is led by an expert group of academics and governmental experts. ACAD offers a wide range of teaching materials, including best practices and models for quantifying the impact of corruption.

Basel Institute on Governance

The Basel Institute on Governance is an independent nonprofit organization associated with the University of Basel that supports global efforts to fight corruption and money laundering, and to promote corporate governance and the recovery of stolen assets. The institute publishes studies and practice guides, supports capacity-building efforts, and conducts conferences and trainings. Unique online materials include online courses in asset recovery and an index of money-laundering risks worldwide.

The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL)

COGEL is a leading professional organization for government ethics administrators in the U.S. and Canada, based in Athens, Ga. COGEL’s roughly 200 members include individuals, public bodies, educational institutions, and private organizations working in the fields of governmental ethics, access to information, elections, lobbying, and campaign finance. COGEL has held annual conferences since the 1970s to facilitate networking and information exchanges among members of state and local ethics boards. Their website also features an online community for its members that features a blue book directory, a discussion forum, and a career center.

Financial Transparency Coalition

The Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) is a global network of civil society, governments, and experts spanning five continents working to curtail illicit financial flows through the promotion of a transparent, accountable, and sustainable financial system. Through intensive research and advocacy efforts, FTC urges international organizations, governments, and the financial community as a whole, to substantially improve transparency in the global financial. The Coalition focuses on issues of beneficial ownership, exposing the enablers of illicit financial flows, and promoting open data.

Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC)

GIACC is an England-based resource center for anti-corruption efforts in the infrastructure, construction, and engineering sectors. Resources on GIACC’s website include informational materials about corruption, online training manuals and modules in several languages, model contracts and policies, examples of corruption risks, and an implementation strategy for anti-corruption actions by professional or business associations.

Global Integrity

Launched in 1999 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity and made independent in 2005, Global Integrity is a nonprofit research organization tracking trends in public integrity worldwide. Global Integrity works with a diverse global network of researchers to assess the state of public integrity across different countries, producing their signature Global Integrity Report, based on a range of qualitative and quantitative indicators. Global Integrity also produces other publications, a blog, and new tools for collaborative research.

Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)

 A nonprofit organization based in Canada, GOPAC is an international network of legislators that champions anti-corruption initiatives worldwide. Its programmatic activity covers areas such as anti-money laundering, parliamentary ethics, and gender equity in legislative bodies. The organization also publishes position papers and tools aimed at educating legislators.

Good Governance Africa (GGA)

Good Governance Africa is a research and advocacy organization founded in 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa and dedicated to promoting democracy, accountability, transparency, the rule of law, and pro-growth economic policies across Africa. GGA’s publications—available online—include a monthly, theme-based policy journal as well as an annual compendium of facts and trends among African countries. In the long-term, GGA intends to host annual conferences and build an allied network of contributors and experts.

The Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO)

GRECO was established by the Council of Europe in 1999 to monitor member state compliance with anti-corruption standards. GRECO publishes periodic field-based evaluations of its member states. Its website also includes laws and resolutions as well as links to other centers.

Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS)

Innovations for Successful Societies is a research center at Princeton University studying reform implementation in challenging contexts worldwide. Their anti-corruption materials include interviews, in-depth case studies, and cross-cutting research on anti-corruption agencies and civil service reforms.

International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)

Sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Anti-Corruption Academy conducts training programs for practitioners, mostly in its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Its programs include tailored trainings as well as open courses and an intensive summer academy. Participants become part of an alumni network. The IACA also maintains an online library of corruption-related databases and other resources.

International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA)

The IAACA was founded in 2006, after the United Nations Convention Against Corruption took effect. Headquartered in Beijing, the IAACA has more than 100 dues-paying members from around the world whom it supports with training, networking opportunities, and annual conferences. Its website it is still under construction, but has links to anti-corruption laws from around the world.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The OECD has online tools, publications, and other resources on corruption. Topics include procurement, asset recovery, mutual legal assistance, tools for public auditors, integrity frameworks and reviews, and anti-corruption agency models. There are also resources about the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention of 1997, including monitoring reports and compliance guidelines for practitioners.

The Quality of Governance Institute

The Quality Governance Institute of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is a research center founded in 2004 to promote good governance worldwide. The site has resources for practitioners, researchers, journalists, and teachers. Materials include research tools, publications, and data sets, particularly for European countries.

Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center of George Mason University (TraCCC)

TraCCC conducts research on the global nexus between organized crime, corruption, terrorism, and money laundering, particularly in Eurasia. Their activities include publications, conferences, interviews, and a blog.

Transparency International

Transparency International is a large and longstanding NGO in the field of transparency and government integrity. TI prepares a yearly Corruption Perceptions Index of countries around the globe and numerous other reports. Within TI is the Anti-Corruption Research Network, containing anti-corruption research articles and books, as well as international conferences and training sessions. TI also prepares the Daily Corruption News with current news involving international corruption; one can sign up from the TI home page to receive the DCN over email.

U4 Anti-Corruption Centre

The U4 is a research center jointly funded by several countries, based at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. The U4 publishes many briefs and papers aimed at supporting the work of donor agencies and their in-country partners to fight corruption, on topics such as natural resource management, evaluating and measuring corruption, and the corruption risks of foreign aid. A unique U4 project is the Helpdesk, which is run by Transparency International, which provides research-based responses to practitioner questions, many of which are published online.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The UNODC contains publications, tools, and other resources related to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Within the UNODC is TRACK, a resource database geared towards those interested in international corruption. TRACK includes a legal library of statutes for numerous countries, lists of Anti-Corruption Agencies worldwide, and a Practitioner’s Corner for practitioners to interact and collaborate online.

World Legal Information Institute

The World Legal Information Institute has a searchable global database of anti-corruption laws, scholarship, and related links.