On October 9th, PTF’s Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Vinay Bhargava, participated in a panel sponsored by CIVICUS focused on harnessing information and Communications Technology (ICT) to monitor and shape development progress through people-powered accountability ......
PTF Releases Two New Working Papers on Controlling Corruption in Social Safety Nets
Safety net programs help provide opportunities and increase the quality of life for the poor in developing countries. Yet they are prime targets for corruption due their decentralized and complex nature, which often leads to inadequate oversight and mismanagement. Discretionary decision-making by officials provide countless opportunities to exploit these systems…...
Citizens Drive Innovative Ways to Fight Corruption but Donor Support Lags Behind
Citizens globally are increasingly concerned with and demanding actions to confront poor governance and corruption. In response, civil society’s role has evolved to meet their needs –from simple watchdogs to constructively engaging with governments to complement their actions from the ground up. Innovative ......
PTF Celebrates the International Day of Democracy
Over the past 14 years, the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) has supported civil society activists in developing democracies working to engage citizens in the demand for good governance. Our experience has proven the value of this year's International Day of Democracy theme - "engaging young people on ......
PTF Leads Call for New Multilateral Governance and Accountability Program in the UK
Between 2007 and 2012 the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) program provided about $200 million USD for around 1,000 transparency and accountability projects in about 100 countries. A final review of the program notes “many examples of convincing evidence of improvements in a…...
PTF Shares Experience on Constructive Engagement between Governments and CSOs in East Asia
On July 14th, PTF's Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Vinay Bhargava, moderated an Roundtable Discussion hosted by the Government of the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank on “Constructive Engagement Processes between Governments and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) ......
PTF Urges Increased ADB Support for Citizen-led Programs to Improve Governance
In a presentation to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on July 10, 2014, Vinay Bhargava called for increased support for citizen-led programs. He specifically drew from examples of PTF supported projects where everyday citizens successfully demanded basic health benefits in India, monitored medicine supply in the Philippines, and protected forest…...
