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Annual Report 2009
Transparency International
Transparency International
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"The EU's potential impact in the fight against corruption remains unfulfilled. It has the legal means and the political capacity to act in many anti-corruption-related areas – either through its own framework or wider international forums. It enjoys substantial legislative and political power in its 27 member states, is the biggest donor of official development assistance worldwide, and has anti-corruption measures for both the public and private sectors. But these are not optimally applied, and the challenge remains to integrate anti-corruption provisions into all EU policies and programmes. The absence of a comprehensive EU anti-corruption strategy covering all of the different policy areas in member states limits its ability to promote and improve integrity levels. TI's EU liaison office in Brussels advocates for this latent capacity to be translated into effective anti-corruption policies – at EU level, within member states and in the Union’s external work. But there are notable obstacles. The absence of a mandatory lobbyists’ register encompassing all EU institutions hides the interests at work in the Union’s policy-making process, and remains a core governance problem. Despite a concerted push for transparency during the enlargement process, corruption issues have resurfaced following new members’ entry into the Union. To tackle barriers to transparency, TI draws on in-depth knowledge from TI chapters worldwide and expertise from global research projects. Pushing for integrity and transparency measures in EU institutions and key European policy areas, including justice and home affairs, the private sector, development, enlargement and neighbourhood – TI is helping the Union fulfil its potential in the fight against corruption. The Group of Eight (G8) Summit, L’Aquila, Italy In parallel to engaging the Group of Twenty on the global financial crisis, TI continued its advocacy targeted at the G8, culminating with the 2009 G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy. A cornerstone of TI’s advocacy efforts was its third annual G8 Progress Report assessing member states’ action on key anti-corruption commitments, including fighting illicit money flows, keeping export credit agencies clean and supporting international conventions. The report concluded that performance across the board remained inadequate, raising serious doubts about the G8’s true commitment to fighting corruption."
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2009
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9783935711531
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