Business Fighting Corruption Case Summaries
Year of creation: 2008
Developed by: Coordinated by the World Bank Institute, the coalition is made up of Grant Thornton member firms in Canada, the UK and US, Siemens, the UN Global Compact, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Transparency International and Global Advice Network
Description: The Business Fighting Corruption web portal offers a compendium of Case Summaries of a large number of sector-specific anti-corruption and integrity related pacts, initiatives and programmes. The Case Summaries presented in the web portal are largely based on primary research, including in-depth interviews. The Case Summaries are organised and can be searched by country, sector and initiative type.
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FIDIC Business Integrity Management System
Year of creation: 2000
Developed by: International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
Description: The FIDIC has developed a comprehensive and inspiring Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) tailored to consulting engineers. The BIMS will be revised in the coming years.
Key elements:
Guidelines for Business Integrity Management in the Consulting Industry
Business Integrity Management Training Manual
Business Integrity Management Training Module
Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
Year of creation: 2008
Developed by: The Medicines Transparency Alliance's (MeTA) founding partners are the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Description: The MeTA is a multi-stakeholder alliance working to improve access and affordability of medicines for the one-third of the world's population unable to access essential medicines due to high cost or local unavailability. MeTA works as a network of individuals and organisations in seven pilot countries, including health workers, administrators, civil servants, politicians, pharmaceutical company employees, civil society, international organisations, and the media. The core objectives of MeTA are to ensure good prices, quality and availability of medicines, as well as to promote transparency and accountability through multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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The MeTA website contains general information, news and reports on its work and progress in its seven pilot countries
Information on MeTA policies and its key issues
Internal and external resources related to medicines, governance, transparency and multi-stakeholder processes
Water Integrity Network (WIN)
Year of creation: 2006
Developed by: Water Integrity Network - Fighting Corruption in Water Worldwide (WIN) is a coalition made up of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Transparency International (TI) and the Water and Sanitation Program-Africa (WSP-AF)
Description: The WIN was formed to support anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide by forging coalitions that can take action in ways that individuals or single organisations cannot. The complexity of multiple geographical and institutional levels typical of water sub-sectors makes such coalitions essential. If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment of sustainable local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all interested stakeholders. WIN stimulates anti-corruption activities in the water sector locally, nationally and globally. It promotes solution-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.
Key elements:
Briefings on its activities worldwide
Worldwide news on water-related corruption
Anti-corruption tools for the water sector, including tools on community management, site selection and initial meetings
