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Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. Improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable... |
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Who we are
Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. Improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable and... |
History
Tiri was created in October 2003 by individuals who played major roles in anti-corruption awareness raising and standard setting since the early 1990s. Tiri has grown from an initial idea – namely that the needs and demands of integrity reform had... |
Funders
Tiri gratefully acknowledges the financial support obtained for its work from a range of organisations since 2003. Tiri works in close partnership with all major stakeholders in the integrity reform process, from public to the private sector. Tiri does... |
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Governance
Board Annual ReportsStakeholder CouncilStatutesCode of ethics... |
Board
Tiri’s board of trustees is comprised of the following individuals. The trustees have responsibility as directors of the organisation under British law: Andrew Karney (Chair) John Cutts Elizabeth Filki... |
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2004 Annual Report 2005Annual Report 2006 Annual Report 2007 Annual Report 2008 ... |
Stakeholder Council
As an organisation committed to the highest levels of integrity, Tiri seeks to continuously improve its accountability to external partners and stakeholders. The Stakeholder Council established by this document will serve as an active multi-stakeholder... |
Statutes
Memorandum and Articles - The legal aspect of Tiri Tiri is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 1120927) COMPANIES ACTS 1985 & 1989 COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL MEMORANDUM... |
Code of ethics
Tiri is committed to working with governments, business, universities and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. Improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable and equitable development worldwide... |
Clients
Tiri has clients on five continents. They include governments, inter-governmental organisations (IGOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and selected businesses. Business clients Kuwait Chamber of CommerceNovo Nordisk A/SMajor law firmsA top-10... |
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What we do
Tiri's approach to making integrity work draws on a vast range of experiences. The problems we confront - corruption, accountability, integrity in government and business - are dynamic and highly resilient. They are socially and culturally contingent... |
Tiri elections
Public expectations of, and demands for, free and fair elections are in many places rising faster than the capacity of the electoral management authorities and wider political society to deliver. The resulting gap between expectations for free... |
Problems
Challenges of electoral administration Bottlenecks in knowledge transfer ... |
Challenges of electoral administration
The global consensus in favour of government with the consent of the people obtained and renewed through a process of free and open elections is almost universal. The principle of democratic legitimacy is overriding. There are a variety of constitutional... |
Bottlenecks in knowledge transfer
More than $1bn is spent annually by rich, industrialised countries on electoral assistance and monitoring. Most of that money goes towards a transfer of technology from north to south. In recent years it has become increasingly apparent that the challenges... |
Solutions
Improved knowledge transfer Trust in Politics ... |
Improved knowledge transfer
Since 2002, the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at Cambridge University (in partnership with Tiri since 2003) has hosted a meeting of leading present and former electoral commissioners in Cambridge, England, to facilitate just such a process. ... |
Trust in Politics
Trust in Politics (TiP) is a publicly accessible online database of candidates for elected office. The project is an extension of a very successful initiative conducted in Brazil. The project will collect, aggregate, analyse and cross-reference information... |
Resources
National Electoral Commissions including: Australia: http://www.aec.gov.au Bangladesh: http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla Canada: http://www.elections.ca Ghana: http://www.ec.gov.gh India: http://eci... |
About Tiri elections
Public expectations of, and demands for, free and fair elections are in many places rising faster than the capacity of the electoral management authorities and wider political society to deliver. The resulting gap between expectations for free... |
Tiri integrity at work
Integrity@Work builds the capacity of public sector managers and officials at all levels to recognize, and implement effectively, the ethics and integrity standards of their organizations, in the context of relevant laws, institutions, and values, and... |
Problems
Public Office Corruption Lack of Values Education ... |
Public Office Corruption
Corruption and the lack of integrity cripple the delivery of basic government services and aid to citizens who not only need them, but should have them as of right. To counter this waste, many countries have introduced anti-corruption legislation, whistleblower... |
Lack of Values Education
Successful reform has not resulted from increased awareness of corruption and the introduction of standards. Most public officials are not aware of these standards and have received no training in how to orient their actions to build the integrity of... |
Solutions
Building Public Service Integrity Multi-Sector Engagement Measuring Ethical Competence ... |
Building Public Service Integrity
In 2006 Tiri launched Integrity@WorkTM, an interactive DVD-based tool to raise ethical competences in the public sector. This tool makes capacity-raising and testing possible in the field of professional integrity. It is based around a contextual training... |
Multi-Sector Engagement
The successful implementation of such an initiative depends on the full support of government. Key ministries and agencies within the government will be engaged as partners, at ministerial level, through a memorandum of understanding, to ensure that the... |
Measuring Ethical Competence
Increases in personal ethical competence are difficult to measure. This is due both to the complexity and cost of measuring the impact of capacity raising initiatives and to the fact that the causal links are too blurred for measurement to be reliable... |
Resources
The Integrity@Work project is built around the following resources: The Course The central plank of an Integrity@Work programme a contextual training course for public servants. Each country-specific course aims to build the capacity... |
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About Tiri integrity at work
Integrity@Work builds the capacity of public sector managers and officials at all levels to recognize, and implement effectively, the ethics and integrity standards of their organizations, in the context of relevant laws, institutions, and values, and... |
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Problem
Loss of trust in the judicial system ... |
Loss of trust in the judicial system
The Judicial Integrity Group was constituted in early 2000 as a response to a growing body of evidence that, in many countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern and Central Europe and Latin America, the public were losing confidence in their judicial systems,... |
Solutions
The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct ... |
The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
The Group recognized at the outset the need for a universally acceptable statement of principles of judicial conduct. Such a statement would explain the ethical aspects of appropriate conduct to judges, encourage informed public understanding of the judicial... |
Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
Following requests from judges, lawyers and law reformers, the Group agreed to prepare and publish a Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct. The Commentary is designed to enable judges and teachers of judicial ethics to understand... |
Resources
UN Office on Drugs and Crime – Judicial Integrity http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/corruption/judiciary.html http://web.worldbank.org ... |
| Tiri post-war reconstruction |
The problem
The first years in the reconstruction of a country after war are a period of hope and excitement. The goodwill and optimism of these early years is often short-lived. In most countries, people are frustrated and lose trust in the process of reconstruction... |
About Tiri post-war reconstruction
“Building integrity and legitimacy from below, empowering local leaders” The immediate post-war years in countries that have experienced decades of conflict are a crucial period in which the stage is set for the future direction of the country... |
Solutions
Make local accountability work Publish what you fund Build local competences ... |
Make local accountability work
Post-war governments, international donors and civil society should empower beneficiary communities – including marginalized groups - to monitor the reconstruction funds and assistance intended for them. They should use simple, accessible and predictable... |
Publish what you fund
Learn more about the Publish What You Fund campaign for greater transparency and accountability in aid here. The Network for Integrity in Reconstruction facilitates a global Publish What You Fund campaign to remedy the information asymmetry between donors... |
Build local competences
NIR runs training courses and workshops to meet its partners’ specific needs and build constructive partnerships. Activities o Summer University Courses http://www.sun.ceu.hu/02-courses/course-sites/... |
Research
This programme is based on the findings of one of the larger bodies of primary, comparative research on post-war countries. The extensive field research was started by Tiri in 2005 and completed in 2008. The research was conducted by over thirty researchers... |
Country research
From 2005 to 2007, NIR conducted research in the following eight countries. The research includes: the Reconstruction National Integrity System Survey which assesses the impact and legacies of conflict and analyses integrity institutions; the Reconstruction... |
International partners
Access Info! www.access-info.org International Budget Project www.internationalbudget.org Revenue Watch Institute www.revenuewatch.org ... |
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Resources
Reconstruction Monitoring Field Guide: Options for Civil Society Reconstruction Monitoring in Post-War Countries The aim of this guide is to equip civil society groups in post-war countries with the tools to conceptualise and implement what a &ld... |
Audio/Videos
Videos: Testimonies on Integrity and Reconstruction These testimony films provide insight into people’s direct experiences, both positive and negative, of corruption, accountability, or lack of accountability in reconstruction projects. In these... |
News
1. Donor Aid BBC World Today (English) January 25, 2007 2. Dinero en París, disturbios en Beirut Redacción BBC Mundo Jueves, 25 de enero de 2007 - 18:18 GMT (Spanish) 3. Seierherrer bruker korrupsjon som våpen ... |
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Tiri grant making
GrantCheck is a web-based tool, aiming to improve accountability in grant making, and to create incentives and rewards for transparency among grant recipients. GrantCheck is also designed to curb a particular form of fraud among grant recipients:... |
Tiri pro-poor integrity
Only a handful of countries are on track for meeting their Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) targets and numerous countries are well behind. In some regions, notably sub-Saharan African, most countries will fail to meet any of the MDGs. Governance... |
How we work
Tiri’s programme has been developed in close collaboration with key institutions and personalities throughout the anti-corruption, public integrity, and human rights movements and has been carefully tailored to meet the needs they have felt and expressed... |
With aid agencies
Research Training Networking Advocacy ... |
Research
NIR – Research NIR research brings the voice of aid beneficiaries to bear on aid agencies’ programming on integrity reform in countries recovering from war. NIR also conducts research on integrity reform specifically for aid agencies... |
Training
Integrity @ Work - Training Tiri will license aid agencies to use the Integrity@Work training resources for themselves and groups they work with. In 2009, a specialist suite of educational tools is also being developed for youth in East Africa, in... |
Networking
Integrity @ Work - Networking In the process of delivering an Integrity@Work programme, aid agencies and civil service training academies will be engaged to build long-term ownership and capacity in sustaining an ongoing integrity building programme... |
Advocacy
NIR – Advocacy NIR advocates for greater transparency and accountability of aid in post-war settings. The NIR recommendations provide a framework for donor action on integrity in post-war settings. Learn more about the Publish What You... |
With business
Research Teaching/Training Course development Networking ... |
Research
Tiri is developing a survey methodology for businesses to gather information on the extent and effectiveness of their investment in integrity. ... |
Teaching/Training
Tiri has been active in designing courses for strengthening institutional integrity. Such courses provide a vehicle for making an intervention within an organisation, both to highlight the benefits associated with integrity and work towards their attainment... |
Course development
The process to design our business courses has been one based on partnership and needs analysis. All course material is based on focus group work with management and staff of the companies for whom the training is developed, to gain an understanding of... |
Networking
Over the past four years, Tiri has successfully developed a network of academic institutions that now encompasses more than 80 universities in 60 countries, including a number of the world’s leading universities. ... |
With governments
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Research
Integrity @ Work - Research A major technique of the materials-development stage of the project is to work with local stakeholder and interest groups to develop a basic suite of problematic issues faced by managers and senior officials in the... |
Training
Integrity @ Work - Training Key ministries and agencies within the government are engaged as partners at ministerial level to ensure that the delivery of Integrity@Work training (both training of trainers and the programme roll-out) is comprehensive,... |
Networking
Integrity @ Work – Networking The Integrity@Work programme works with existing public administration institutions and anti-corruption agencies, in the government sector and with civil society. NIR - Networking NIR brings together... |
Advocacy
NIR - Advocacy NIR advocates for greater transparency and accountability of aid in post-war settings. The NIR recommendations provide a framework for governmental action on integrity in post-war settings. ... |
With NGOs
Research Training Networking Advocacy ... |
Research
Integrity @ Work – Research During the research phase, an Integrity@Work programme relies on local knowledge from anti-corruption NGOs and peer-group discussion of the issues raised in focus groups. In this we partner with NGOs, civil society,... |
Training
Integrity @ Work – Training Tiri will license NGOs to use the Integrity@Work training resources for themselves and groups they work with. In due course, these skills also need to be shared and used among NGOs, community-based organisations and businesses... |
Networking
Integrity @ Work – Networking An Integrity@Work programme is most successful when working in conjunction with agencies for public sector reform throughout the country and across all sectors. We refine our tools in consultation with these groups... |
Advocacy
NIR – Advocacy NIR advocates for greater transparency and accountability in aid to international and local NGOs in post-war settings. Learn more about the Publish What You Fund campaign for greater transparency and accountability in aid... |
With universities
Research Teaching/Training Course development Networking ... |
Research
NIR – Research NIR partners with York University’s Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit to research integrity reform in post-war settings. PIEN - Research The Public Integrity Education Network (PIEN) actively supports research... |
Teaching/Training
Integrity @ Work - Teaching/Training Tiri’s philosophy is to indigenise the Integrity@Work programme in each country, not only through local focus groups and films, but by utilizing local trainers for the roll-out of the programme across the country... |
Course Development
PIEN - Course development PIEN recognises that the Course Development process is resource intensive and in some cases stretches the capacity of interested faculty. Hence, PIEN supports Course Development through: Course Development Workshops, in... |
Networking
Integrity @ Work – Networking We network with university management and applied ethics departments, colleges of public administration, and other training institutions. PIEN – Networking PIEN supports university networking through... |
Where we work
Tiri’s growth has been driven by opportunities and demand. We operate in all continents. Much of our work has focused on the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. Asia Europe Latin America Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa ... |
Asia
Afghanistan: NIR in Afghanistan Tiri is working with Integrity Watch Afghanistan Organization to engage communities in the monitoring of aid and reconstruction projects. From 2005-2007, Integrity Watch Afghanistan Organization and Tiri produced... |
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina: NIR in Bosnia and Herzegovina From 2005-2007, Tiri worked with the Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues and Omer Car to produce the Reconstruction National Integrity System Survey of integrity institutions, and with... |
Latin America
Brazil: PIEN in Brazil PIEN has partnered with Transparecia Brazil. The focus of the first stage of work will be to build resources (including integrity reform cases) as yet unavailable for course development or unavailable in Portuguese. ... |
Middle East & North Africa
Kuwait: PIEN in Kuwait A Post Graduate Course in Public Integrity is being run for the fourth year at the university of Kuwait. Two Kuwaiti scholars presented the material they have developed at the MENA Review Conference in October 2009. ... |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya: PIEN in Kenya PIEN is working with three organisations on institutional integrity in partnership with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). In addition, PIEN and AKDN are developing the Schools’ Project, which is designed to introduce... |
Jobs
New job opportunities ... |
New job opportunities
Senior Programme Manager, Indonesia Integrity Education Network, Jakarta Programme Manager, Workplace Integrity, Jakarta ... |
How you can help
Volunteering and Internships ... |
Volunteering and Internships
We welcome volunteers and interns with some experience and specialisation in our various programmes and for our two main offices. Please get in touch with the respective programme directors or simply write to jobs@tiri.org with the subject title &ldq... |
