Editing Transparency International (section)

==Areas of work and products==
<blockquote>Transparency International is the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption. It brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs : Transparency International |url=https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/pbei/sites/ti.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu}}</ref></blockquote>
The organization defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain which eventually hurts everyone who depends on the integrity of people in a position of authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo|title=Transparency International – What we do|author=Transparency International e.V.|work=transparency.org|access-date=2015-04-27|archive-date=2015-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415041234/http://www.transparency.org/whatwedo?|url-status=dead}}</ref> It develops tools for fighting corruption and works with other civil society organizations, companies and governments to implement them. Since 1995, TI has issued an annual [[Corruption Perceptions Index]] (CPI); it also publishes a [[Global Corruption Report]], a [[Global Corruption Barometer]], and a Bribe Payers Index. In 2010, TI developed a five-year strategy with six strategic priorities organized by the following categories: People, Institutions, Laws, Values, Network, Impact.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transparency.org/whoweare/organisation/strategy_2015/1|title=2015 Strategy|author=Transparency International e.V.|work=transparency.org}}</ref> In 2015, TI developed a five-year strategy which sets out their collective ambition for the coming years. ''Together against Corruption: Transparency International Strategy 2020'' is a strategy by and for the TI movement. This strategy is based on more than 1500 external and internal contributions addressing both the corruption environment of today and the one TI anticipates in the years ahead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transparency.org/whoweare/organisation/strategy_2020/1|title=2020 Strategy|author=Transparency International e.V.|work=transparency.org}}</ref>

=== Corruption Perceptions Index ===
{{Main|Corruption Perceptions Index}}
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. It is a composite index – a combination of polls – drawing on corruption-related data collected by a variety of reputable institutions. The CPI reflects the views of observers from around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/in_detail/|title=2012 Corruption Perceptions Index – In detail|author=Transparency International e.V.|work=transparency.org}}</ref>

The Corruption Perceptions Index has been criticised for measuring ''perception'' and not "reality". The creators of the index argue that "perceptions matter in their own right, since... firms and individuals take actions based on perceptions".<ref>{{cite book|last=Uslaner|first=Eric M. |title=Corruption, inequality, and the rule of law: the bulging pocket makes the easy life|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|year=2008|pages=11–17|isbn=978-0-521-87489-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLvfSVkZYo4C&pg=PA11}}</ref>

=== International Anti-Corruption Conference ===
[[File:International Anti-Corruption Conference 2024 - plenary session in Vilnius LitExpo convention centre.jpg|thumb|IACC 2024 plenary session in Vilnius]]
{{Main|International Anti-Corruption Conference}}
First held in 1983, the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) is a series of international [[Business conference|conference]]s organised by the IACC Council, in association with local governments and organisations, with TI as its secretariat.<ref>IACC website, http://iaccseries.org/</ref> The conferences take place every two years in different countries.

===Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC)===
Since 2016, TI has partnered with the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP). The partnership enables knowledge and evidence gathered through OCCRP's corruption investigations to inform TI's policy and legal advocacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Anti-Corruption Consortium |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/global-anti-corruption-consortium |website=Transparency International |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> The programme is co-funded by three governments, including the US, and private donors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Philippin |first=Yann |last2=Candea |first2=Stefan |date=5 December 2024 |title=The hidden links between a giant of investigative journalism and the US government |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/021224/hidden-links-between-giant-investigative-journalism-and-us-government |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=MediaPart}}</ref>

=== Other key products ===

*The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) is a survey that asks citizens about their direct personal experience of corruption in their daily lives.<ref>{{cite web |last1=e.V |first1=Transparency International |title=Global Corruption Barometer: citizens' voices from around the world |url=https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/global_corruption_barometer_citizens_voices_from_around_the_world |website=www.transparency.org |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421193203/https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/global_corruption_barometer_citizens_voices_from_around_the_world |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The Global Corruption Report picks a specific topic like corruption in climate change for example and provides in-depth research.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research - GCR - Overview |url=https://www.transparency.org/research/gcr |website=www.transparency.org}}</ref>
*National integrity system assessments are designed to provide comprehensive analysis on a given country's mechanisms to fight corruption.<ref>{{cite web |title=What we do - National integrity system assessments |url=https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/nis |website=www.transparency.org}}</ref>
*In 2013, TI published the Government Defence Anti-corruption Index with which corruption in the defence sector of 82 countries was measured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Government Defence Anti-corruption Index |publisher=Transparency International |year=2013 |url=http://government.defenceindex.org/report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508093004/http://government.defenceindex.org/report |archive-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> Some governments have expressed criticism towards the methodology of the report. Mark Pyman, the founder of TI's Defence & Security program, defended the report in an interview and stressed the importance of transparency in the military sector. The plan is to publish the index every two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transparency is feasible |author=Mark Pyman |publisher=dandc.eu |date=March 2013 |url=http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/transparency-international-assesses-82-governments-defence-related-corruption-risks-first}}</ref>
*Exporting Corruption is a research report that rates the corruption performance of leading exporting countries, including signatories of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.<ref name="transparency.org"/>