Vacancies

Background information

Transparency International currently provides support to victims and witnesses of corruption in more than 60 countries throughout the world (the number is continuing to grow), helping them to articulate and pursue their corruption related grievances. In addition to receiving complaints from the public, in a growing number of countries Chapters also pursue their own corruption cases where they believe it will set important precedents or has significant public interest. As well as supporting people to pursue their cases, Transparency International also uses the information gained to identify systemic weaknesses, which then become the subject of advocacy.

The People Engagement Programme is working with Chapters throughout the world to help to take their case-based work to the next level, including innovative ways of “resolving” cases which are stuck. These include public civic actions, social and political sanctioning by the population, public interest litigation and No Impunity Solutions Events (NOISE), which get other CSOs, journalists, lawyers, activists, etc., to jointly plan and execute campaigning strategies.

The programme also works with youth as a core group for a strong voice to enforce justice for corruption cases and to end impunity. A further key pillar of more effective case work by the Transparency International movement is the utilisation of technology for reporting corruption cases and of data for advocacy.

In this context, the Innovation and Learning Coordinator will have an important role in developing innovative approaches, knowledge sharing and disseminating learning in the Movement, in line with Transparency International’s strategy and the People Engagement Programme’s goals.

Main function:

Driving innovation, knowledge sharing and learning around engaging people, with a particular emphasis on promoting case-based work to fight corruption.

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The Pacific Islands Law Officers’ Network (PILON) Secretariat requires an Assistant Coordinator to be based in Apia, Samoa for a period of two years.

The position entails policy and administrative elements. The Assistant Coordinator will be responsible to the Secretariat Coordinator for legal policy and research tasks, and providing administrative assistance for the functions of the Secretariat. 

Candidates to fill the position of Assistant Coordinator should be from a PILON member country and (ideally) have experience working in the areas of law and justice and/or public policy. 

For more information, please download the attached PDF file or contact Ms Kerryn Kwan at the PILON Secretariat by e-mail atkerryn.kwan@pilonsec.org or by phone on +685 23589. 

Closing date: Applications must be received no later than 5pm (Samoa time) on Friday 5 June 2015 and should be sent to kerryn.kwan@pilonsec.orgwith the subject matter line ‘Application for Assistant Coordinator Position’. 

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25-27 May 2015 – Countries in the Asia and Pacific region are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and are increasingly affected by extreme weather events. These counties are important players in international discussions about climate mitigation.

With climate change an imminent threat to development, and increasing funding available from national budgets, and international resources to address mitigating the impacts of climate change, principles of accountability, transparency, integrity, and the rule of law will need to be strengthened in response to climate change.

In this light, ADB, in collaboration with the German Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, and in partnership with the Government of the Philippines’ Office of the Ombudsman, is organizing a workshop on corruption and climate aid to discuss how corruption can be addressed most effectively. It will also include discussion of how anti-corruption efforts can be integrated into measures that achieve good governance in the fight against climate change, ensuring transparent, efficient, and accountable use of climate finances for effective projects and tangible results.

The workshop will be a high-level event and highly interactive, with specific cases drawn from the actual climate aid flows and specific corruption examples in climate aid in the Philippines. Work sessions and panel debates will be facilitated by two U4 expert trainers to come up with lessons, conclusions, and recommendations. The first half day will involve high level officials from ADB, the Government of Germany, as well as officials from anticorruption agencies in the Philippines and Bhutan. The training workshop will be facilitated by two trainers from the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre as well as ADB and GIZ staff. Conclusions and recommendations will be adopted at the end of the session.

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The Anti-Corruption Commission, Bhutan, invites proposals to provide the following consulting services: “Conduct Training and Research in the Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Areas” which involves hands-on-training to local researchers and production of research papers for the systemic intervention in the public agencies of Bhutan, tentatively from last week of January 2015 to May 2015. More details on the services are provided in the Terms of Reference.

The consultants may purchase Request for Proposals (RFP) documents from the office of the Anti-Corruption Commission or download the same from https://anti-corruption.org.bt/?q=node/1380

Deadline for proposals: 12.00 Noon on 29/12/2014. Technical Proposals will be opened on same day at 3:00 pm.

Address for responses:

Mr. A Karma Rinzin

Head, Corporate Services

Anti-Corruption Commission

No. +975 2 334866 ext. – 108

Fax. No. +975 2 334865

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UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified international and national firms/institutes for Thematic Policy Research. More info here.

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