In 2013, Decree 2821 enabled the Commission for the Coordination and Follow-up of Electoral Processes to be created with the national, departmental, district and municipal mandate to "carry out the necessary activities to ensure and guarantee the normal development of...
Registration opens for IntegriCamp 2: a new opportunity to train the public in integrity and anti-corruption
The course that seeks to promote cultural reengineering in Colombia opens registration for its second edition. From 1 October to 19 November, IntegriCamp 2 will take place – a 30-hour live course with specialist professors in the study of corruption and ways to combat...
Sin Serrucho with Jesús Abad Colorado: a conversation about corruption and territorial violence
Last Wednesday, 24 August, the first session of “Sin Serrucho” in 2022 took place. Jesús Abad Colorado was invited to a conversation about his professional career and experience of corruption and the armed conflict in Colombia. Jesús Abad is a prominent photographer...
Strategies and tools for ‘ordinary’ members of the public to exert some control over the State
Yesterday, 18 August, marked the National Day for the Fight Against Corruption in Colombia. Through our social networks, we carried out live training on the strategies and tools that ‘ordinary’ citizens can use to exercise their right to oversee Colombian public...
The Treasury Sanctions Senior Liberian Government Officials for Public Corruption
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today named Liberian government officials Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway for their involvement in ongoing public corruption in Liberia. These officers are...
We ask ANI to suspend the procurement process for the Restoration of the Degraded Ecosystems of the Canal del Dique in Barranquilla
A week ago, the Anti-Corruption Institute called upon the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) to suspend the procurement process for the Canal del Dique works, warning that the only organization to put themselves forward was the Spanish company SACYR, which has been...
Advances, setbacks and challenges in the change of government
Next Sunday, 7 August, sees the inauguration of the new government. We spoke with experts in the fight against corruption, transparency and open government during a Twitter Space to find out their opinions and predictions regarding the progress, setbacks and new...
Semana | José Roberto Acosta will be the Director of Public Credit in Petro’s government, as confirmed by the Minister of Finance in SEMANA
Photo: Alejandro Acosta | Taken from: Semana.com This Thursday, the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, confirmed in SEMANA that the economist and lawyer, José Roberto Acosta, has been appointed Director of Public Credit, one of the most important roles within...
Sharing the report on The Guide to Good Practices for Procurement in Territorial Public Works
On 18 July, we shared the results of the consultancy carried out by the Open Contracting Partnership, part of the Challenges in Open Contracting framework. The Anti-Corruption Institute presented The Guide to Good Practices for Procurement in Territorial Public Works,...
A Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) for Barichara | We support the local community’s popular action in the municipality
Last Monday 11 July, the Anti-Corruption Institute filed a legal action before the Administrative Court to support the popular action undertaken by the local community in Barichara that seeks to protect the collective rights violated due to the unfinished work at the...
Colombia: the proposal for a Transitory Chamber of Justice to fight impunity
During the last 20 years in Colombia, two major peace processes have been advanced: one with the paramilitaries that started in 2005, and a second with the FARC guerrillas that started in 2012. These processes have included judicial scenarios where the testimonies of...
Anti-Corruption Institute: guest at the ANDI Tax Committee
On 30 June, a meeting of theTax Committee organized by Colombia’s National Association of Entrepreneurs (known as the ANDI) was held, where the implications of the regulation on final beneficiaries in Colombia were discussed. Our Director, Michel Levien, participated...