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'''Tiri''' is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in the implementation of anti-corruption standards and conventions both within government and in the private sector and civil society. It is headed by dual national Irish/New Zealander, [[Jeremy Pope]] who works in the field of 'containing corruption and building just and honest government.' In 2003 Pope left [[Transparency International]] (TI) to establish Tiri, with the Norwegian, [[Fredrik Galtung]].  
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'''Tiri''' is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in the implementation of anti-corruption standards and conventions both within government and in the private sector and civil society. It is headed by dual national Irish/New Zealander, [[Jeremy Pope]] who works in the field of 'containing corruption and building just and honest government.' In 2003 Pope left [[Transparency International]] (TI) to establish Tiri, with the Norwegian, [[Fredrik Galtung]]. <ref>'Jeremy Pope', [http://www.tiri.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78 Tiri website], accessed 23 April, 2009.</ref>
 
   
 
   
Pope was involved in a number of human rights NGOs, including the [[Anti-Apartheid Movement]], and – as a founding trustee together with [[Lord Lester of Herne Hill]] and [[Mary Robinson]] – the London-based NGO, [[Interrights]].
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A number of the other directors are also members or former members of TI. <ref>'Tiri - Core', [http://www.tiri.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid= Tiri website], accessed 23 April, 2009.</ref>
 
Pope was one of the seven founders (and was founding Managing Director) of Transparency International (TI), a 'global coalition against corruption'. His original analysis of the “national integrity system” has been published in more than 20 languages (now titled ''Confronting Corruption: the Elements of a National Integrity System: The TI Sourcebook'' 2000).
 
 
With Dr [[Nihal Jayawickrama]], Pope created the [[Judicial Integrity Group]], a group of senior judges from the developing world tasked with building integrity in their judicial systems (the Group created the Bangalore Standards of Judicial Conduct, adopted by the United Nations.
 
 
He has served as personal anti-corruption adviser, among others, to the President of the World Bank, [[James Wolfensohn]], to President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] (Nigeria) and to Under-Secretary General [[Dileep Nair]] (of the UN OIOS).
 
 
Pope regularly appears as a commentator on such news programmes as the BBC World Service, CNN and the Voice of America.
 
 
Most of the other directors are also members or former members of TI.
 
  
 
== Tiri's Major Funding Partners ==
 
== Tiri's Major Funding Partners ==
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*[[Ford Foundation]] (Cairo Office)
 
*[[Ford Foundation]] (Cairo Office)
 
*[[Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation]] (NORAD)
 
*[[Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation]] (NORAD)
*[[Open Society Institute]] (OSI)
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*[[Open Society Institute]] (OSI)  
  
 
===Foundations, Trusts, and other===
 
===Foundations, Trusts, and other===
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*United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
 
*United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
 
*[[World Bank]]
 
*[[World Bank]]
*[[World Bank Institute]]
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*[[World Bank Institute]] <ref>'Tiri - Funders', [http://www.tiri.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid= Tiri website], accessed 23 April, 2009.</ref>
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==notes==
 
==notes==
 
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[[Category:NGO's]]
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 1 June 2009

Tiri is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in the implementation of anti-corruption standards and conventions both within government and in the private sector and civil society. It is headed by dual national Irish/New Zealander, Jeremy Pope who works in the field of 'containing corruption and building just and honest government.' In 2003 Pope left Transparency International (TI) to establish Tiri, with the Norwegian, Fredrik Galtung. [1]

A number of the other directors are also members or former members of TI. [2]

Tiri's Major Funding Partners

Foundations, Trusts, and other

  • British Council
  • Cambridge Overseas Trust
  • Central European University Summer School
  • CEU Curriculum Resource Center
  • Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI)
  • Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre
  • Open Society Georgia Foundation
  • Open Society Latin America Program
  • Syed Babar Ali Foundation
  • U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center (U4 CMI)

Governments

  • Australian Aid Agency (AusAid)
  • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  • Department for International Development (DFID)
  • Government of Nigeria
  • Government of Pakistan
  • Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Inter-Governmental Organisations
  • European Commission
  • Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
  • UNDP Malaysia, UNDP Philippines
  • UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
  • World Bank
  • World Bank Institute [3]

notes

  1. 'Jeremy Pope', Tiri website, accessed 23 April, 2009.
  2. 'Tiri - Core', Tiri website, accessed 23 April, 2009.
  3. 'Tiri - Funders', Tiri website, accessed 23 April, 2009.