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TIF welcomes Huguette Labelle to Fiji
TI Fiji is proud to welcome Huguette labelle - TI Global Chairperson to Fiji. She is here to attend the TI Pacific meeting and to speak at the 5th Annual Savenaca Siwatibau Memorial lecture organized by TIF in partnership with USP, to be held on February 4th, 2008 at Lower Marine Campus, USP from 7-9pm.
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We welcome you to our website, which we are trying to improve so that it can be a good source of information on Corruptions and Bribery. Fundamentally we are advocating that the rule of law must first and foremost prevail in our nation. Apart from asking Government to sign and ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption, TI Fiji has been asking our Government to consider various preventative measures like the use of open budgeting in our national budgets, the introduction of legislation on freedom of information, whistle-blowing, code of conducts and leadership code and conflict of interest rules amongst others (Read the full text here)
TI Fiji has made numerous strides forward last year . We conducted workshops/seminars/ trainings for Suva , Lautoka and Sigatoka Councils. These were similar to the anti-corruption training we conducted previously with Land Transport Authority and similar to our LTA experience, our efforts in these councils were equally appreciated. We were also pleased with the enthusiam expressed by some city councillors, and the real concerns raised during these discussions were mutually enriching.
We also organised a symposium on Transparency and Accountability in the Judiciary on December 7th, 2007 at the Southern Cross Hotel to mark the National Anti-corruption day. This symposium was quite a success. You can download the communique here» Anti- Corruption Day communique1207ss revised 10 12 07.pdf.
Following our recent efforts, TI Fiji has found many other organisations expressing interest in TI activities. In response, TI Fiji intends to expand its scope of activities, to involve public, private and civil society organizations uniting to promote a Fiji free from Corruption.
In 2008 TI Fiji aims to reach further in our community and address the real concerns of corrution that affects our communities.
For further information, critiques and comments, send the TI Fiji Team an email