Our Strategic Partners:

Transparency International (TI)
Founded in 1993, Transparency International is an international non-governmental organisation based in Berlin with national chapters or chapters in formation in close to 90 countries worldwide. Its mission is to build anti-corruption coalitions that embrace governments, the private sector, and civil society. It is the only global movement dedicated solely to curbing corruption, increasing government accountability and improving transparency in business transactions. NAG is currently TI’s contact group for Sierra Leone and intends to join TI as its official national chapter later this year.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone
The ACC was created in 2001 with the aims of investigating, preventing, and educating the public about corruption. While its progress has been hindered by a lack of resources and support from the Government of Sierra Leone, the ACC is making strides toward its goals of reducing corruption in the country as evidenced by the widely perceived public sentiment that, while still a substantial problem in the country, corruption has indeed lessened in the past 2 years. NAG and the ACC have achieved some success in efforts to stigmatize corruption in a country where the practice has been nearly universally accepted and even encouraged for decades. The struggle continues, however, and the pervasive nature of corruption in Sierra Leone is such that it may take years to reduce it to “affordable” levels. Thus NAG has become the ACC’s civil society counterpart, and the two work closely in the areas of prevention, through the creation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy and capacity-building within government; and public education, through a variety of means.

Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
OSIWA is a key partner in NAG’s development. Part of the Soros Foundation’s Open Society Institute, OSIWA is dedicated to supporting the creation of open societies in West Africa through the continual development of democracy, good governance, the rule of law, basic freedom, and widespread civic participation. OSIWA seeks to collaborate with advocacy groups, like-minded foundations, governments and donors, in recognition of the importance of incorporating global developments in building open societies. OSIWA is quite active in Sierra Leone, and NAG is one of their many partners here.

Soros Foundation and the Open Society Institute (OSI)
The Open Society Institute is a private operating and grant-making foundation, founded by philanthropist George Soros, which serves as the hub of the Soros Foundations Network, a group of autonomous foundations and organisations in more than 50 countries. OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women’s rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform. To diminish and prevent the negative consequences of globalization, OSI seeks to foster global open society by increasing collaboration with other nongovernmental organisations, governments, and international institutions.

TIRI
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
This global multi-stakeholder initiative, spearheaded by the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank, aims to increase transparency in the extractive sector (mineral and oil production, natural resources) by bringing together developing countries’ governments, donors, companies, investors and civil society organisations in an effort to reduce corruption through increased transparency of extractive companies and government.

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