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| 1990
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World
Bank meeting in Swaziland. Several African
leaders demand the Bank’s support in developing
better governance. Peter Eigen, the World
Bank Director for East Africa at the time,
spearheads an initiative to develop an anti-corruption
agenda for the Bank and its partners. However,
efforts in this direction are stifled by the
then Bank President. |
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| 1990-1993 |
A series
of consultations in various parts of the world
organised by Peter Eigen explores ways in
which corruption in international business
transaction could be more effectively addressed.
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| 1993 |
In
April, TI is formally registered as a non-profit
organisation under German law in the Netherlands
and in Germany. TI is public launched in May.
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| 1994 |
First
Annual General Meeting. TI decides to address
corruption at the national as well as the
international level. First test of the TI
concept of anti-bribery pact（later becomes
known as Integrity Pact）in Ecuador in a
refinery project. |
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| 1995 |
Publication
of the Corruption Perceptions Index, covering
45 countries in its first year. TI now has
26 chapters. Past and future President of
Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, becomes Chairman
of IT’s Advisory Council. |
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| 1996 |
The
OAS Convention （Inter-American Convention
Against Corruption）is signed in Caracas, Venezuela.
The IT Source Book is published. There are
now 38 national chapters. |
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| 1997 |
IT’s
Annual General Meeting and the 8th International
Anti-Corruption Conference（IACC）are held in
Lima, Peru. TI serves as the official secretariat
for the IACC Council for the first time. |
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| 1998 |
Olusegun
Obasanjo is released from prison after TI
chapters campaigned for his release. Later
in the year Obasanjo steps down as Chairman
of the TI Advisory Council when he is elected
President of Nigeria. Obasanjo is succeeded
by Kamal Hossain, former Foreign Minister
of Bangladesh. |
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| 1999 |
The
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention enters into force.
Together with The Economist, TI wins the Freedom
Award from the Swiss-based Max Schmidheiny
Foundation. TI publishes the first Bribe Payers
Index. There are now 50 National Chapters.
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| 2000 |
The
first annual TI Integrity Awards are handed
out at the Annual General Meeting in Ottawa.
The Wolfsberg Anti-Money Laundering Principles
are adopted by 11 international banks. |
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| 2001 |
The
TI National Integrity Source Book is published
in its 3rd completely revised and expanded
edition. More than 20 translations have been
published. The first issue of TI’s new annual
Global Corruption Report is published. TI
chapters from 11 African countries adopt the
Nyanga Declaration calling for the repatriation
of stolen asserts to the continent. |
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| 2002 |
IT
wins the Carl Bertelsmann Prize and the Media
Tenor Award for Agenda Setting. TO joined
forces with Global Witness and coalition of
NGOs in challenging companies in the extractive
industries to ‘Publish What You Pay’. TI and
Social Accountability International launch
the Business Principles for Countering Bribery.
The UN and the African Union embark on drafting
anti-corruption conventions. |
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| 2003 |
TI
marks its tenth anniversary at the 11th IACC
in Seoul, Korea. There are now 87 TI national
chapters. The Chairman of TI Korea, Goh Kun,
is appointed South Korean Prime Minister in
January. TI Board Member and Argentine chapter
head Luis Moreno Ocampo becomes the first
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court（ICC）. John Githongo, the Executive Director
of TI Kenya and a former TI Board member,
is appointed Permanent Secretary for Governance
and Ethics in the Office of Kenyan President
Mwai Kibaki. Luis Bates, the head of TI’s
national chapter in Chile is appointed Justice
Minister. |
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