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Leveling the playing field in emerging and transitional markets of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Integrity Action

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Leveling the playing field in emerging and transitional markets of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

The project aimed to level the playing field by shaping and influencing the behaviours of approximately 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 3,500 executives in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over five years.

Through integrity education, the project aimed to equip participants with the practical insights, skills and tools required to operate with integrity in weak governance environments. The Center for Integrity in Business and Government at the CEU Business School would provide an institutional framework for cross-disciplinary teaching and research on issues of integrity and anti-corruption, and will integrity curricula in graduate and executive education programs at CEU.

Together with the project partner, Integrity Action, the Center would help build the capacity of targeted institutions of higher learning across the region through facilitating local curriculum development. Key activities over the project period (January 2010 - December 2015) included:

  • Managing Integrity Executive Training was held for executives from 5 Balkan countries in Romania
  • The Integrity Curriculum Framework
  • 'Integrity Academy for CEOs' workshop series
  • A number of publications
  • Integrity Action established 322 partner institutions in the ECA region, forming numerous collaborations
  • Integrity Action at CEU's Summer School and in the 5-year project has prepared 1,167 public officials, practitioners, executives and educators to teach and practice integrity at work
  • "Building Integrity and Anti-Corruption Behaviour in a Local Community: Theory to Practice", in Saratov, Russia - 87 students submitted 56 works: board games, case studies, essays and videos
  • "Building My Future Business with Integrity" competition: secondary school students were mentored by business people in Georgia

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