This project aims to support the efforts of the Ivorian Government and specialised agencies by encouraging and providing support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the implementation of good corporate governance measures.

The first objective of this project is to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of implementing good corporate governance measures. Examples of good practices and ways to implement these practices will be presented to participating SMEs through a year-long training scheme and the dissemination of a monthly newsletter.

This UNODC project on “Strengthening the private sector capacity to prevent corruption and enhance integrity in the Arab Countries” aims to reduce opportunities for corruption by:

The project aims at encouraging the adoption of voluntary anti-corruption and compliance standards and fostering a culture of integrity in business in Bulgaria.

The initiative will target the development and promotion of high-quality sectoral integrity standards in the key sectors of Energy, Industry and Healthcare, ensure pioneers to adopt and distribute them through their supply chains, and establish a better understanding of the need for business integrity in Bulgaria.

Through this Pact, the signatories undertook to make their own contribution to building change for the better in the Romanian healthcare system. This involved focusing on integrity, accountability and transparency, as well as combating corruption and unethical behaviour in both the public and private health systems.

The goals were to:

This initiative aimed to address anti-corruption and integrity standards in Argentina’s power generation and transmission industry. The Collective Action agreement included ten principles to which members must adhere, and also featured the services of a neutral facilitator. The goals of this Collective Action agreement included respecting the following standards:

Scaling up Anti-Corruption Collective Action within Global Compact Local Networks (GCLN) is a four-year project to support collective actions from Global Compact Local Networks and promote public-private cooperation in fighting corruption. The project aims to:

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) is a unique cross-sectoral grouping of public, private and civil society organisations (CSOs) with a focus on promoting good governance and fighting corruption in Ghana.

A project of the Center for Civil Communications from 2018-2021, “Integrity and anti-corruption in the business sector” is an action that will strengthen civil society’s impact on decreasing corruption in the business sector by improving transparency, accountability and integrity of state-owned enterprises and increasing the private sector’s participation in the fight against corruption.

The action is expected to provide the following results:

The Oil & Energy Forum against Corruption grew out of an initiative by the French major Total. At each meeting Forum members exchange on their practices. No common action is warranted on all topics broached but each member may find inspiration in what is debated. Legal, regulatory and judiciary matters may be mentioned and lessons drawn from them. Two policies are of particularly interest to the members: third party assurance and Ethics and Compliance training. In order to keep momentum, members meet regularly in person or by phone every six weeks.

The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), in partnership with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has established a Corporate Governance Rating System (CGRS) for listed companies in Nigeria. Membership is open to companies listed on the NSE. The current membership base spans:

• Financial institutions
• Multinational companies operating in Nigeria
• Local companies and business associations

The CGRS works towards the following objectives: