Transparency International’s Anti-Corruption Conference
The 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) under the auspices of Transparency International (TI) will take place November 10 through 13 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of participants from over 100 countries are scheduled to attend. Many will be TI members from this burgeoning non-profit... Learn More
Armenia – Mobilizing Action Against Corruption
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Armenia awarded Casals & Associates the Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) contract in July 2007 Whose 3 year program has been extended to July of 2012. The purpose of the MAAC project, a component of the U.S. development... Learn More
Assisting Paraguay with Reducing Corruption and Impunity
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Democracy and Governance, Featured Project, Latin America and the Caribbean
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Casals & Associates, Inc. a $9.3 million follow-on project aimed at reducing corruption and impunity in Paraguay. The project, awarded as a task order in October 2009 under the Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance Efforts... Learn More
Building Anticorruption Institutions in Madagascar
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Madagascar, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Madagascar awarded Casals & Associates a two-year contract in November 2006 to implement the USAID Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) in Madagascar. The goal of the project was to reduce corruption in Madagascar by: Strengthening the... Learn More
Conducting a Corruption Survey in Madagascar
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Democracy and Governance, Madagascar, Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates was awarded a contract to assist Madagascar’s Conseil Supérieur de Lutte Contre La Corruption (CSLCC), the nation’s federal office charged with fighting corruption. Under World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development and United Nations Development Programme funding,... Learn More
Curbing Corruption and Encouraging Fiscal Responsibility in Malawi
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates in 2006 to lead a $7.7 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Malawi. The overall goal of the two-year program was to strengthen government integrity to support Malawian efforts... Learn More
Conducting an International Videoconference on Corruption
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates helped organize a videoconference on January 25, 2006, that gathered attorneys general from all six Central American countries together for the first time to exchange effective actions against transnational corruption. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission... Learn More
Enhancing Rule of Law and Good Governance in the Dominican Republic
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates, Inc. was selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to manage a $1.8 million Transparency and Citizen Participation Program in the Dominican Republic. The program had three objectives: Advocating civil society’s call for accountable, transparent and... Learn More
Leading Mainstreaming Anticorruption Workshops
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Democracy and Governance, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Latin America and the Caribbean, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Ukraine
Casals & Associates, Inc. leads workshops on Mainstreaming Anticorruption at USAID Missions throughout the world. Beginning in Central America with El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, the firm has gone on to bring the mainstreaming message to the Dominican Republic, the Ukraine and missions in... Learn More
Leading Threshold Country Program in Paraguay
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates, Inc. in 2006 to lead a $21.8 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Paraguay. The MCC approved the two-year Threshold Country Program (TCP) that the Government of Paraguay (GOP)... Learn More
Managing the Americas Accountability/Anticorruption Project
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates from 1993 through September 2006 to run the Americas’ Accountability/Anti-Corruption (AAA) Project — originally known as the Regional Financial Management Improvement Project (RFMIP). The AAA Project was at the... Learn More
Measuring Corruption in Cambodia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Asia and the Near East, Cambodia, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
Casals & Associates completed a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assignment to assess corruption in Cambodia. The firm examined the following: The degree to which corruption exists in Cambodia The types of corruption most harmful to democratic governance The capacity of government,... Learn More
Mongolia – Corruption Assessment
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Asia and the Near East, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
Casals & Associates completed a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assignment to assess corruption in Mongolia. The assessment involved the following: Analyzing the dynamics of corruption existing at all levels of government in Mongolia Evaluating the capacity of government and civil... Learn More
Nigeria – Promoting Transparent Government
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Nigeria
Casals & Associates managed an anticorruption project for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria between 2000 and 2004. The project involved developing and implementing three World Bank Institute surveys on corruption as well as follow-on policy workshops and a multilingual... Learn More
Promoting Good Governance in Ukraine
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Ukraine
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Ukraine initiated a series of activities in March 2006—responsive to the USAID Anti-corruption Strategy—to build on the considerable foundation it had laid to mainstream its anticorruption activities and its host-country programming.... Learn More
Reducing Corruption in Colombia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Colombia, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance
Casals & Associates successfully completed a three-year, $8 million anticorruption project in Colombia in December 2006. The project increased transparency, efficiency, and public management within Colombia´s government institutions at the national, departmental, and municipal levels as well as... Learn More
Reducing Corruption in Honduras after Hurricane Mitch
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Democracy and Governance, Honduras, Latin America and the Caribbean
As part of the massive amount of foreign assistance that flowed into Honduras following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, and to help curb corruption, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Honduras contracted Casals & Associates to provide technical support to... Learn More
Rolling Back Corruption in Guatemala
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates managed an anticorruption project in Guatemala from 2003 to 2005 funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The project’s key components were working with members of Guatemalan civil society to advance their efforts to build consensus on a national... Learn More
Supporting Recovery and Democratic Transition in Nicaragua
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicaragua
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded one of the first bilateral anticorruption contracts to Casals & Associates in 1995 to advise the government of Nicaragua as it faced an economy in ruins after years of war. The project’s goal was to improve the government’s ability... Learn More
Supporting the Rule of Law and Combating Corruption in Bolivia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Bolivia, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates managed a two-year anti-corruption and rule of law program in Bolivia funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the $2.2 million program, the firm provided technical assistance and training to Bolivia’s judiciary and prosecutorial institutions... Learn More
Mobilizing Citizen Support for Transparency in Colombia
March 16, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates, in collaboration with the Government of Colombia (GOC), several key nongovernmental organizations, and others partners, developed a national public awareness campaign for Colombia to improve citizens’ knowledge about their right to demand government transparency. The campaign... Learn More
Worldwide – Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance Efforts (ENGAGE)
March 13, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Asia and the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Health, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance
Under the Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance Efforts (ENGAGE) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Casals & Associates provides a wide array of support services encompassing short- and long-term technical assistance... Learn More
NGO Marketplace: Novel Approach for Showcasing
By François Vézina Casals & Associates Chief-of-Party in Armenia Over 1700 Armenians attended the NGO (non-governmental organization) Marketplace held this past April in Armenia to support the fight against corruption. Held in the capital city of Yerevan, the general public who attended was afforded... Learn More
Communications’ Role in Fight Against Corruption: Getting it Right
By Erich de la Fuente These days, a communications component is no longer an option for an organization looking to implement an effective anticorruption strategy; it is a must. In a world of information overflow, a sustainable public awareness plan is vital to getting your message across. If managed... Learn More
Casals & Associates Re-Launches Respondanet.com; Leading Anti-Corruption Website Gets New Look and Updated Features
October 29, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Oct. 29, 2008 — One of the leading anti-corruption websites of the past decade, www.Respondanet.com, has been re-launched with a new look and updated features, Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) announced today at Transparency International’s ongoing 13th International... Learn More
Malawi: Giving Accountability a Boost from Classroom to Newsroom
March 26, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Success Stories
The drive to stem corruption has taken the government of Malawi and the international agencies supporting its efforts into the nation’s classrooms and even its newsrooms. Thusitha Pilapitiya, who has headed Casals & Associates’ program in Malawi since August 2006, has been busy on many fronts... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID-Funded Anticorruption Program in Armenia
July 13, 2007 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Armenia, Central and Eastern Europe, News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – July 13, 2007 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to spearhead the $9.8 million “Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) Program” in Armenia. “We are extremely... Learn More
