148 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Road, El Matbaa Sq, H. El Maadi, 11th Floor, No 112
Cairo
Egypt
- International/Cultural relations
Partners For Transparency is a Non-Governmental Organization, registered according to the Egyptian law provisions' under the number 9729 in December 2014, the Foundation is independent and politically and ideologically neutral. PFT works in the context of assisting the community to consolidate and apply integrity, transparency and accountability values to achieve inclusive human development and human rights respect, along with establishing good governance system.
Partners for Transparency is a Head of Egyptian Network of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures, the Anna Lindh Foundation is an international organization working from the Mediterranean to promote intercultural and civil society dialogue in the face of growing mistrust and polarization.
PFT is in Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2018 and also was elected as members of the General Assembly of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of African Union for the Arab Republic of Egypt
Partners for Transparency is member of the Alliance of NGO's on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Partners for Transparency is the first organization in Egypt to receive the intercultural Achievement Award 2022 From Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs
Partners For Transparency seeks to assist different stakeholders to adopt practices against corruption, promoting transparency, integrity, and accountability, as well as unfettered access to information and facilitating circulation of information to assist different actors to take good decisions. Thus, Partners For Transparency seeks to establish four principles in Egypt: Access to information is a right for all stakeholders; People have the right to hold accountable decision-making entities and power holders; Credibility and impartiality are the foundation for the exercise of power; Transparency and accountability are tools for progress not defamation; Main Objectives: Enabling power holders (governmental and non-governmental) to apply transparency and integrity practices; Promoting the instruments aiming at detecting and eliminating corruption; Providing assistance to civil society in its broadest sense to use social accountability tools.
First: Activities to promote cultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Anti-hate speech project
Ponza Prima Med Project
Partners for Transparency participated in the Ponza Prima Med project in 2021, on environment and climate change. In partnership with the head of the Italian and Palestinian networks for Anna Lindh Foundation for Intercultural Dialogue, to address the phenomenon of combating climate change in the region.
Be My Voice Project
Partners Foundation participated in a project entitled “Be My Voice” on “Freedom of Expression”, in partnership with civil society organizations from Luxembourg, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Morocco and Tunisia, and the importance of promoting cultural dialogue to support freedom of opinion and expression
Act for dialogue
Partners for Transparency participated as a partner in the project of “Action for Dialogue” on Multiple Citizenship in partnership with the Presidents of the Moroccan, Tunisian, French, Spanish and Turkish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation and was responsible for this project in Egypt, and participated in the international forum held in Morocco in Safi in July 2021
Second: Partners for Transparency has implemented a number of activities to combat corruption and uphold the values of integrity and transparency, whether at the national, regional or international levels:
Citizens for Transparency
Partners for transparency launched the “Citizens for Transparency” program as a voluntary initiative in April 2018. It aimed at enhancing the role of youth in adopting and disseminating values of integrity, transparency, accountability and anti-corruption by training and qualifying a group of youth leaders in 14 governorates, Aswan, Luxor, Qena , Sohag, Assyout, Ismaileya, Suez, Kaliobeya, Kafr El Sheikh, El Beheira, El Gharbeya, El Sharkeya, El Monofeya and Dakahlia. Over the course of 8 months, Partners for Transparency have enabled 140 young men and women in the targeted governorates to carry out voluntary activities aimed at raising awareness among their peers of anti-corruption issues and concept . one of the most important outputs of the program is the implementation of 30 voluntary youth initiatives in the targeted governorates and the formation of 14 youth committees of active cadres on transparency, accountability and anti-corruption
The Egyptian-European Alliance to Follow the Elections
Partners Foundation was the coordinator of the Egyptian-European alliance to follow up on the parliamentary elections in Egypt 2020, and the alliance included 30 observers from Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Egypt.
Participation in meeting of promoting partnership between civil society and governments in Sierra Leone
Partners for Transparency participated in meeting of promoting partnership between civil society and governments in Sierra Leone which held in 30-31 October 2019 , this participation came through our membership in the African Union (ECOSOC), this meeting discussed how to enhance cooperation mechanisms between governments and civil society
Participation in Sessions of the Human Rights Council of United Nations in Geneva since 2019 about abuses of human rights in the world and organized side events and submiiting big number of oral intervention in UN Geneva
In line with its commitment to build networks and partnerships that can foster positive change surrounding transparency, accountability, and integrity, Partners For Transparency seeks to build strong bonds with both the national and international partners of the Anna Lindh Foundation. These could serve both to unite efforts with very similar organizations in joint projects or to build up the relevant capacities of organizations involved wtih community development and decentralization. Furthermore, Partners For Transparency is interested in the excellent opportunities for training, funding, and exchange that the Anna Lindh Foundation and its networks provide. This could potentially strengthen Partners For Peace as an organization as well as its employees and volunteers. Since the organization is still in its infancy, there is a high potential for training and knowledge transfer of having a significant impact and helping Partners For Transparency achieve its full potential.