About GII

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International (TI), was launched in December 1999. GII is a non-partisan, non-profit civil empowerment organization focused on the delivery of the essential themes necessary for the creation of a National Integrity System. It has a Board made up of 11 members.

Transparency International (TI)
Transparency International (TI), founded in 1993, is the leading international non-governmental organization devoted solely to curbing corruption. TI currently has about 90 national chapters around the world, with its international secretariat in Berlin, Germany. TI does not investigate nor expose individual cases of corruption but lobbies for institutional and structural reforms.

Vision
GII wants a corruption-free Ghana in all spheres of human endeavour where people and institutions act with integrity, accountability and transparency.

Mission
To continuously create awareness about the negative effects of corruption;
To empower citizens to demand responsiveness, accountability and transparency from people and institutions in Ghana;
And by working with people and institutions, GII will aim to build a culture of integrity, where corruption is unprofitable for people working in government, politics, business and civil society organisations.

Objectives
The objectives of GII include the following:

Encourage networking of Community Based Organisations (CBO's) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO's) in the demand for open government;
Educate the public about civic rights and duties, especially the basis of constitutionalism;
Press for legislative reform of anti-corruption rules, enforcement procedures and rules restrictive of a free media;
Forge links between the public and their governments as the basis for the evolution of a National Integrity System;
Liaise with international anti-corruption bodies;
Build a database (including Internet Access) and library on corruption.

Guiding Principles
As a civil society organization, GII is committed to respecting the following principles:

- To work cooperatively with all individuals and groups, with-for-profit and not-for-profit corporations and organizations, and with governments and international bodies committed to the fight against corruption, subject only to the policies and priorities set by our governing body.
- To be open, honest and accountable in our relationship with everyone we work with and with each other.
- To be democratic, politically non-partisan and non-sectarian in our work.
- To condemn bribery and corruption vigorously and courageously wherever it has been reliably identified, although GII does not seek to expose individual cases of corruption.
- To recognize that there are strong practical as well as ethical reasons for containing corruption.
- To recognize the shared responsibility of actors in the fight against corruption and to emphasis on prevention and on reforming systems, not on exposing individual corrupt cases.
- To only accept funding that does not compromise GII's ability to address issues freely, thoroughly and objectively.
- To respect and encourage respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.
- To cooperate and work with other national chapters worldwide.

Values

Integrity
Transparency
Accountability
Independence
Impartiality
Objectivity
Co-operation