Transparency International calls nominations for Anti-Corruption Award 2020 for individuals and organizations worldwide, including journalists, public prosecutors, government officials, and civil society leaders. The Anti-Corruption Award Committee, the body responsible for evaluating nominations and choosing winners, may choose up to two award recipients. In making these awards, the Committee will take into consideration the need to recognize efforts in diverse fields of civil society, the private sector and government and to acknowledge anti-corruption initiatives throughout the world.

Awards 

The Award consists of a trophy and participation in a public award ceremony during the 19th edition of the International Anti-Corruption Conference to take place from taking place from the 2nd – 5th June 2020 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Selection Criteria

Impact

• Recipient/s must have undertaken an action that is likely to significantly influence or to have had a significant impact on, existing levels of corruption in her/his respective country or region.
• Recipient/s demonstrate that fighting corruption is possible and can have an impact on society and the public good
• The recipient/s should be working in a country or region in which open society is a threat; their anti-corruption work should strive to ensure that society does not falter.
• The action includes as many people affected by the act of corruption; rather than being solely an individual effort.
• The reception of the award enhances the awardee’s profile and protects the awardee from future threats.

Courage

• The action must be particularly courageous and exemplary, inspirational and deserving of wide international recognition.
• The recipient should be recognized for what the potential or actual negative consequences were of their anti-corruption work.
• The action should likely attract interest and emulation in other parts of the world.

Sustainability

• The action should recognize the longevity of commitment to fighting corruption.
• The action contributes to or has built resilient anti-corruption institutions and added to the durability and strength of the anti-corruption effort.
• As a result, the recipient drove real change in the medium to long-run with her/his work.

Requirements 

• Nominees must have undertaken an action that is likely to significantly influence or to have had a significant impact on, existing levels of corruption in his/her respective country or region.
• The action should be likely to attract interest and emulation in other parts of the world.
• Similarly, the action must be particularly courageous and exemplary, inspirational and deserving of wide international recognition.
• The action should recognize the longevity of commitment to fighting corruption.
• However, individuals or organizations of questionable integrity or goals are not eligible for this award.
• Similarly, members of the TI Board of Directors, the Boards of TI chapters, the Award Committee and salaried staff of the TI Secretariat and of chapters while serving in those capacities are not eligible.
• Furthermore, self-nomination is not applicable.

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