The Swedish government will provide a grant of US$5.34 million to Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) to accelerate its anti-corruption campaign in the country.
The Swedish embassy in Dhaka and TIB signed an agreement to this effect on Monday at the latter’s office.
Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, Christine Johansson and Executive Director of TIB, Iftekharuzzaman signed the contract.
Both parties signed the agreement for the fourth time on purpose to help fight corruption in the country, said a media statement of TIB.
Under the agreement, TIB will implement its core project “Participatory Action against Corruption: Towards Transparency and Accountability” (PACTA) during 2022-2026.
In addition, TIB is supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) of Switzerland in this project.
Sweden will contribute 50 million Swedish Kronor (around 5,340,000 USD) for this project, the statement added.
The project's overall objectives are to contribute to curbing corruption as means of developing a more inclusive, equitable and non-discriminatory society consistent with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The project will involve more people in the social movement against corruption grounded on data-driven community monitoring to identify governance deficiencies, promote transparent service delivery and facilitate social accountability.
Speaking at the event, Head of Development Cooperation- Christine Johansson, said, “Combatting and preventing corruption is central to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and a key priority for the Swedish Government. It is with great pleasure that I today renew our longstanding partnership with TIB.”
Expressing gratitude for the continued support, Iftekharuzzaman said, “we are honoured and inspired to sign this fourth successive round of partnership agreement between the Embassy of Sweden and TIB with the shared objective of strengthening the social movement against corruption in Bangladesh in order to achieve higher standards of transparent and accountable governance for inclusive development, social change and justice”.
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