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Supporting Citizens Against Corruption

Partnership for Transparency Fund


PRESS RELEASE

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The Partnership GETS SET FOR GROWTH
Transparency Fund
New Annual Report Highlights Substantial South Asian Growth
Washington DC, September 14, 2010 ---- “We have come far over the last 10 years and expect to expand
our activities significantly over the next five years across the developing world,” said Anabel Cruz, Chair
of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) on the publication of PTF’s
2009 Annual Report.

Over the last decade PTF has made available over USD $2.5 million in small grants in support of
148 anti-corruption projects undertaken by civil society organizations in 44 countries. PTF is now
finalizing a strategic review that is expected to set the stage for significant expansion in grant-making in
the 2011-2015 period. “Over the last decade, PTF has pioneered ways to assist civil society organizations
to fight corruption by helping to play an effective role in the design, implementation, and monitoring of
anti-corruption activities,” stated Ms. Cruz.

PTF President, Pierre Landell-Mills, stressed in the report that “2009 was PTF’s busiest year. Not
only were more than 30 new grants approved, almost double the 2008 total, but PTF negotiated a major
new $3 million dollar grant from the Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF) and undertook an
important study of the global experience in supporting the demand for good governance.”

The new Annual Report noted that a feature of PTF’s further development in 2009 was the launch
of its South Asia program in partnership with the Public Affairs Center in Bangalore. This included PTF
supporting 15 projects in India to strengthen people’s rights to government information - a key issue in
the effort to enhance transparency and curb corruption.

Mr. Landell-Mills added, “We saw major developments in all areas of our work and a new strategic
planning effort was initiated given the likely major PTF expansion in coming years. It is important to
recognize that our grantees are pioneering new approaches to fighting corruption and their success stories
need to be widely disseminated - sharing the lessons of our experience is thus becoming a key PTF
objective.”

In 2009, 92% of the total cash support received by PTF was allocated towards PTF program
services (grants, capacity building and regional partners) while 6% financed salaries and other
professional fees.

In 2009, PTF funded 18 initiatives in South Asia, 14 in Latin America (including six projects
supported under a regional arrangement funded in part by the Inter-American Development Bank), 5 in
Central and Eastern Europe, 3 in Africa, and 5 in East Asia. Out of the total funds allocated in 2009, 12
percent of funds went to East Asia, 48 percent to South Asia, 7% to Africa, 17% to the Latin America and
the Caribbean Region, and 15% to Central and Eastern Europe.

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