Tiri created a Network for Integrity in Reconstruction that is specifically concerned with investigating corruption and integrity in post-conflict reconstruction. In January 2007, Tiri officially launched the network by releasing surveys and case studies of the impact of post-conflict reconstruction from the eight countries that currently make up the network (i.e. Afghanistan, Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mozambique, Palestine and Sierra Leone). Tiri also plans to release a set of policy recommendations based on their research in April 2007.

Each of the eight country surveys follows the same template and provides a country overview, corruption profile (including levels, patterns, and causes), anti-corruption efforts and analyzes the institutions throughout the country using a National Integrity System approach. The surveys help to expose institutional impediments to effective reconstruction. Tiri also has released case studies that look at specific governmental or civil society programs involved in reconstruction. The overall picture painted by the research is a lack of appropriate sequencing of reforms, a lack of accountability to beneficiaries, and a general failing to include integrity as a key principle in reconstruction.

Further information is available at: www.tiri.org

The Norwegian Refugee Council's anti-corruption guideline is a tool to support the NRC staff members in avoiding and in handling corruption related issues.
Further information is available at: www.nrc.no

The Institute for Human Security at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University held a conference on ‘The Nexus: Conflict, Corruption and Peacebuilding’ on 12 and 13 April 2007.

The event brought together a selected group of individuals, who are actively involved in increasing understanding and advancing strategies to address the nexus of Conflict, Corruption and Peacebuilding and to identify and discuss the critical questions related to conflict, corruption and peacebuilding. The purpose of the event was threefold: 1) determine the questions of significance within a research agenda; 2) exchange views and ascertain thinking through a structured dialogue between experts; 3) finalize a map of existing research and activity related to the nexus.

For further information, and a range of useful background material, please see: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/corruptionconf/

This U4 Issue aims to unpack and analyse the problem of corruption in aid-funded emergency procurement, for the purposes of mitigating risk. How and where does corruption typically occur, and what can be done?

http://www.cmi.no/publications/publication/?2556=corruption-in-emergency-procurement

• Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI): www.odi.org.uk/hpg/index.html The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is one of the world's leading teams of independent researchers and information professionals working on humanitarian issues. It is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate.

  Its integrated programme of research is organised around four core themes and is complemented by externally commissioned studies; rapid response policy briefs; networking with the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN); and events. HPG also manages Disasters, the journal of disaster studies.

• Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI): www.odihpn.org The Overseas Development Institute is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) integrated in ODI is an independent forum for humanitarians to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience.

• The Feinstein International Center: http://fic.tufts.edu The Feinstein International Center is a part of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, the Center carries out field-based research in complex emergency environments and strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in complex emergencies, war, and other crises.

• U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center
  www.u4.no/themes/ces/main.cfm
  The U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre assists donor practitioners in more effectively addressing corruption challenges through their development support.

  Through web-based pages featuring operational tools, guidelines, lessons learned, case studies and original research, U4 will promote evolving best practices in the field. The ultimate goal is to improve the efficiency and quality of humanitarian assistance for affected populations, and lay the groundwork for a more sustainable rehabilitation process.

• Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International (HAP-International)www.hapinternational.org/en/
  The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership is the humanitarian sector's first international self-regulatory body. Its work is based on the findings of the Humanitarian Accountability Project, an inter-agency action research initiative.
• MANGO
  www.mango.org.uk/whocounts/
  Mango exists to help aid agencies and NGOs to work more effectively. They contribute to debates on accountability in the NGO sector through their campaign: Who Counts?
• TIRI
  www.tiri.org
  Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation based in London that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. Improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable and equitable development worldwide.