Transparency International Lithuania
Web: www.transparency.lt
Transparency
International Lithuania (TILS) is a non-profit, non-political
organization established in 2000 that co-operates with state and
non-governmental organizations in and outside Lithuania. The
goal of TILS is to analyze the phenomenon of corruption, to promote
civic anticorruption initiatives and to inform the public of the
anticorruption activities in Lithuania. It
is a part of a worldwide organization Transparency
International which is a global civil society organization leading
the fight against corruption, bringing people together in a powerful
worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on
men, women and children around the world.
TILS
was established in 2000 and over the
past couple of years paid particular attention to the issue of EU
structural funds allocation and implementation in Lithuania and new
EU member states. Involvement of civil society representatives helped
at least partially to achieve results in greater transparency and
effectiveness of EU SF allocation in 2004-2006. In the course of its
campaign Transparency International Lithuania was actively engaged in
the EU SF public discourse, prompting politicians and public servants
to make the process of EU SF implementation more transparent and
accessible to the public. Based on the insights of the applicants for
EU SF support and experts with the knowledge of EU structural funds,
TI Lithuania came forward with its own suggestions how to improve the
transparency of the EU SF allocation process in Lithuania. Unfortunately, the majority of the TI Lithuania proposals remain valid for the
EU SF administration period of 2007-2013, even though TI Lithuania, together
with other CSO partners, was invited to take part in the working group that
deals with the administration issues of EU financial support for the period of
2007-2013.
