TIS educates public on anti-corruption and transparency |17 March 2018

Transparency Initiative Seychelles (TIS) with the support of the European Union (EU) organised a public presentation on ‘Anti-Corruption and Transparency’ to educate and promote transparency and good governance in Seychelles.

The presentation, held on Thursday evening at the Palais de Justice, was made by Malika Ait-Mohamed Parent, an independent international anti-corruption expert and investigator in anti-corruption.

Mrs Parent is committed to developing institutional accountability frameworks, for a better governance, embracing transparency and integrity elements as well as soft and hard components of fraud and corruption prevention and control.

“Members of the public should be aware that corruption exists in every country, and in different work areas.  Throughout my mission in Seychelles, I was able to interact with various organisations such as the Anti-Corruption Commission which allowed me to voice out some ideas on better ways to tackle corruption,” she said.

“To fight corruption, you need to have the right resources and solid facts,” Mrs Parent added.

TIS is implementing a two-year project funded by the EU entitled ‘Towards improving Good Governance, Transparency and Accountability in Seychelles’.

The project entails a series of activities aimed at educating and promoting transparency and good governance in Seychelles.

TIS is a registered association in Seychelles and its objective is to promote constructive debate and dialogue among various actors on the situation of corruption, good governance, transparency, accountability and integrity in Seychelles and to help develop the organisational and human capacities of the same actors.

To meet its objectives, TIS will cooperate with total independence with all citizens and all groups, business entities, and non-governmental organisations, authorities and public institutions or international organisations which are determined to fight corruption, by building coalitions.

The chairman of TIS, Chrystold Chetty, added that such presentation will allow members of the public to learn more about corruption in our country.

The presentation allowed each individual to enhance their knowledge about corruption.  People should be more aware that corruption exists in so many ways.

“The Anti-Corruption Commission is trying its best to prevent corruption, but it needs more resources and finance to tackle such a big issue in our country,” Mr Chetty said.

Corruption is a form of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority, often to acquire personal benefit.

It can also occur in the public or private sectors and even in NGOs.