The Swedish government will provide a grant of USD 5.34 million to Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) to accelerate its anti-corruption campaign in Bangladesh.
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 a five-year 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.
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