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9. Corruption has evolved into more sophisticated and complex forms “ What was known traditionally until recent years as corruption - bribery, the improper award of contracts, clientelism and the misuse of public resources - has changed to the point that, at present, corruption can only be analyzed and understood in a broader context than its traditional one, in view of the decisive role that mafia processes and actors have played.” Luis Jorge Garay, “ La Captura y Reconfiguración Cooptada del Estado en Colombia” (The Capture and Co-opted Reconfiguration of the State in Colombia), published by Transparencia por Colombia and Fundación Avina.

11. 1. To position the fight against corruption as a priority on the public agenda; 2. To contribute towards overcoming the circle of violence, drug trafficking and organized crime as corruption scenarios ; 3. To understand and act decisively and with audacity to close the doors that lead to the capture and co-opting reconfiguration of the State; 4. To help eliminate the culture of “shrewdness” and illegality; 5. To appeal the enforcement of the existing anticorruption legislation and anticorruption international conventions; 6. To encourage a dynamic civil society , motivated by the care of that which is public; 7. To motivate entrepreneurs to assume a strong and clear leadership role in the fight against corruption; 8. To contribute towards the consolidation of a checks and balances system in which there is equilibrium and independence between the government branches , as a prerequisite for the proper functioning of a system of integrity and accountability; 9. To help strengthening State institutions to enable the identification and elimination of corruption risks in government management of State, Departmental and Municipal agencies, reflected in instruments like the Transparency Indexes; 10. To contribute towards recovering legitimacy and trust in democratic institutionalism and politics. Ten challenges of Transparencia por Colombia

12. How to fight corruption

13. Transparencia por Colombia concentrates its efforts on seven priorities Increasing transparency in politics; Identifying and minimizing corruption in the Justice System; Building, based on its cumulative experience, an intervention model for transparent management at the municipal level; Strengthening civil control in the country; Innovating in the prevention of corruption in public procurement; Influencing public policies and opinion-making based on the knowledge obtained from the Transparency Index, and other products, in Public Agencies. Promoting active participation of the private sector in the fight against corruption;

19. ¿Quiénes nos financian actualmente ? British Embassy in Bogotá Corporación Andina de Fomento - CAF (Andean Promotion Corporation) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - FESCOL Fundación Avina Fundación Corona Fundación MSI Cimientos – USAID German Technical Cooperation Agency – GTZ – Cercapaz Program Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Inter-American Foundation – IAF Merck Foundation National Democratic Institute - NDI National Endowment for Democracy – NED Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, Embassy of Holland in Bogotá Transparency International Transparency International – Latin America and the Caribbean UK Department for International Development - DFID Bavaria SABMiller Banco Davivienda S.A. Cerrejón Cerromatoso S.A. Ethics Resource Centre Fundación Corona Fundación Grupo Nacional de Chocolates Fundación Suramericana Hocol S.A. Indupalma LTDA Merck, Sharp & Dohme Organización Corona S.A. Organización Terpel S.A. Productos Naturales de Cajicá S.A. La Alquería Red Multibanca Colpatria S.A. Refinería de Cartagena – Reficar Seguros Bolívar S.A. International Cooperation Agencies Members and Sponsors Our sponsors

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