• Corruption Perception Index 2021

    Estonia lost a point in the CPI, placing 13th in the world with 74 points.

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04.05.2023
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New report shows: EU citizens deserve a higher bar for transparency in Recovery funds

Open Spending Coalition together with 10 central and Eastern European organisations (including Transparency International Estonia) conducted a pilot study on the transparency of the use of recovery funds. The use of the €672.5 billion EU Recovery & Resilience Fund (RRF) remains at significant risk of corruption and misuse. In the first two years of the RRF, the European Commission failed to...
26.08.2022
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Representatives of the financial sector, investigative journalism and the third sector will meet to discuss how beneficial ownership data can be used in Estonia

On September 20, Transparency International Estonia (TI Estonia) will organise a seminar Beneficial Ownership Transparency: What and Who For? with the aim to boost awareness and build capacity of civil society actors on the role that beneficial ownership information plays in anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. “As an EU member state, we have first and foremost a duty...
30.05.2022

Overview of Estonian state officials lobby meetings in 2021

The Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the NGO Transparency International Estonia, summarized the meetings of the state officials with lobbyists in 2021 and it became clear that most meetings were held at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. In total, 23 state agencies published data on more than 700 meetings. State officials meet most with the private sector, which...
04.05.2022

Roundtable Three: Next Steps to Increase the Transparency of Policymaking in Estonia on May 11

The roundtables will convene Members of the Riigikogu, civil society, and international experts to raise awareness about and better understand policies and practices in the areas of lobbying and preventing conflicts of interest in legislative activities, with an aim to develop concrete recommendations as a logical follow-up to the guidelines adopted by the executive sector. Roundtables are co-...
07.04.2022

Watch online! Roundtable Two: A Practical Approach to Lobby Transparency on April 13

The roundtables will convene Members of the Riigikogu, civil society, and international experts to raise awareness about and better understand policies and practices in the areas of lobbying and preventing conflicts of interest in legislative activities, with an aim to develop concrete recommendations as a logical follow-up to the guidelines adopted by the executive sector. Roundtables are co-...
07.03.2022

Policies Governing Lobbying 101: Roundtable on March 9

The roundtables will convene Members of the Riigikogu, civil society, and international experts to raise awareness about and better understand policies and practices in the areas of lobbying and preventing conflicts of interest in legislative activities, with an aim to develop concrete recommendations as a logical follow-up to the guidelines adopted by the executive sector. Roundtables are co-...