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The session will discuss transparency, integrity and accountability gaps in #Europe, presenting new research on Integrity Management Systems, high-risk sectors and transparency in practice.

#BridgeGapEU #Anticorruption #Integrity #Transparency

BridgeGap Project returns to the OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum 2026 as a Knowledge Partner.

📅 23 March 2026
📍 Paris

🔗 www.oecd-events.org/e/gacif/en#b...

#Anticorruption #RuleOfLaw #Governance #BridgeGap

The piece raises an important question: if enforcement is perceived as selective, what does this mean for the credibility of international antibribery commitments?

This contribution by BridgeGap consortium members adds to the broader debate on integrity, reciprocity, and economic governance.

How Washington Is Weaponizing Anticorruption Law The era of neutral enforcement is over.

In a new article in Foreign Affairs Magazine, Lorenzo Crippa, Edmund J. Malesky, and Lucio Picci analyse recent shifts in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and their implications for the global anticorruption regime.

📖 www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Blaming geopolitics is an easy way out. The #Epsteinfiles point to widespread public and private #corruption.

It is time to go beyond rankings and make sense of what is going on.

#BridgeGapEU #PublicIntegrity #Corruption #Accountability

Epstein files. Why is Europe more affected than the US? By Alina Mungiu Pippidi. First and foremost, people can legitimately ask: what good are the corruption indexes — the CPI, the IPI, and the rest — if it seems that number 10 (US) exercises undue influe...

🔎 𝐄𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒?

What do corruption indexes like the CPI and the IPI really tell us if countries in the top twenty show undue influence and public private trespassing?

📖 Read the article by PPI Alina Mungiu-Pippidi:
corruptiondata.eu/epstein-file...

BridgeGap Talk Series – Anticorruption in Progress 7 Assessing Political Finance Transparency in Europe Speaker: Nicolas Sebastian Soto Troncoso, pursuing a PhD at LUISS Guido Carli University. In this BridgeGap work-in-progress seminar, Nicolás Soto wi...

Nicolás Sebastián Soto Troncoso (LUISS Guido Carli University) will present his research on political finance transparency in Europe, exploring key gaps and why they matter for accountability and democratic governance.

▶️ More info: corruptiondata.eu/events/bridg...

🎥 BridgeGap Talk Series – Episode 7

🗓️ The next Anticorruption in Progress session takes place on 26 February 2026.

🕓 16:00–17:00 CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register:
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#BridgeGap #AntiCorruption #Transparency #PoliticalFinance

Why measuring transparency isn’t as simple as it sounds – and how BridgeGap is changing that When we talk about accountability and anti-corruption, one word shows up again and again: transparency. But here’s the problem: for years, researchers have struggled to measure transparency in a meani...

By focusing on both law and reality, BridgeGap offers a clearer picture of how transparency works in practice and where the gaps remain.

👉 Read the full article on our website:
corruptiondata.eu/measuring-tr...

#BridgeGapEU #Transparency #AntiCorruption #Accountability #OpenGovernment

Why measuring transparency isn’t as simple as it sounds – and how BridgeGap is changing that When we talk about accountability and anti-corruption, one word shows up again and again: transparency. But here’s the problem: for years, researchers have struggled to measure transparency in a meani...

This new article explains how the #BridgeGap project tackles that challenge by looking at:

🟦 de jure transparency ▶️ what the law requires
🟦 de facto transparency ▶️ what citizens can actually find online

Why measuring transparency isn’t as simple as it sounds – and how BridgeGap is changing that When we talk about accountability and anti-corruption, one word shows up again and again: transparency. But here’s the problem: for years, researchers have struggled to measure transparency in a meani...

🔍 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬

#Transparency is everywhere in accountability and anti-corruption debates, yet measuring it in a meaningful and comparable way remains a real challenge.

It examines how integrity frameworks operate and sometimes fail, across five high-risk sectors: defence, critical infrastructure, healthcare, sport, and banking.

Wishing our community a restful holiday break.

#BridgeGap #AntiCorruption #Integrity #Transparency

🎥 The recording of the BridgeGap webinar marking International Anti-Corruption Day 2025 is now available.

The session presents key findings on Integrity Management Systems across high-risk sectors and discusses implications for policy, practice, and research.

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQGx...

📍 Doha, Qatar
📅 13-14 December

The Symposium brings together researchers and practitioners from over 35 countries to explore how AI is reshaping integrity, transparency, and accountability.

📢 Stay tuned

#BridgeGapProject #AntiCorruption #AI #Integrity #UNODC #GRACEInitiative #HorizonEurope

We are pleased to announce that members of the #BridgeGap consortium will participate in the 5th Anti-Corruption Academic Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities for the Use of AI in Anti-Corruption Efforts, organised by the UNODC GRACE Initiative.

➡️ grace.unodc.org/grace/en/new...

Their contributions reflect BridgeGap’s commitment to advancing evidence-based integrity research and supporting international cooperation in this field.

▶️ More info on the event: indico.un.org/event/1019059/

#BridgeGap researchers will take part in discussions on international approaches to #corruption measurement, the use of #AI and machine learning, and future directions in global monitoring efforts.

Second Global Conference on Harnessing Data to Improve Corruption Measurement

🌍 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

#BridgeGap consortium members are taking part in the @undp.org @unodet.bsky.social @iaccseries.bsky.social A Global Conference on Harnessing Data to Improve #CorruptionMeasurement.

24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime A Talk by Tassiana Moura de Oliveira, Manoel Gehrke, Leonardo Geliski & Daiane Londero

Their session compares specialized prosecution policies against organized #crime and #corruption in #Brazil, #Europe, and the United States.

🗓 Join the session: oc24.heysummit.com/talks/prosec...

#BridgeGapProject #OrganizedCrime #AntiCorruption #HorizonEurope

🔎 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 24-𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞

Tomorrow, @manoelgehrke.bsky.social and Salvatore Sberna will present WP8 research at the 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime.

BridgeTalk Talk Series – Anticorruption in Progress 6 Speakers: Dr Iva Parvanova (LUISS Guido Carli) and Massimo Privitera (University of Antwerp) In this BridgeGap work-in-progress seminar, the speakers present experimental designs that can be adapted a...

🎥 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 #6 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞!

In this episode, @ivaparvanova.bsky.social and Massimo Privitera present new experimental research on whistleblowing and integrity mechanisms across organisations.

▶️ Watch now: corruptiondata.eu/events/antic...

#BridgeGap #Anticorruption

#AntiCorruptionDay #BridgeGap #Integrity #Transparency #Accountability #HorizonEurope

BridgeGap Webinar: Celebrating International Anti-Corruption Day 2025 Date: 9 December 2025  Time: 3 pm – 4.30 pm CET Where: Online This webinar is a special event organized under the Horizon Europe BridgeGap project to celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day. The B...

Speakers from the University Glasgow, Transparency International, Carleton University, and Luiss Guido Carli University will discuss how IMS operate in practice, why they fail, and the implications for governance.

💻 corruptiondata.eu/events/bridg...

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Join us on 9 December (15:00–16:30 CET) for an online discussion marking International #AntiCorruptionDay.

The session will present BridgeGap’s new report on Integrity Management Systems, with case studies across defence, critical infrastructure, healthcare, sport, and banking.

Read the analysis by Massimo Privitera (University of Antwerp):

corruptiondata.eu/andrej-babis...

#BridgeGap #AntiCorruption #Governance #EUPolitics #PublicIntegrity #HorizonEurope

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

Andrej Babiš is back in power in the Czech Republic despite ongoing corruption allegations.

What does this reveal about Europe’s struggle to hold political elites accountable?

🔗 Read the full article: corruptiondata.eu/andrej-babis...

As the EU deploys large funding instruments to respond to crises, questions resurface about oversight, transparency, and the risks of misuse. This piece examines lessons from Structural Funds, the RRF, and the debate around the new SAFE instrument.

EU Funding in time of crisis: Is there a trade-off between swiftness and accountability? Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp The pattern has become drearily predictable: the European Union creates massive funding mechanisms to address pressing crises, only to see them become breeding...

📑 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

🇪🇺 EU Funding in Times of Crisis: Swiftness vs Accountability?

🔗 Read the article: corruptiondata.eu/eu-funding-i...

#BridgeGap #EUFunds #Governance #Accountability #AntiCorruption

Massimo Privitera (University of Antwerp)

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#BridgeGap #AntiCorruption #Governance #EUIntegrity #HorizonEurope #PublicPolicy