International Development Grant
Clean Money in Elections
Project Number: CA-3-P012269001
Status: Operational
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Maximum Contribution: $2,285,879.00
Start Date: October 16, 2023
End Date: August 31, 2026
Duration: 2.9 years
Project Description
Ultimately this project aims to enhance accountability for transparency and gender equality of political finance to voters in Indonesia Madagascar Panama Sri Lanka Venezuela and Zambia. The project seeks to improve transparency in election and political party financing to ensure competitive democratic processes and equal opportunities for women candidates. Project activities include: (1) developing assessment methodology for national assessments and case studies in consultation with chapters; (2) conducting (design desk review interview analyse consult validate and publish) national assessments on the state of political finance governance and transparency practices. Also the assessments include financial barriers for women’s participation in politics in Indonesia Madagascar Panama Venezuela and Zambia; (3) defining context (legal and technical) purpose technical specifications (reporting database user interface etc.) and deployment plans for all 6 countries. Based on past election information an estimate total of 246 570 452 eligible voters and an estimate of more than 5 189 female candidates benefit from the project activities. Also relevant government institutions political parties CSOs media and citizens directly benefit from the project.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved frameworks and practice of transparency and gender equality in political finance by legislatures and oversight agencies in 6 countries; and (2) increased demand for transparency and gender equality in political finance by civil society groups in 6 countries.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of September 2024 include: (1) the program engaged almost 44 000 individuals in a pre-election monitoring campaign across 11 cities in Indonesia. This campaign revealed discrepancies between reported and actual political party funding including gender-based financial inequalities.?This resulted in the formation of a coalition to push for greater accountability in Indonesia’s 2024 general and regional elections with 14 media outlets reporting on findings; (2) TI initiated a broad scale pre-election skills-building program aimed at better informing citizens based on evidence and strengthening accountability mechanisms for a fair election in Venezuela. The project enabled 40 civil society members to use monitoring tools to highlight state resource abuses and electoral fraud. The program led to the documentation of over 300 state neutrality violations. Almost 500 individuals civil society members political party representatives and independents participated in a series of 28 workshops on political finance violations and accountability. Collectively these processes resulted in better informed citizens and strengthened accountability mechanisms; and (3) the program conducted 5 regional consultations involving 52 TI chapters as well as a global event involving 26 organizations by September 2024. It resulted in policy recommendations on implementing a new Global Standard on Political Finance Integrity and Gender Equality. The recommendations were based on expert reviews of incumbency abuse financial barriers for women and illicit financing.?
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Transparency International
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal