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| © Hansa Tangmanpoowadol (*) |
The Water Integrity Network (WIN) was
formed in 2006 to respond to increasing concerns among water and
anti-corruption stakeholders over corruption in the water sector. It combines
global advocacy, regional networks and local action, to promote increased
transparency and integrity, bringing together partners and members from the
public and private sectors, civil society and academia, to drive change that
will improve the lives of people who need it most.
WIN’s vision is a world with equitable and sustained access to water and a clean environment, which is no longer threatened by corruption, greed, dishonesty and wilful malpractice. To achieve this WIN will continue to raise awareness about the issue of corruption in its different forms (e.g. not just bribery, but also extortion, collusion and large-scale systemic corruption) and the fact that something can be done about it through multi-stakeholder coalitions that build integrity. It will share and facilitate the use of water integrity tools, methods and applied research findings and knowledge among water-users and professionals.
WIN’s work will not just concern preventing corruption, a big enough challenge in itself, but also ensuring that the poor participate meaningfully in decision-making processes and benefit in particular from the solutions put in place.
(*) The story behind the photo is as follows: The Fishermen live close to the Mae Moh Coal Mine, a power plant factory in Lampang Province, Thailand. They have to live with environmental fluxes of arsenic from lignite mining and power generation contaminating their water and food source.
WIN’s vision is a world with equitable and sustained access to water and a clean environment, which is no longer threatened by corruption, greed, dishonesty and wilful malpractice. To achieve this WIN will continue to raise awareness about the issue of corruption in its different forms (e.g. not just bribery, but also extortion, collusion and large-scale systemic corruption) and the fact that something can be done about it through multi-stakeholder coalitions that build integrity. It will share and facilitate the use of water integrity tools, methods and applied research findings and knowledge among water-users and professionals.
WIN’s work will not just concern preventing corruption, a big enough challenge in itself, but also ensuring that the poor participate meaningfully in decision-making processes and benefit in particular from the solutions put in place.
(*) The story behind the photo is as follows: The Fishermen live close to the Mae Moh Coal Mine, a power plant factory in Lampang Province, Thailand. They have to live with environmental fluxes of arsenic from lignite mining and power generation contaminating their water and food source.
