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Achieving Consensus: Global Standards on Political Finance

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Each State Party shall also consider taking appropriate legislative and administrative measures, consistent with the objectives of this Convention and in accordance with the fundamental principles of its domestic law, to enhance transparency in the funding of candidates for elected public office and, where applicable the funding of political parties.

Article 7 (3) of the United Nation’s Convention against Corruption

Through its program on Political Finance and Public Ethics (www.moneyandpolitics.net), IFES is assembling a coalition of researchers, experts, anti-corruption activists, and practitioners in the field of political finance to develop a set of global standards that clarify and define article 7 (3), both within the context of the Convention and the emerging set of global best-practices. IFES will prepare a brief document - Global Standards for Political Finance - that will be complemented by a larger document that explains each point in greater detail. IFES seeks to present these materials as a non-binding document for consideration and approval by a wide range of stakeholders from around the world. Once consensus is achieved, IFES will launch Agenda 2008 – a global effort to disseminate the new standards to governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.

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