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TI ranked 16th among top 100 NGOs

Transparency International (TI), the leading global movement against corruption is ranked 16th among the top NGOs in the world.

The ‘Top 100 Best NGOs’ list released by The Global Journal is the first international ranking of its kind. This exclusive in-depth feature will provide academics, diplomats, policymakers, international organizations and the private sector an insight into the ever changing dynamics and innovative approaches of the non-profit world and its 100 leading actors, a release by the Journal from Geneva states.

Transparency International brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world.

TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.

TI challenges the inevitability of corruption, and offers hope to its victims. Since its founding in 1993, TI has played a lead role in improving the lives of millions around the world by building momentum for the anti-corruption movement. TI raises awareness and diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements practical actions to address it.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) forms part of the global network including more than 90 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These bodies fight corruption in the national arena in a number of ways. They bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business. TI’s global network of chapters and contacts also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement anti-corruption reforms.

Two United States NGOs – Wikimedia Foundation and Partners of Health – have been ranked as number 1 and 2 by the Global Journal. Oxfam of United Kingdom and BRAC of Bangladesh occupy the 03rd and the 4th positions.

Recognizing the significant role of NGOs as influential agents of change on a global scale, The Global Journal says that it has sought to move beyond outdated clichés and narrow conceptions about what an NGO is and does. From humanitarian relief to the environment, public health to education, microfinance to intellectual property, NGOs are increasingly at the forefront of developments shaping the lives of millions of people around the world, the release states..

The full list can be viwed on http://theglobaljournal.net/top100NGOs/

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