Success Stories
Reaching a Broader Audience
According to Transparency International, El Salvador is perceived to have one of the highest levels of corruption worldwide. This rating not only damages the country’s international image, it undermines a healthy business and investment climate, and increases the cost of negotiations, thus detracting... Learn more
Northern Uganda Transition Initiative Project Organizes Colorful Cultural Gala
The Casals & Associates (Casals) northern Uganda field team recently sponsored a colorful Cultural Gala in Lira Palwo sub county. The gala was sponsored through the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI), a partnership with the Government of Uganda (GoU) funded through the U.S. Agency for International... Learn more
Armenia MAAC Project Organizes Anticorruption Forum on Dec. 9, 2009
Casals & Associates (Casals) helped organize an anticorruption forum in Yerevan, Armenia, on Dec. 9, 2009, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day. Casals organized the forum in cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, under the U.S. Agency for International... Learn more
Armenia MAAC Project Participates in OECD Anticorruption Conference in Kazakhstan
Francois Vezina, Casals & Associates Chief of Party for the Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) Project in Armenia, recently attended a key conference on fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The conference, taking place from Sept. 16 to 18,... Learn more
NGO Marketplace in Armenia Highlights Innovative Ways to Fight Corruption
To support the fight against corruption, more than 1,700 Armenians attended the Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Marketplace on April 22, 2009, in the capital city of Yerevan. Organized by Casals & Associates as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mobilizing Action Against... Learn more
Casals & Associates OTI Project in Northern Uganda Honors Internally Displaced Persons Camp Leaders
After years of conflict, some 900,000 displaced Ugandans have returned to their homes in recent months. Many have been helped by a $37.2 million program Casals & Associates is managing aimed at improving the functioning of local government offices, health, and education. The program, the Northern... Learn more
Casals & Associates Increases Ethical Awareness Among Public Servants in Paraguay
Casals & Associates’ work under the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Threshold Program has yielded concrete results for the institutions—and people—of Paraguay. A comprehensive ethics campaign energized public servants in Paraguay’s Ministry of Education and Culture, resulting... Learn more
Malawi: Giving Accountability a Boost from Classroom to Newsroom
The drive to stem corruption has taken the government of Malawi and the international agencies supporting its efforts into the nation’s classrooms and even its newsrooms. Thusitha Pilapitiya, who has headed Casals & Associates’ program in Malawi since August 2006, has been busy on many fronts... Learn more
Mainstreaming Anticorruption Project Keeps Casals & Associates on the Move
The Mainstreaming Anticorruption Project for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) kept Casals associates on the move in the fall of 2007. Casals & Associates Senior Associate Yemile Mizrahi and C&A consultant Joe Balcer conducted an anticorruption work shop in Malawi in November.... Learn more
Malawi Office Celebrates Malawi's Compact Status Award
The news of Malawi gaining compact status under the Millennium Challenge Account went out on the MCA website at 6 a.m. Malawi time today (December 13, 2007) on a bright and sunny morning in Lilongwe. Our team in Malawi was keeping vigil until the news was announced and met in their office early in the... Learn more