The objective of the collaboration is to strengthen the Campaign's activities, to draw lessons from experience at the normative level, to jointly implement activities and to disseminate lessons learned to as wide as possible an audience, within the framework of the Global Campaign for Participatory Urban Governance . The collaborating partners therefore enter into this Memorandum of Understanding to provide a framework for enhancing the coherence and continuity of their cooperation, thereby increasing its effectiveness and contribution to participatory urban governance. As Transparency International is particularly concerned with transparency and accountability, the emphasis of the collaboration will be on promoting the application of these normative values for participatory urban governance. The collaborating partners agree that transparency and accountability of local authorities to their citizens are fundamental tenets of good governance. Similarly, there should be no place for corruption in cities.
Corruption can undermine local government credibility and can deepen urban poverty.
Transparency and accountability are essential to stakeholder understanding of local government and to who is benefiting from decisions and actions. Access to information is fundamental to this understanding and to good governance. Laws and public policies should be applied in a transparent and predictable manner. Elected and appointed officials and other civil servant leaders need to set an example of high standards of professional and personal integrity. Citizen participation is a key element in promoting transparency and accountability.