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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Culture Drug Control Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights United Nations Reform Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Men and boys Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Social Development: Aging Conflict Poverty Youth Statistics: Civil registration systems Crime and criminal justice statistics Demographic and social surveys Development indicators International Comparison Programme Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Demographics Disaster management and vulnerability Finance Gender equality Indicators International law Major Groups Partnerships Poverty Sustainable development of SIDS Peace and Development in Africa: Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution NEPAD: Human Development
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Samoa Tuvalu North Macedonia Fiji Sri Lanka Nauru Mexico Thailand Marshall Islands Lao People's Democratic Republic Palau Indonesia Tonga Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Nepal Micronesia (Federated States of) New Zealand Bhutan Australia Myanmar Kiribati Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Viet Nam
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	GOPAC’s vision is to achieve accountability and transparency through effective anti-corruption mechanisms and inclusive participation and cooperation between parliamentarians, government and civil society. To achieve this vision, GOPAC’s mission is to assist and support parliamentarians in their advocacy and legislation to make governments accountable and transparent. Our vision and mission are built upon GOPAC’s commitment to certain core values. These values guide our programs, projects and our day-to-day business of promoting good governance and the rule of law around the world. The set of core values are: Integrity Integrity is at the heart of the anti-corruption agenda. GOPAC is committed to conducting itself with the same honesty, openness, and principle it seeks to instil in governments. Accountability Accountability and transparency are the essence of good government. GOPAC is committed to leading by example, by ensuring we are accountable to our members, our partners, and our funders. We demand the same of all governments, by ensuring that accountability is a fundamental objective of all our initiatives. Collaboration GOPAC recognizes that the fight against corruption is a fight by all of us, for all of us, and can only succeed when we work together. We work in collaboration with legislators, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector, and seek to build a strong coalition against corruption across sectors and across society. Diversity GOPAC is an inclusive and diverse organization. We are committed to ensuring that our network is open and non-partisan, and welcomes members who believe in the same core values GOPAC holds, from all over the world regardless of age, race, religion, gender, or political affiliation.
Year established:	2002
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	GOPAC’s membership is organized into regional chapters and national chapters worldwide. Our chapters are all independent, not-for-profit organizations in their respective region or country and are linked together through our global network with the help of our Global Secretariat. GOPAC’s regional chapters work within a local context, strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians to address issues of corruption and promote good governance. Parliamentarians in the regional chapters work towards fighting corruption through mutual support and knowledge sharing. They identify opportunities to implement international and regional accords and treaties in their area of the world and strengthen the capacity of parliamentarians to fulfill their oversight role in parliament. GOPAC’s national chapters hold a special position in helping individual members within their own countries to combat corruption. National chapters are particularly effective in implementing change and producing results due to their ability to focus on specific areas of concern. Activities within GOPAC’s national chapters have included: introducing a number of bills related to fighting corruption and money laundering in the legislature and ensuring that said bills are passed and implemented by the government of the day; obtaining significant public visibility and political significance; serving as professional development support for members and engaging civil society in anti-corruption efforts. GOPAC’s programming uses the concept of Global Task Forces (GTF’s) with regionally representative parliamentarians. Each Task Force is supported by the Global Secretariat in Ottawa. The GTFs work closely with GOPAC’s partnering expert organizations such as UNODC, UNDP & OECD to develop tools, resources and major initiatives for the GTF and GOPAC’s membership. Regional representatives are expected to be the animators of the GTF within their respective regions to promote the agenda of the GTF with their peers and in the individual country parliaments. It is through these task forces that GOPAC can introduce legislative and oversight changes in national parliament that controls corruption, promotes good governance and makes the executive accountable to the people.
Number and type of members:	Approximately 1000 members in 92 countries
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Foreign and international grants

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