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ETICO anuncia nuevas herramientas en su lucha permanente contra la corrupción en la educación

El Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación de la UNESCO (IIPE-UNESCO) intensifica su lucha contra la corrupción en la educación mejorando las herramientas, recursos y funcionalidades de su plataforma ETICO.

Esta comunidad global online permite a los usuarios acceder de forma directa a conocimientos, herramientas de diagnóstico y estrategias relevantes y actualizadas para que puedan contar con una perspectiva más documentada sobre cómo combatir mejor la corrupción de la educación en todo el mundo.

Greater transparency, in government and in aid, is a high priority in the new global agenda, as captured explicitly in Sustainable Development Goals 4, 16 and 17,” said IIEP Director Suzanne Grant Lewis. “With the strengthening of the ETICO platform, IIEP is re-enforcing its long-standing commitment to improving transparency and fighting corruption in education.

We cannot rest on our laurels as millions of children continue to miss out on their right to an education because of poor ethics in the sector. The misappropriation of funding, ghost teachers and fake diplomas continue to deplete much-needed resources, said IIEP’s Senior Researcher on anti-corruption and ethics in education, Muriel Poisson. ETICO’s improved user experience is part of our renewed commitment to this ongoing global fight to which no country is immune.

Over the past two decades, new diagnostics tools such as Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys – known as PETS – have been designed to allow decision-makers to measure the extent of financial leakage within education systems. A wide variety of strategies have also been piloted, which seek to eliminate ghost teachers from official lists, increase transparency in the selection of textbook publishers, or reduce academic fraud. Today, new initiatives around the use of open data are encouraging more accountability at every level.

Discover the new ETICO!

The new version of ETICO provides the global community with an opportunity to renew its commitment to combatting corruption by taking stock of the multitude of tools, strategies, and research findings available today.

ETICO serves anti-corruption specialists working in ministries, international organizations and agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, and research institutions as well as policymakers and others.

Its main features are available in English, French and Spanish and include:

  • a resource base of over 650 items including case studies, analytical tools and country-specific documents,
  • over 1,000 press articles on corruption in education going back to 2001,
  • a media library presenting short films on the subject from around the world,
  • a global agenda of all related events,
  • a quarterly bulletin about ethics and corruption in education (subscribe here),
  • a blog featuring innovative initiatives designed to tackle corruption.

Users now have more opportunities to get involved, share resources on the subject and contribute to the blog. The enhanced search function also has the ability to scan thousands of national and international documents, media articles, and IIEP’s training materials and research findings spanning over 15 years.