The Public Integrity Center (CIP) was created in 2005 with the aim of contributing to the promotion of Transparency, Anti-corruption and Integrity in Mozambique. CIP has association status and is governed by its statutes and other applicable legislation. CIP is a non-profit, non-partisan, independent entity, with administrative, financial and equity autonomy. The organization was created by a heterogeneous group of Mozambicans interested in contributing to the deepening of democratic governance in the country. The group consists of investigative journalists, academics, lawyers and social scientists. In 2011, CIP was accredited or recognized as the International Transparency Chapter in Mozambique.
Vision
CIP is a country where public and private actors act with integrity and probity in the public sphere, contributing to democratic governance, transparent and in accordance with the law.
Mission
CIP is to promote integrity in the public sphere in Mozambique, through the denunciation of corruption and irregularities in general and advocacy of public awareness and support of good practice in the common good management.
- The guiding principles of CIP's actions are: integrity, transparency, prevention of corruption and good governance. Acting in this way, CIP's general objective is to promote and defend integrity, transparency, ethics, non-corruption and good governance in the public sphere in Mozambique.
CIP bodies are the General Assembly, the Executive Board, the Fiscal Council and the Counsellor Group.
Dr. Edson Cottez
Mozambique ranks 146 out of 180 on the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International.