<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;line-height:1;white-space:pre-wrap">Global Integrity, a non profit organization with offices in Washington DC and Cape Town, is looking for journalists, civil society experts or academics with an interest in political finance. </span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1">In particular, we are looking for lead researchers to explain, document and assess fifty indicators on political finance mechanisms in the following countries: </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1">Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Panama, Rwanda and Solomon Islands. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1">Payment will be $1,000 </span></p>
<p style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1">Research is poised to start mid-June, a</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;line-height:1;white-space:pre-wrap">ny referrals or passing this message to other interested parties would be much appreciated!</span></p>
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</span></p><p style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;line-height:1;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>Background:</u></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you may know, Global Integrity is embarking on a new endeavor to investigate the role of money in politics </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16.363636016845703px;line-height:14.545454025268555px;white-space:pre-wrap">in partnership with the Sunlight Foundation and the Electoral Integrity Project</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. What regulations govern political financing? Are those regulations enforced? How effective are spending limits and disclosure rules? What is the actual capacity of oversight and enforcement agencies? </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our Money, Politics, and Transparency project (MPT) will use a combination of hard data and case studies to answer such questions. Building on work done by IDEA, IFES and many others before us, we will generate a unique and highly granular</span><a href="http://moneypoliticstransparency.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height:1;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">repository of information</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on political finance mechanisms in fifty-four countries intended to be of value to stakeholders, advocates, and policy makers in their efforts to reform and boost political finance transparency. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To collect high quality data that can underpin the development of strong political finance norms, we need a high quality research team. As such, we’re currently on the look out for experts on political finance to work with us on MPT. We’re in need of lead researchers to gather granular data on a total of roughly 50 </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">de jure </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">de facto </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">political finance indicators in each of our 54 target countries. We’re also recruiting peer reviewers to evaluate and complement the work of researchers on country scorecards so as to guarantee the rigorous quality of the sources and explanatory comments provided for each indicator.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lead researchers will be paid $1000 upon successful completion of their work, and peer reviewers will receive $500. We expect the research process to run from mid-June to September</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">of this year. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information on the positions can be found</span><a href="https://www.globalintegrity.org/posts/call-for-contributors-the-money-politics-and-transparency-project/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You can access more information about MPT</span><a href="http://moneypoliticstransparency.org/about" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Additional details are attached to this message as well. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you’re interested in possibly joining MPT, please fill out</span><a href="https://www.globalintegrity.org/we-are-recruiting/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this form</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. In addition, if you have colleagues that would be qualified to work on the project, we’d very much appreciate any referrals and recommendations you’re willing to share. We’d be happy to set up a short phone call at your convenience in which to discuss MPT, the countries on which you’d be most comfortable working, and to touch base about any potential referrals you may have. Please don’t hesitate to write with any questions, or call us at </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="tel:%2B1-202-449-8123" value="+12024498123" target="_blank">+1-202-449-8123</a></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks very much, and we look forward to connecting soon. </span></p>
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