CERC – Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption

We help governments, public institutions, businesses and local communities solve complex problems related to corruption.

Who We Are

The Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption is a social entreprise committed to promoting transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct within communities. Through various initiatives, CERC seeks to empower individuals to demand integrity in public services, fostering a culture of accountability and combating corruption at the grassroots level. It has emerged as a pioneer in introducing creative…

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Fighting Corruption in Schools: CERC and APNAC DRC to propose Legislative Initiative to the National Assembly of the DRC

CERC is launching an ambitious initiative to build integrity and anti-corruption measures in the education sector. This initiative takes the form of…

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ICON Kinshasa initiates a Quick Impact project, reintegrating 45 marginalized, unemployed youth in Kinshasa.

9 youth-led and youth-serving organizations trained under Youth Excel’s ICON project joined their effort to design and implement a Joint Quick Impact…

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Youth Excel Kinshasa Data Summit: Increasing youth inclusion in education and in workforce development programmes

CERC in partnership with IREX and SFCG, held the issue-Based Collaborative Networks (ICONs) Data Summit in Kinshasa in August 2022. The event was…

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Approach

Our Theory of Change adopts a holistic approach to promoting integrity through knowledge & capacity-building, movement building, and influencing decision-makers. Our…

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Initiatives

Current and Past Projects, Researches and Studies on Corruption, Integrity Clubs in schools, Integrity Leadership Course.

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Impact

We believe in the power and potential of young people to create solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Driven by this belief, we empower young…

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Inequality, exclusion and political instability: the real cost of corruption

Corruption is one of the most corrosive issues of our time. It wastes public resources, widens economic and social inequalities, breeds discontent and political polarisation and reduces trust in institutions.

Corruption perpetuates inequality and poverty, impacting well-being and the distribution of income and undermining opportunities to participate equally in social, economic and political life.

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3,060young people reached through integrity education and training by 2022

204Integrity Clubs set up in secondary schools in South Kivu and Kinshasa

1 million+lives benefiting from the solutions young monitors put in place