Transparency International España

What Transparency International España does

Transparency International España (TI-E) is a Spanish non-profit civil society organization and the official Spanish chapter of Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement operating in more than 100 countries. Headquartered at Calle Fortuny 53, Madrid, within the Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Marañón, the organization employs approximately 15 staff and was established in the 1990s (with 2006 referenced as a formal incorporation date in some records). It conducts anti-corruption research, publishes authoritative indices and policy reports, organizes advocacy campaigns, and convenes stakeholders to improve transparency, accountability, and integrity in Spain's public and private sectors.

Its core portfolio includes the Corruption Perceptions Index (IPC/CPI), the most widely used global corruption ranking covering 180+ countries; the TRAC corporate transparency index measuring integrity, compliance, and human rights standards of Spain's 35 IBEX-35 companies (61% average score in 2022); the Integrity Watch monitoring platform (versions 2.0 and 3.0); the Open The Whistle (OPWHI) European whistleblower-protection campaign; the MoMo EU youth civic education program with interactive digital tools; and sector-specific programs on beneficial ownership transparency (BOT), real-estate AML, sports match-fixing (AMATT), green integrity pacts, and golden visa research. It also publishes the Revista Internacional Transparencia academic journal and a multilingual Integrity Guide for Whistleblower Protection.

TI-E is funded through a non-commercial revenue model combining individual/corporate donations, individual membership fees ('Hacerse socio/a', recurring), and EU project co-funding across multiple multi-year grants (OPWHI, MoMo EU, STEP EU, AMATT). It operates a community-led go-to-market motion: publishing free research, running awareness campaigns (e.g., #OpenTheWhistle), convening public events and webinars, advising Spanish government bodies, IBEX-35 corporates, and EU institutions, and advocating for legislative reforms such as the National Anti-Corruption Strategy and implementation of Law 2/2023 and EU Directive 2019/1937. Government is governed by a president (Silvina Bacigalupo) and an executive director (David Martínez), with a broader advisory council and partner network of universities, regulatory authorities, and international TI chapters.

Name

Transparency International España

Legal name

Transparencia Internacional España

Website

https://transparencia.org.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Transparency International España is the Spanish chapter of the global anti-corruption NGO Transparency International, producing corruption indices and policy research, running advocacy campaigns on whistleblower protection and corporate transparency, and engaging Spanish government, IBEX-35 companies, and civil society on integrity reform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-corruption advocacy and transparency research

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Political Organizations (81394)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Anti-Corruption, Integrity & Transparency (BPADAGAC)

Keywords

• Anti-corruption advocacy
• Transparency research
• Corporate integrity
• Whistleblower protection
• Public policy reform

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The organization generates revenue through its membership program (Hacerse socio/a), where individuals become members/socis of the organization to support its mission financially.
2. Donations: Individual and corporate donations fund the organization's operations. The organization emphasizes that anonymous donations are not possible as their principles require disclosing all funding sources.
3. EU project funding: The organization receives co-funding from the European Union for specific projects such as Open The Whistle (OPWHI) and MoMo EU.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Transparency International España is a non-governmental civil society organization that produces anti-corruption research, indices, and policy recommendations while running advocacy campaigns, monitoring platforms, and educational programs. Its portfolio includes the Corruption Perceptions Index (IPC), the TRAC corporate transparency index, the Integrity Watch monitoring platform, the Open The Whistle whistleblower protection campaign, the MoMo EU youth education project, and the Foro de Integridad Corporativa business group.

Product overview

Transparency International España operates as a non-governmental organization focused on anti-corruption research, advocacy, and policy promotion in Spain. The organization does not offer a unified software product but rather provides a portfolio of research indices, monitoring tools, educational platforms, and advocacy programs. Key offerings include the Corruption Perceptions Index (IPC) as their flagship global ranking, the TRAC Corporate Transparency Index for IBEX-35 companies, the Integrity Watch monitoring platform, the Open The Whistle whistleblower protection campaign, the MoMo EU interactive educational platform with escape games, the Corporate Integrity Forum industry group, and various integrity pact programs. Their work spans policy advocacy, research publications, youth education tools, and multi-stakeholder initiatives to prevent corruption across public and private sectors.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Índice de Percepción de la Corrupción (IPC/CPI) The world's most widely used global corruption ranking, classifying 180+ countries based on expert perceptions of public sector corruption using data from 13 independent sources. Published annually as TI-E's flagship research index.
• Integrity Watch A monitoring platform for tracking integrity and corruption-related data, with versions 2.0 and 3.0 developed as part of European projects to provide open data and transparency tools.
• TRAC - Transparencia de la Información Corporativa Corporate Transparency Index measuring integrity, compliance, and human rights standards of IBEX-35 companies, with an average score of 61% in the 2022 report across the 35 Spanish listed companies evaluated.
• Foro de Integridad Corporativa Spain's primary business anti-corruption group bringing together companies committed to integrity and transparency standards for collective action and best-practice sharing.
• Open The Whistle European campaign (OPWHI project) to strengthen whistleblower protection systems, including a Guide for Integrity in Whistleblower Protection covering transparency, equity, data protection, support mechanisms, and system evaluation, implemented across Spain, Italy, and Bulgaria.
• Pactos de Integridad Integrity Pacts—agreements with companies committing to transparency and anti-corruption standards in public procurement and contracting processes.
• MoMo EU European project (More Monitoring action in the EU!) providing interactive educational materials, digital tools, an educational path platform, and ethics-based escape games to empower youth in anti-corruption civic monitoring.
• BOT - Transparencia de la Titularidad Real Beneficial Ownership Transparency initiative focused on public registers of real company ownership to prevent money laundering and corruption.
• Golden Visas Research Policy research on residency-by-investment visas identifying corruption, money laundering, fraud, and tax evasion risks in Spain's golden visa program.
• AMATT Prevention and fight against sports match-fixing, promoting integrity in sports through training workshops and monitoring programs.
• STEP EU Strengthened Enforcement capacities of Public Authorities project to improve government anti-corruption enforcement capabilities across EU member states.
• Revista Internacional Transparencia International Transparency Journal—an academic publication covering transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption research.
• Guía de Integridad para la Protección de Informantes Integrity guide for whistleblower protection available in multiple languages, addressing transparency, investigation equity, data protection, support mechanisms, and effectiveness evaluation with gender and open government perspectives.
• 100 Recommendations for a National Anti-Corruption Strategy Policy report providing 100 recommendations to strengthen Spain's National Anti-Corruption Strategy and improve the institutional anti-corruption system.

Quantifiable outcome

• Spain ranked 46/180 globally in 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Transparency International (Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTI-E is the official Spanish chapter of Transparency International, the world's leading non-governmental anti-corruption organization. This is the core partnership that defines the organization's identity, methodology, and global reach spanning 100+ countries.
• Universidad de PisacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner providing scientific supervision for the Open The Whistle (OPWHI) European project. Professor Alberto Vannucci from the University of Pisa serves as the scientific supervisor for the Whistleblower Protection Integrity Guide.
• Fundación Ortega y Gasset-MarañónmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution providing office space and co-organizing events. The foundation serves as the venue for TI-E events including CPI presentations and the Open The Whistle workshop on December 9, 2025.
• Autoridad Independiente de Protección del Informante (AIPI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish independent authority for whistleblower protection. Co-organizer of the December 9, 2025 event on whistleblower protection systems in Spain, under Law 2/2023 and EU Directive 2019/1937.
• Oficina Antifrau de CataluñamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatalan anti-fraud agency. Co-organizer of the December 9, 2025 event on whistleblower protection together with TI-E, AIPI, and Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Marañón.
• Universidad Rey Juan CarlosmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for the MoMo EU project. Jointly organized a workshop on June 13, 2024 to present anti-corruption educational tools for youth during Open Administration Week 2024.
• Other EU civil society organizations (Bulgaria, Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in the Open The Whistle European project: organizations from Bulgaria and Italy collaborating with national whistleblower protection authorities and TI-E to implement the campaign across three countries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Transparency International Bulgaria: Bulgarian sister chapter of Transparency International, also partnering with TI-E on the Open The Whistle campaign. Comparable scale, structure, and EU funding model — operates as an equivalent national chapter under the TI umbrella.
• Transparency International Italia: TI-E's sister Italian chapter and joint partner in the Open The Whistle EU project. Operates with the same national-chapter structure, CPI reporting cadence, and EU project participation model — the most directly comparable peer.
• Transparency International UK: Larger, more mature TI sister chapter in the UK with established corporate integrity programmes and government contracting work. Highly comparable peer offering a benchmark for what TI-E could scale toward with additional corporate membership and contract advisory revenue.
• Access Info Europe: Madrid-headquartered NGO focused on access to information, transparency, and anti-corruption across Europe. Directly comparable civil society mission around EU transparency instruments and right-to-information advocacy.
• Whistleblowing International Network: Global network coordinating NGO advocacy for whistleblower protection laws and implementation. WIN's mission overlaps directly with TI-E's Open The Whistle campaign and EU Directive 2019/1937 related policy work.

Emerging players

• Civio: Spanish data-journalism and civic-tech NGO using technology to expose corruption, opacity in public spending, and conflicts of interest. Operates in overlapping thematic space (beneficial ownership, real estate transparency) with TI-E but through tech-first, project-based delivery.
• Fundación Hay Derecho: Spanish foundation focused on the rule of law, judicial independence, and anti-corruption. Shares with TI-E the policy-advocacy niche around institutional integrity in Spain and engages overlapping government and academic stakeholders.

Broad incumbents

• Group of States against Corruption (GRECO, Council of Europe): Council of Europe body monitoring Spain's compliance with anti-corruption standards and producing peer-review reports. Operates in the same anti-corruption monitoring space as TI-E but as an inter-governmental body rather than civil society.
• Transparency International (Global Secretariat): The global parent organization of TI-E that sets the brand, methodology (Corruption Perceptions Index), and accreditation standards across 100+ national chapters. Direct upstream counterpart whose strategic priorities and product definitions dictate TI-E's roadmap.
• Open Government Partnership: Multilateral transparency initiative in which Spain is a participating government. TI-E co-organizes Spain's OGP engagement, including the upcoming OGP Summit 2025 in Vitoria — directly comparable mission on government transparency and accountability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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