Complementary to the Pledge, the Coalition has developed a Guide to Transparency and Participation in the UNCAC review process which highlights good practices to ensure an inclusive process at all stages of the review process, including the follow-up stage.

The guide is available in English, French, and Spanish.

Best practice examples from Pledge signatories

Fully compliant

In 2025, both Switzerland and Chile became fully compliant with the Pledge, joining North Macedonia and the USA.

Switzerland and Chile follow best practice in:

• publishing key information on their UNCAC review on a dedicated governmental website, including the UNCAC focal point, the review schedule (Switzerland, Chile)
• Including civil society organizations at key stages of the review, including in the country visit, enabling them to meet with the peer reviewers without the government under review present.
• publishing both the self-assessment checklist and the full country report on their UNODC country profile page (Switzerland, Chile)
• holding a follow-up briefing with civil society organizations to discuss the country report findings and recommendations:
  • in Switzerland, as part of the workshop of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating Corruption of 10 September 2025. The Basel Institute on Governance, Public Eye and Transparency International Switzerland actively contributed to the discussions. Other CSOs were also invited but did not attend;
  • in Chile, as part of the multi-stakeholder Alianza Anticorrupción UNCAC, which civil society is a part of, both in specific Working Groups as well as at the General Assembly;
• continuously supporting the participation of civil society observers in UNCAC subsidiary bodies in UNCAC fora.

North Macedonia included civil society stakeholders at different stages of their 2nd cycle UNCAC review, by asking for input from them on a draft of the self-assessment checklist, enabling their participation in the country visit, and discussing the findings of the country report, as well as their action plan for the implementation of the recommendations from their country review with civil society actors.

Mostly compliant

19 countries have become mostly compliant with the Transparency Pledge – the number having doubled between 2022 and 2023. This is a positive sign for transparency and inclusiveness. Best practice examples include:

• Sweden’s dedicated governmental website, which outlines each step of the review process, including civil society in both the self-assessment and country visit stage, as well as the governmental UNCAC focal point and their contact information. 
• The UNCAC focal point in Albania asked the Coalition for best practices in terms of transparency and participation leading up to their country visit in October, and implemented them, by:

• Writing to UNODC to publish the name of the UNCAC focal point and their contact details, the self-assessment checklist, as well as the date of the country visit and agenda of the meeting on their UNODC country profile page before the meeting actually took place – the first time this has ever happened.  Unfortunately, UNODC did not include the focal point’s contact information.
• Inviting a large number of CSOs to participate in the country visit. 

• A meeting was held between several different civil society organizations, the peer reviewers and UNODC a day before Austria’s country visit without Austrian government officials present. The peer reviewers reported finding this very useful as it helped them identify the main issues in the country and guided them on which questions to ask during the actual country visit. 
• In Portugal, the CSOs that participated in the country visit were each given one hour alone with the peer reviewers to provide input.
• In Mongolia and Mauritius, both the self-assessment checklist and full country report have been published on their UNODC country profile page, and the findings were discussed in workshops including civil society representatives to ensure implementation of recommendations and follow-up.
• An annual meeting was held with civil society by the Chief Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Slovenia, during which the findings and recommendations of the final UNCAC review country report were discussed. 

Other best practice examples:

• In the UK, the government even published the joint response to the self-assessment checklist by a coalition of British NGOs, and shared their findings in a meeting with the peer reviewers.
• Denmark invited a broad range of non-governmental stakeholders, including civil society organizations, academia, media, and the private sector to the country visit. Only Finance Denmark, and Transparency International Denmark ended up participating. Denmark has published its self-assessment checklist – the executive summary and country report is currently being written.