A workshop entitled European Capital Cities’ Transparency Ranking (ECCTR) was held on 25-26 September 2018 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The workshop was organized by Transparency International Slovakia. The event was attended by representatives from 23 countries, including Mikayel Avetisyan, Researcher of Transparency International Anticorruption Center (TIAC). The focus of the event was the development of a methodology for the capitals’ transparency ranking for pilot and final full-scale phases.

During the workshop, participants improved their knowledge of the tools and measures national TI chapters use to gauge the level of transparency of municipalities in their counties, understood the methodology of future full-scale ranking, collectively developed an instrument for measuring the transparency of capital cities, prepared and agreed upon an action plan for pilot and fully-fledged rankings.