The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) has been selected as one of seven global Integrity Partners under the new Evolve Funding Round of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, launched on 1 October 2025.
Through this new funding round, €12 million is committed by 2030 to support innovative projects that advance Collective Action and Education & Training initiatives. Each selected organization will receive between €1.2 million and €2 million over a three- to four-year period.
Established in 2009, the Siemens Integrity Initiative is one of the world’s largest private-sector-funded anti-corruption programmes. Over the past 15 years, it has disbursed more than USD 100 million across four funding rounds, supporting 85 projects globally that promote fair competition, ethical business conduct, and sustainable markets.
Alongside IACA, the selected Integrity Partners for the Evolve Funding Round are the Basel Institute on Governance, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), the OECD, the Transparency International Secretariat, the United Nations Global Compact, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Under the Evolve Funding Round, IACA will implement its new global project IMPACT – Innovative Mentoring and Practical Anti-Corruption Training to Fight Corruption, designed to strengthen professional capacity, promote innovation, and expand regional and institutional ecosystems for integrity.
The IMPACT project is structured around five strategic pillars:
- Strengthening Collective Action and peer support, with a focus on sector-specific initiatives and tangible impact in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Emerging Markets (EMs).
- Expanding access to advanced education and practical training through targeted scholarships for IACA Master’s Programmes and the International Anti-Corruption Summer Academy (IACSA).
- Driving innovation in anti-corruption and compliance education, including new courses on Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Illicit Supply Chains, and Cryptocurrency-Related Money Laundering Risks.
- Enhancing regional capacity-building through Regional Summer Academies in the MENA region and Latin America, strengthening networks, skills, and governance practices.
- Establishing an accredited Arabic-language Master’s programme in anti-corruption, in partnership with a Saudi Arabian academic institution, creating a sustainable regional hub for advanced education.
Through IMPACT, IACA will continue to translate global integrity standards into practical tools, education, and Collective Action that empower professionals, institutions, and markets.
IACA looks forward to contributing to the Evolve Funding Round alongside its global partners and to further strengthening integrity, accountability, and sustainable development worldwide.
Read the full Siemens press release.