U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

The U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre assists donor practitioners to address more effectively corruption challenges through their development support. U4 serves six development agencies: Norad (Norway), DFID (UK), CIDA (Canada), GTZ (Germany), MinBuZa (the Netherlands), and Sida (Sweden) by providing resources and services.

The U4 Resource Centre is operated by the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway - a private social science research foundation working on issues of development and human rights. The Resource Centre was initially established in 2003 as a result of the so-called 'Utstein-partnership' which begun in 1999 with an initiative taken by the ministers of international development from the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and the UK to formalise their cooperation.

The U4 website contains an extensive range of corruption-related documents and articles, a searchable database of projects and initiatives, a Helpdesk service and online training on anti-corruption strategies.