REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - A non-governmental organization, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), sits on number 24 on the list of Transparency and Good Governance Think Tanks based on international survey conducted by Think Tank and Civil Society Program initiated by the Faculty of International Relations of Pennsylvania University.

"We thank to the public and other parties cooperating with ICW in working against corruption," Coordinator of ICW, Danang Widoyoko, said on Thursday in the press release.

The cooperation, through research and campaign, with anti-corruption organizations has increased the public awareness on anti-corruption action. It has been started since ICW was formed in 1998.

The survey involved 1,950 academicians, public and private donors, policy-makers and journalists around the world to rate more than 6,500 think tanks using 18 criteria. The rankings are aimed to improve the profile and performance of the think tanks while emphasize the importance of their works for government and people in around the world.