2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership, Arvind Kejriwal of India, spoke at the Campaigning vs. Corruption on Water Projects, held last 2 September 2006 at the IBON Center in Quezon City, Philippines. 

The forum was organized by the International Initiative on Corruption and Governance (IICG) in partnership with the Water for the People Philippines Network. Among the participants were members of non-government organizations, government agencies, legislative officer, people's organizations, and water utilities. Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna Partylist was one of the reactors in the forum.

Kejriwal shared with forum participants some of his experiences as founder of the non-government Parivartan, a New Delhi-based citizen's movement against corruption.

Parivartan was instrumental in exposing irregularities in the attempted privatization of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which oversees the water supply for the Indian capital. Parivartan successfully used Delhi's Right to Information Act to acquire documents and reports regarding DJB's deal with the World Bank, which were used to organize an information campaign and mobilizations against privatization.

As a result of the subsequent public uproar, the Delhi government abandoned its plan to privatize the DJB and is now seeking the participation of groups like Parivartan to design a better water project to address the roots of Delhi's water problems.

Water for the People Network coordinator Arnold Padilla said that "The success of the people in New Delhi where the anomalous water privatization project was stopped inspires us to continue in our grassroots campaigns to promote water for the people through collective action."

In his citation for the Ramon Magsaysay award, Kejriwal was honored for "activating the right to information movement at the grassroots". Parivartan is credited with leading the campaign for the Right to Information Act in the country. The law is aimed at increasing transparency in public life and helping curb corruption.

Kejriwal is a mechanical engineer who joined the civil service as a member of the Indian Revenue Service in 1992. He is at present on a two-year leave from government.

IICG is a tri-continental project of organizations, activists and social movements, grassroots-based organizations and non-government organizations in Asia, Latin America and South Africa which are fighting against the global and northern driven corruption agenda, as well as undemocratic social structures and processes of governance.