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06/21/2024
New Tools to Fight Foreign Bribery
Numerous treaties, conventions and commitments though multilateral fora seek to end the practice of foreign bribery. These bribery schemes typically include two guilty parties—a private individual or company that offers or pays a bribe (the supply side” of bribery), and a government official who demands or accepts it (the “demand side”). When it comes to the “supply” side, Transparency International’s most recent Exporting Corruption report reveals that only 2 of the 47 largest exporting countries are actively enforcing their foreign anti-bribery laws. On the demand side, a survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development shows that home governments only criminally sanction their bribe-demanding or -receiving officials some 20 percent of the time. This dynamic left anticorruption advocates with incomplete justice. Until now. In this workshop we will examine new foreign anti-bribery tools that offer the promise of progress, as well as methods for engaging local activists, investigative journalists, and the private sector in this core element of the anticorruption fight.Transparency International US
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06/21/2024
How Do We Get Our Money Back: Civil Forfeiture Remedies
Every year more than $3 trillion US dollars of illicit financial flows move through financial institutions around the globe. With all of our combined efforts, we only seize less than 1%. We will address some of the factors that inhibit these investigations and seizures, while providing a menu of right-sized approaches - including some of the newest ones. There are civil forfeiture remedies.Restitution
Restitution, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Pallas Partners LLP and Money Laundering Asset Recovery Section (MLARS)
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06/20/2024
Building Resilient Democracies: Strengthening Civil Society to Counter Autocratization Tendencies
It aims to address the growing threat of autocratization by focusing on strengthening civil society's role as an important factor in democracy protection. 2024 is the record-breaking election year, which defines the level of democratization or autocratization for many countries. This workshop will explore strategies to enhance access to information and accountability in election campaigns.Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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06/20/2024
Cracking Trusts: Stopping Corrupt Actors and Enablers from Hiding Illicit Assets with Impunity
Countries seeking to recover assets arising from corruption often face difficulties when the assets are concealed by company ownership in offshore jurisdictions and held in trusts or similar structures. How can those jurisdictions wield their domestic laws – including those governing trusts – more powerfully to recover stolen assets on behalf of victim states?Basel Institute on Governance
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06/20/2024
Empowering Women, Youth and People with Disabilities Through Gender-Sensitive and Inclusive Reporting
Global research shows that women, girls and marginalised groups, such as young people and people with disabilities, are disproportionately affected by the impact of corruption. Yet, although women tend to condemn corrupt behaviour more than men, they are less likely than men to challenge corrupt practices, report corruption and access justice. Whilst there are differences in the unique experiences of the various marginalised groups, this workshop will test the assumption that the considerations applicable to the experiences of women and girls can be applied to other marginalised groups, such as youth and people with disabilities, meanwhile highlighting the differences. The main barriers for women, girls and marginalised groups to report corruption are due to structural disadvantages because reporting mechanisms are not designed to tailor to their needs, which means that in general, women, girls and marginalised groups, such as young people and people with disabilities have (a) less access to information about their rights and available reporting channels; and (b) less access to safe and suitable reporting mechanisms. Gender-sensitive and inclusive corruption reporting mechanisms are important not only to enable victims and witnesses to safely report corruption and seek redress, but also play an important role in detecting, identifying and preventing corruption and other malpractice. This session will highlight barriers to reporting corruption faced by women, youth and people with disabilities, as well as share good-practice examples and innovative approaches to make corruption reporting mechanisms gender-sensitive, inclusive of young people and accessible to people with disabilities. The panellists will bring lived experiences and diverse examples from across the public sector, private sector and civil society.Transparency International and GIZ
Transparency International, U4, UNODC, Deutschen Instituts für Compliance e.V. (DICO), TI Kenya and BMZ official
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Ws 3.8 Who’s Bad? Toxic Environments, Pitfalls & Tactics for Measuring Corruption around The World
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06/20/2024
Multistakeholder Approaches to Building Consensus for Governance Reform
Objective: Presentation of Multi-Stakeholder Approaches (MSA) through deliberation by relevant stakeholders in society, such as Government, Business and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) for building consensus in important difficult governance areas. Presentation and analysis of essential features; recommendations for future emphasis in global governance work The speakers represent organisations that are amongst some of the most successful practitioners of MSAs covering sectors such as extractives, infrastructure, global supply chains, electrification and local government.Peter Eigen, Berlin Governance Platform/ Transparency International (TI)
Transparency International (e.g. Integrity Pacts, collective action, OECD convention), and through a number of other successful governance initiatives: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Fisheries Transparency Inactivity (FiTI), Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) , IBLF Global, Local Electricity Access Programme (LEAP Transparency) and German communes: Kommunale Entwicklungs-Beiräte (KEB)
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06/19/2024
Protecting Elections from Illicit Funding
2024 is the largest election year in history but illicit money funnelled to political parties and campaigns remains the highest risk to electoral integrity. Leaders from government, media, political finance oversight agency, and civil society will present ideas that could pave the way for a UN resolution on stricter political finance controls at the UNCAC COSP11 in 2025 in Doha.International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), News and Investigations at India Express, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania, Transparency International (TI – Madagascar and Transparency International (TI – S)
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06/20/2024
Civil Society and Government Acting in Partnership for Transparency and Anti-Corruption
If corruption thrives in the shadows, sunlight can be the best weapon against it. In this workshop, representatives from the U.S.A, Kenya, and Spain governments, together with the Accountability Lab and the Open Government Partnership (OGP), will consider the role that OGP and its civil society-oriented processes can play in helping governments become more open, transparent, and accountable.U.S. Department. Of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor
Open Government Partnership (OGP), Government of Spain, Government of Kenya and Accountability Lab
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06/20/2024
Corruption, Debt, and Underdevelopment: The Urgent Need for Democratic Oversight
Corruption is simultaneously a cause and a consequence of undemocratically contracted debt. Co-organized by Transparency International (TI), National Democratic Institute (NDI), Chandler Foundation and Open Government Partnership (OGP), the session will discuss the impact of opaque debt on integrity norms and identify specific ways to improve debt transparency and mitigate the risk of corruption. It will explore the new Debt Transparency Checklist's civil society and parliamentary uses.Transparency International Secretariat |(TI-S)
National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) Council, World Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA) and Transparency International Secretariat |(TI-S)
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06/18/2024
How to Snatch Back The Corruption Narrative from Political Agendas and Misinformation
Journalists from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Nigeria will share their investigative and data journalism experiences and target solutions for attacks and misinformation campaigns.Transparency International Brazil (TI - Brazil)
Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI), Cuestion Publica (Colombia), Dataphyte (Nigeria) and La Posta (Ecuador)
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06/19/2024
Elections in The Digital Era: Threats and Opportunities for Democracy
In 2024, more than half the world will head to the elections, facing new challenges caused by the sharp development of technologies. The workshop addresses strategies to combat threats like AI misuse, bot attacks, and spreading misinformation on social media that could compromise the integrity of political campaigns. We'll also spotlight how digital tools can enhance election transparency.The CHESNO Movement
The CHESNO Movement, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Meta and Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Latvia
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06/19/2024
Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption across Policies, Portfolios and Sectors; Good Practice and Challenges
The aim is to discuss the importance of mainstreaming anti-corruption and putting on anti-corruption lenses in everything we do. The objective is to show different work and avenues governments, multilaterals and organisations are working on to incorporate a strong anti-corruption perspective. This holistic thinking is also about efficiency and achieving results.European Commission (EC)
Directorate-General International Partnership (INTPA), Directorate-General Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR), Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and World Health Organization (WHO)
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06/20/2024
Media’s Role in Defending Democracy and Human Rights against Corruption in Africa
Africa faces a multifaceted challenge in combating corruption, with implications affecting democracy and human rights. Recent coups and conflicts in the Sahel underscore the urgency of addressing corruption as a root cause of instability. In this workshop, we aim to foster knowledge-sharing among stakeholders to develop holistic approaches to promoting peace, stability, and democracy in Africa.Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
Dubawa Ghana, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), Johns Hopkins University and The Associated Press
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06/21/2024
Unlocking the Power of Strategic Litigation
Join our workshop to explore the critical role of victims in combating corruption. We aim to transcend casuistic methods and establish legal rights for victim representation and compensation, advancing anti-corruption efforts while unifying human rights and anti-corruption agendas.Transparency International France (TI - France)
Association for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC Coalition), Brainforest, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom and National Financial Public Prosecutor Office in Paris
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06/20/2024
Transparency by Design: Facilitating “The Fight against Corruption” with Behavioural Science
We will discuss how a new approach to anti-corruption can create change within institutions based on a structured promotion of values and social norms and, subsequently, the creation of long-standing practices that ensure sustainable behavioural change. We will present the latest research in behavioural sciences and offer examples of successful behavioural transparency initiatives from across the world.Transparency School and Transparency International Lithuania (TI – Lithuania)
Transparency School, Transparency International Lithuania (TI – Lithuania), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Paris Institute for Advanced Study, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Basel Institute on Governance
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06/21/2024
How to Turn the Tide of a Turbocharged Race against Corruption and Impunity?
Banks collaborate with specialised companies to implement mechanisms to detect and prevent dirty money flows. The vast volume of transactions, the intricate global nature of corruption and the increasing use of technology embolden criminals to frustrate these efforts. Panellists will exchange views on the global policy framework required to turn the tide of this turbocharged race.DT4C Alliance
DT4C Alliance, Bank of Lithuania, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Law firm Sorainen, Lithuanian AML Centre of Excellence and Transparency International
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06/19/2024
Reversing State Capture: Lessons from Around The World
While there is some consensus on the basic features of national systems resistant to corruption and the traits of high-level large-scale corruption are known, an understanding of how to reverse state capture is insufficient. Examples from Asia, Latin America, Europe and Africa, where new governments and anti-corruption activists have scored some successes, will connect different actors in the search for solutions.Warsaw School of Economics
Transparency International Secretariat (TI–S), Vérité Research Sri Lanka, Presidential Open and Electronic Government Commission, Former Director at European Commission and Open Secrets
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06/20/2024
Empowering Change: Women Leading AI in Anti-Corruption
There is a lack of women's representation in the AI field. Nonetheless, women are using these technologies in anti-corruption efforts while also considering limitations and ethical issues associated with AI. This workshop on using AI in anti-corruption will explore ethical dilemmas, opportunities, challenges, and gender inclusion in this fascinating new field for public policy and research.Action4Justice
Politecnico di Milano, University of Bologna, Anticorruption Action Center, Centre for Digital Governance - Hertie School of Governance and DLA Piper
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Corruption and Cryptocurrency. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ws 6.6)
We will teach crypto beginners how to monitor and trace cryptocurrency on the blockchain and facilitate a debate about how best to deploy crypto and blockchain to fight corruption. Our techniques could be useful for journalists, government regulators, and corporations interested in identifying and curbing the use of cryptocurrency to fund corruption.StoneTurn
StoneTurn, CNBC Crypto Contributor, Helium Foundation and Former European Union Government Official
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06/21/2024
Tackling corruption as an enabler of organised crime
This workshop aims to explore the nexus between corruption and organised crime in European seaports. The aim is 1) to explore corruption and organised crime challenges facing major ports in Europe, 2) to share good practices in tackling them, and 3) discuss ways forward for international collective action, with the ultimate goal of enhancing resilience of ports to the infiltration of corruption. We will first talk to policy experts from the European Commission and Europol that will discuss how European cooperation is key in tackling corruption and organised crime as cross-border phenomena. After this, we will listen to law enforcement officers active in the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg and dealing on a day-to-day basis with challenges in two of the most important ports in Europe. Finally, an expert from the pan-European research project POSEIDON will present key corruption vulnerability risks in port supply chains and ways in which collective action can enhance port resilience.Ecorys
DG HOME – European Commission, Europol, the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Fondazione SAFE
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06/18/2024
Tech for Integrity, Integrity in Tech: Risks and Opportunities of AI
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) shows immense promise in fostering integrity. However, with equally great risks of its misuse and abuse, questions about its integrity abound. AI is being touted as an important tool in promoting transparency, integrity, and anti-corruption. There is a need to bring together technology providers, government officials/regulators, civil society actors, and academia to explore the benefits, opportunities, and risks associated with the use of AI, which has the vast potential to deliver huge societal benefits and accelerate technology innovation while underlying challenges of managing the risks that put its integrity in question. Objective and key discussion areas: This workshop aims to explore how the threats and risks from AI can and should be managed to fully harness its benefits for embedding integrity in governance systems and showcase what key actors have done to regulate AI for good. The workshop will tackle the growing opportunities presented by AI and the risks of using it in fostering integrity and building integrity into governance systems. It will offer insights into how its novel overall application in governance can be maximized while mitigating the risks of it being misused an abused by corrupt actors that could raise concerns with privacy, transparency, and even human rights.United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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06/18/2024
New Frontiers in Using Leaked Data for Anti-Corruption Research
Reporting on leaked financial records from offshore havens and high-risk jurisdictions has sent shockwaves around the world. In the hands of data scientists, political scientists and economists, these data can reveal yet more insights into the workings of the shadow financial world. This panel examines this new frontier’s potential, challenges and ethics in anti-corruption research.Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC)
Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC), Platform for Protecting Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF), Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), George Washington University and Distributed Denial of Secrets
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06/18/2024
AI: Ally or Enemy? Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Procurement & Democracy-Building
This session seeks to explore the complexities and contradictions of artificial intelligence and technology's role in fighting corruption in public procurement and building democracy. With a particular focus on case studies from the global south (Africa specifically), reflections will centre on the experiences and expertise of actors in civil society, the private sector and government.Public Service Accountability Monitor
PSAM Regional Learning Programme, Corruption Watch, Open Ownership, United Nations (UN), Former Minister of Finance, South Africa and MTN Board
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06/18/2024
Challenging Paradigms: Leading with Integrity and Gender Perspectives in Masculinized Industries
A conversation between panellists and a moderator will highlight the gaps in female participation in leadership positions, focusing on traditionally masculinised industries. The aim is to visualise the situation, identify actions and implement initiatives that promote gender diversity in such positions. This will be developed in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Integrity's expert network.Alliance For Integrity
Alliance for Integrity and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
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06/19/2024
De-Banking, Corruption and Shadow Economies: How to Respond
This session will highlight the consequences of banks retreating from high-risk jurisdictions (de-banking). Building on lessons from a multi-year OECD program, it will discuss how de-banking fuels corruption and shadow economies, enabling crime and kleptocracy while undermining financial inclusion and aid delivery. The aim is identifying solutions for donors and the private sector to de-banking.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Standard Chartered, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate - Albania, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and International Consortium for Investigative Journalists
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Confronting Corrupt Foreign Influence in The Western Balkans (Ws 10.8)
The fragmentation of the international political order has had a detrimental effect on the Western Balkans, where strategic corruption is used to win over the influence of the local elites. This workshop analyses the key dynamics underlying these processes through the pioneering work of the IRI's Western Balkans Task Force.University of Oslo
University of Oslo, China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe and Kosovo Center for Security Studies
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Securing Supply Chains: A Private Sector Discussion on Corruption and Illicit Trade (Ws 9.5)
No sector vulnerable to illicit trade is immune from corruption's effects. Join private sector experts for a dynamic panel discussion on the critical policies and controls needed to prevent corruption and corrupt actors from perpetuating illicit trade and compromising the integrity of the global supply chainTransnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade
Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade, Procter & Gamble, Novartis and Pernod Ricard
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06/19/2024
The Unseen War. Fighting Corruption in Emergency Situations
How can MDBs engage in crisis situations in ways that are context-specific and do not come at an unacceptable cost: from preventing and reducing the risk of corruption in crisis situations to how they investigate instances of prohibited practices this workshop will develop on the MDB approach by bringing case examples of successful and unsuccessful investigations and draw lessons learnt.European Investment Bank (EIB), African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
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06/19/2024
War and Corruption: Time to Take a Closer Look
War and corruption are interconnected, but little research has been conducted on the topic so far. To fill the gap, this section presents a report by Transparency International Russia (TI—Russia) on the war in Ukraine and corruption in Russian relations. The report demonstrates how corruption fuelled the war, influenced daily lives, and was used by kleptocrats for personal gain.Transparency International Russia (TI - Russia)
War and corruption are interconnected, but little research has been conducted on the topic so far. To fill the gap, this section presents a report by Transparency International — Russia (TI—Russia) on the war in Ukraine and corruption in Russian relations. The report demonstrates how corruption fuelled the war, influenced daily lives, and was used by kleptocrats for personal gain. Discussion on the report findings will follow.
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Feeding The Russian War Machine: Lessons Learned from Investigating Cross- Border Sanction Evasion
Historic trade sanctions against Russia have prompted an equally historic rise in illicit activity–elaborate cross-border schemes that perpetuate both kleptocracy and war. In Lithuania and other front-line nations, journalists are producing crucial accounts of sanction evasion and its profiteers. Learn from journalists about their findings, tactics, and how secrecy and corruption impede responses.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica, Journalistic Data Processing Centre, Finnish Public Broadcasting Company (YLE) and Belarusian Investigative Center
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06/21/2024
Sizing Up (Re)Construction. Measuring Local-Level Recovery Integrity
Amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine, it’s hard to define what a successful infusion of integrity and transparency into local-level reconstruction looks like. Different actors have diverging views on this. Yet, national and local governments, CSOs, and businesses must converge to devise measurement frameworks to gauge anti-corruption success. The panel and audience dialogue will explore how to achieve this.United States Agency for International Development (USAID) & Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Pro-Integrity Program and the European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) & Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Pro-Integrity Program, the European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI), State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Mykolayiv City Mayor's Office, Bihus.Info, and Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP)
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06/20/2024
Combatting Modern Kleptocracy: Assessing the Impact of Two Years of Sanctions on Russia
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, sanctions have been a core response of the democratic world, targeting the Russian financial system, professional/tech services, trade-in battlefield goods, and those that have benefited from/supported the Russian government. This panel will, therefore, consider how these measures have accelerated the effectiveness of efforts to combat modern kleptocracy.Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), National Endowment for Democracy, Basel Institute on Governance and University of Birmingham
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Confronting Strategic Corruption and Illicit Finance: Democratic Resilience and Economic Security
Building on the Summit for Democracy’s Cohort on Anti-Corruption Policies and National Security, this panel tackles how to combat strategic corruption and state capture effectively. Experts will share best practices on investment screening, tracking illicit wealth and assets of sanctioned individuals, using big data for risk assessments, and corruption-proofing legislation.Center for the Study of Democracy
Center for the Study of Democracy, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), University of Bologna, International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna, Former Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre and Center for the Study of Democracy
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06/21/2024
Moving the Needle! Toward More Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Asset Recovery
In 2017, the GFAR principles called for more transparency, accountability and participation in asset recovery. Today, we can tentatively see progress on all three aspects: from greater public data availability to new policies outlining how decisions are taken and the greater involvement of civil society. What does this mean for asset recovery in 2024 and beyond?Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative
CiFAR, Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, Home Office – United Kingdom, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and Association for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC Coalition)
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06/18/2024
Whither Sovereign Wealth? The Nexus of Corruption and Sovereign Wealth Funds
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have an asset value of over $7.5 trillion, but they are often established in countries like Equatorial Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, marked by corruption, oppression, and weak rule of law. This workshop will educate about SWF corruption risks and help build advocacy for stronger domestic and international checks on their abuse.Georgetown University
C4ADS, U.S. Treasury Department, Hudson Institute and Transparency International Venezuela (TI – Venezuela)
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06/20/2024
Corruption in Global Supply Chains: Organised Crime’s Deadly Tactic
This workshop will give actors working in the anti-corruption field a richer view of the harmful impact of corruption in global supply chains linked, in particular, to organised crime. Those working on the front line in high-risk areas will share specific challenges while also highlighting new measures to combat them.World Customs Organization
World Customs Organization (WCO) , Australia Border Force (ABF), Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) and the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN)
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06/21/2024
Convergence for Debt Transparency: Debt & Kleptocracy Nexus and The Mitigating Role of CSOs
Aim: Framing solutions to confront the crisis of kleptocracy debt. Objectives- To outline the linkage between public debt and kleptocracy and opportunity costs on economic development.
- To collectively proffer solutions for increasing debt transparency at national, regional and global level
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD)
Transparency International US (TI – US), Transparency International Ghana (TI – Ghana), Transparency International Argentina (TI – Argentina), Transparency International Zambia (TI – Zambia) and Transparency International Lebanon (TI – Lebanon)
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06/19/2024
Home tainted Home: How to (Finally) get Dirty Money out of Real Estate
The push for beneficial ownership transparency has often been motivated by the need to uncover where the corrupt stash their dirty money. Recent advances should make it harder to use anonymous companies to hide ownership of high-value assets, such as real estate. So why are the world’s hottest property markets still bursting with dirty cash, and what can we do about it?Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC), U.S. Department of Justice, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
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06/19/2024
On the (Dirty) Money Trail, Lots of Fallen Trees
While playing a fun and interactive game, you will learn with a team of investigative journalists how to dig deep on the links between environmental destruction and corruption . We will work on real cases of deforestation, timber trafficking, and land grabbing, identifying challenges in obtaining the information. You will get practical tips about data access, finding leaks and whistleblowers, and securing sources.Journalismfund Europe
Journalismfund Europe, Global Witness Center for Investigative Reporting - BiH and a politics, global trade and environment journalist
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06/21/2024
How to Investigate Transnational Organized Crime Groups? NarcoFiles.
Organized crime groups have changed. Now, they use technology, they have become more transnational and the use of people or new tools to achieve their objective does not matter: the trafficking of drugs, people, and even animals. All with the same purpose: Obtain million-dollar profits that are observed internationally through the purchase and sale of assets, and money laundering, among others.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
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Effective Global Asset Recovery. Can Ukraine’s case be a Success Story?
The workshop will address developments, challenges and solutions in recovering the assets of corrupt officials from abroad, contributing to the global effort to accelerate asset recovery. Using the specific cases of Ukraine and Latvia, the panellists will discuss the main challenges and steps to be taken, encouraging the expert society and stakeholders to cooperate and develop joint solutions.Transparency International Ukraine (TI - Ukraine)
Transparency International Ukraine (TI - Ukraine), National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau in Latvia and Basel Institute on Governance
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06/19/2024
Transnational Corruption: Shedding Light on The Networks that Enable Environmental Crimes
This workshop explores the nexus between transnational corruption, environmental crimes, and other forms of serious organised crime. It aims to raise awareness of this nexus, enhance understanding of law enforcement opportunities, highlight the role of cross-sectoral partnerships, and advance policy recommendations to address the corruption that enables organized environmental crime networks.Wildlife Justice Commission
Nature Crime Alliance, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, Wildlife Justice Commission, Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition and Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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06/19/2024
In Debt to Nature: How Financing Election Campaigns Drives Environmental Destruction
What do we do when political finance creates incentives for the powerful to destroy the environment? We will examine how running for office in many places is paid for by harming nature, and how this harms people and democracy itself. We'll hear of the impacts of this problem, exploring experiences in Indonesia, Zambia, the Philippines, and Peru. Join colleagues working from conservation to political finance to explore solutions.World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Bantay Kita and Proética, Transparency International Peru (TI – Peru)
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06/21/2024
Shining a Light: Global Accountability and Anticorruption Movements Struggle to Protect Defenders
Join us for an insightful and multiregional workshop delving into the critical roles of civil society in combatting corruption and defending the defenders of democracy and human rights and anti-corruption activists. In an era where fundamental democratic values are increasingly under siege, civil society must uphold accountability and standards in its efforts.ICD Uruguay, Rendir Cuentas and OGP 2022-2024
ICD Uruguay, Rendir Cuentas, National NGO Coalition of Lituania, Fundacion Ciudadania y Desarrollo (FCD) Transparency International Ecuador (TI – Ecuador), ProtectDefenders and Pacific Islands Association of NGO (PIANGO)
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06/21/2024
Safe Reporting and Sex-for-Grades: How do We Prevent Re-Victimizing The Victims?
The workshop will present the experiences of victims of sex-for-grades in the education sector, the defenders who amplify their voices, the technology-enabled tools used to enable safe reporting and the body of research on the scourge. It will discuss strategies to expand research, innovate the reporting tools and improve the integration of the issue into international development policy.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), This is My Backyard (TIMBY) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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06/21/2024
Watching the Watchtower: Harnessing The Power of Collective Action
To present the two networks established in the Pacific Islands in 2018 and in Southeast Asia in 2024. The network members are investigative journalists collaborating on investigation and reporting, including uncovering regional links and patterns.Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism
Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer and Pacific Islands News Association
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06/19/2024
NGOs in Exile: How Not to Become a Grant-Eater?
According to Freedom House, global freedom has been decreasing for the last 17 years. More and more CSOs must leave their countries, but today, thanks to technology, they have more opportunities to continue activities abroad. But how can these activities be impactful? How can an NGO provide a change for its compatriots and not become a grant-eater? The discussion is to discover.Transparency International Russia (TI - Russia)
Transparency International Russia (TI - Russia), The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety and Defend Myanmar Democracy
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06/19/2024
Biden or Trump? How Will the 2024 U.S. Election Impact The Global Fight against Corruption
The outcome of the 2024 election in the U.S. will have a profound impact on global anti-corruption efforts. What could we expect from a second Biden term? Alternatively, given President Trump's views on multi-lateral institutions and cooperation and his past support for illiberal regimes, how should the global anti-corruption community respond should he be elected?American University
Brookings Institution, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance - University of Cape Town, Harvard Law School and School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University
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06/19/2024
Shielding Defenders: Reducing Violence by Linking Anti-Corruption and Environmental Networks
This session will explore emerging opportunities to reduce violence against environmental defenders and whistleblowers by strengthening collaboration between anti-corruption and environmental networks. Participants will discuss how existing networks, including Global Majority-led initiatives, support defenders and how multi-stakeholder strategies could further help to reduce impunity.ALLIED
ALLIED, Tsikini, Climate Whistleblowers, World Resources Institute and Former representative of Escazu Agreement
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06/19/2024
Common Vision for International Standards on Anti-Corruption and Police Oversight
There are scarcely any internationally binding standards and guidelines containing a set of standards for anti-corruption authorities. Each country is developing its own system. When democracy and the rule of law are constantly challenged, a common set of standards on anti-corruption is long overdue. EPAC/EACN is actively encouraging to step up!European Partners against Corruption and European contact-point Network against Corruption (EPAC/EACN) and Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania (STT)
DG HOME – European Commission, OECD - Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, Special Investigation Service (STT) - Lithuania, Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) - Italy, French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) - France
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06/18/2024
The Imperative of Inclusion: Marginalized Communities in The Fight against Corruption
Acknowledging the intrinsic link between discrimination and corruption, this workshop will feature unique insights into the ways corruption disrupts marginalized communities, including young people, women, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQI+ communities, from accessing services, seeking justice, and exercising their political and civil rights.the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
Equal Rights Trust, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Justice Without Frontiers Lebanon, Civic Educators' Association of Ukraine and Outright International
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06/19/2024
Investigating Political Candidates to Strengthen Election Integrity
What are the best tools and strategies to expose political candidates' real backgrounds and connections? This interactive circle showcases the work of investigative reporters and activist organisations from the US, Germany, Mexico and Guatemala. We will show, for example, what anyone could have discovered about the infamous US Congressman George Santos before he fooled voters into electing him.Seek Initiative
Acción Ciudadana (TI - Guatemala), Seek Initiative, Sunlight Search, Correctiv and Transparencia Mexicana (TI - Mexico)
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06/20/2024
Corruption at The Root of Violent Conflict: Policy Implications and Solutions
This workshop – brought together by Chatham House and the Asia Foundation through the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme - explores the intersection of corruption and violent conflict across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The workshop will discuss the link between corruption and conflict and considerations for tackling corruption for conflict reduction.XCEPT
XCEPT, Kachinland Research Centre, Chatham House and United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
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06/19/2024
Just and Transparent Financing of Ukraine’s Reconstruction
The workshop's objective is to explore the efficient and transparent utilization of financial resources allocated for the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. The conversation will delve into digital tools ensuring transparency, such as the DREAM system and other, as well as into various funding sources, with a primary focus on the confiscation of frozen Russian assets being a legitimate means of compensation for the damages and hardships inflicted.RISE Coalition
Open Contracting Partnership, Better Regulation Delivery Office, Institute of Legislative Ideas, German Marshall Fund and Basel Institute on Governance
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06/20/2024
Machine Learning, Satellites and Journalists Join Forces in The Rainforest
Researchers have long used machine learning to analyse large databases. However, the rapid advance of neural networks has allowed these models, previously restricted to academia and business, to be applied to investigative journalism. This panel will show how data scientists teamed up with investigative journalists to uncover environmental crimes in rainforests across the world.Pulitzer Center
Pulitzer Center, Earth Genome, Armando Info Venezuela and Global Witness
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06/21/2024
From Research to Practice: Cutting-edge Integrity Solutions for The Climate Crisis
Corruption is fuelling the climate crisis by enabling the misuse of natural resources and diminishing the effective deployment of financing for climate goals. By bringing the latest research from a recent Symposium on climate and corruption, the workshop will reinvigorate the fight against corruption by discussing new ideas to forge a creative collective integrity response.
World Bank
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), World Bank, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and Environment - London School of Economics (LSE), DLA Piper and Green Climate Fund
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06/21/2024
Lives destroyed: How to use Compensation Funds to repair Environmental Crimes (Ws 11.2)
Never has the world faced a reparation of such magnitude for the dam collapse that killed over 190 people in Brazil. Both cases involve accusations of undue political influence, lack of transparency and corruption in policy decisions and the use of compensation funds. How can guidelines for transparency and accountability by multinational companies and governments be established in such complex cases?Federal University of Ouro Preto
Transparency International Brazil (TI - Brazil), TI Brazil Board, CABF (committee of those affected by the dam collapse in Mariana, Brazil), Transparency International France (TI - France) and Pogust Goodhead
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06/18/2024
Asset Recovery Speed Dating: 18 Countries in One Hour
This workshop is focusing on the findings from a comprehensive study prepared by the Basel Institute of 18 jurisdictions that are also OSCE states. The findings are critical to addressing kleptocrats, oligarchs and the recover of illicit assets of the rich and powerful. From civil forfeiture laws to social reuse, this study has tools and lessons relevant to multiple stakeholders.Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Basel Institute on Governance, U.S, Department of Justice, Chief Prosecutor Italy and Office of the Hogh Commissioner on Human Rights, United Nations
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06/21/2024
Anti-Corruption: The New Burden of Proof to Deep Sea Exploitation
In this workshop, we want to delve into the crucial intersection of anti-corruption efforts and global governance, particularly in the realm of deep-sea mining. We'll navigate the turbulent waters of corruption risks in awarding mining licenses, shining a spotlight on the dangers posed when unethical practices infiltrate this vital industry. Our main objective is to chart a course towards a more transparent and ethical future, by weaving anti-corruption measures into the precautionary principle to illuminate a pathway towards responsible deep-sea mining operations. This isn't just about compliance; it's about safeguarding our oceans and fostering a culture of integrity in every activity that affects our environment.Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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06/20/2024
Whose Interests do we serve? Foreign Agent Laws and their Impact on Anti-Corruption Efforts
Foreign Agents (FA) laws are proliferating across the globe, including in the EU. We will explore their impact on civil society and the fight against corruption, bringing global, regional and national perspectives together. The panel will focus on successful strategies and lessons learned in pushing back and identify solutions to reconcile transparency and its potential abuse against civil society.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), CIVICUS, International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL), Transparency International Georgia (TI – Georgia), Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD)
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06/18/2024
The Fifth Column? The Role of Music and Art in Keeping Power Accountable
We live in a world of fake news, social media bias, AI revolution and rampant disinformation. With so much happening all the time, how do we engage the general public in the fight against corruption and overcome information paralysis? Musicians have always played a role in society as truthtellers and unifiers, their messages even creating movements that rally peoples and nations around calls for justice and accountability. What is the role of the musician/artist in such a world? How do they cut through the noise? Could we envisage stronger connections between artists and civil society and if yes, then how? For the past 14 years Fair Play, a partnership between JM International and Transparency International, has worked to empower young musicians engaged in the fight against corruption through a biannual competition and a series of local events that raise awareness amongst youth and children. During this session, you will hear from musicians at the frontlines of the fight against corruption, as well as discover several best practices for mobilising young people through music. The panel will discuss the current attacks on artistic freedom across the world and what can be done as a global anti-corruption community to support artists so that they may continue to speak out against injustice and truth to power.Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI)
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From Silence to Safety: Advancing Whistleblower Laws Part II (Ws 4.5)
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06/20/2024
How to catch an Enabler: Routes to Accountability for Corruption’s Professional Helpers
Traditionally, the professionals who help execute corruption schemes face few consequences. But is this starting to change? Panellists will discuss how enablers, including reputational, professional and law enforcement channels, can face accountability. Considering new precedents and opportunities, what specific steps can anti-corruption actors take so that serious offenders face repercussions?Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Transparency International, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC), Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and European Commission (EC)
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From Silence to Safety: Advancing Whistleblower Laws Part I (Ws 3.8)
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06/20/2024
A More Just Energy Transition: Preventing Corruption in Green Mineral Supply Chains
Civil society and private sector experts, including local organizations, at the global frontlines of the just energy transition will share fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to tackling corruption in the global green mineral supply chains. This will advance and inspire creative and collective efforts that build on extensive and well-known work in extractives and anti-corruption.United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Anti-Corruption Center, Transparency International Australia (TI – Australia), Perekezi and Gov Data Initiative (GDI)
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06/18/2024
Threat Convergence: How Authoritarian Regimes and their Proxies are Financing Global Corruption and Building Ecosystems of Criminality
The involvement of authoritarian states and their proxies (and enablers) in expanding illicit economies around the globe – including across the digital world – generates not only greater expansion of criminality and corruption, but also market chaos, insecurity, and instability. Through malign influence and active measures, such authoritarian states are hostile to democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, and also leverage their corruptive influence to increase illicit wealth for their ruling elites and impel their global revanchist geopolitical operations towards greater power in a multi-polar world. The result of economic incentives (bribes) and subsequent coercive pressures aimed at vulnerable nations is that subordinate dependent vassals are being held ransom by authoritarian finance that exploit governance and regulatory gaps, resulting in the co-option of national sovereignty, the pillaging of critical minerals and national resources, targeted political interference, criminalized markets, and full penetration by diasporic criminal proxies. They too are reinvesting and laundering their dirty money in hubs of illicit trade, the digital world, “angel” capital ventures, illegal gold trade, and through newer forms of money laundering including via cryptocurrency and “value”. The session will also explore pragmatic solutions and partnerships to counter ecosystems of criminality including across the digital world being exploited by authoritarian regimes, illicit threat networks, criminal entrepreneurs, and their proxy enablers. Our panelists will also provide insights on effective practices and whole-of-society frameworks for deterring and disrupting threat finance, cross-border criminality, and malign activities by such bad actors and threat networks in weaking democracy, the international rules-based order, and the infiltration and penetration of governance structures, markets, and critical industries including in the Americas, Eurasia, and other regions. There will also be a special focus on the convergence of opacity including related to global trade shipping (flags of convenience), anonymous shell companies, beneficial ownership, and how organized criminals co-opt the state and the military to expand their illicit empires. For example, in Africa, Russia’s Wagner Group continues to corrupt state officials, allowing them to have greater access to gold and critical minerals, as criminals and militias work with other illicit threat networks to hollow out state institutions, co-opt state security forces and, in effect, turn a state into a criminal enterprise. Other authoritarian proxies and enablers in other parts of the world are threatening democracy, the rule of law, and market security.International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE)
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06/21/2024
Dekleptification in Action: Case Studies from Ukraine, Zambia, Venezuela, and Guatemala
Ukraine, Venezuela, Guatemala and Zambia, will share experiences in deconstructing kleptocratic networks at different stages in the dekleptification process and aim to build a transnational network against organised crime. As part of its pre-positioning strategy, TI-Venezuela will share their innovative Illicit Economies methodology for mapping and (eventually) dismantling such networks.National Democratic Institute (NDI)
National Democratic Institute (NDI), Transparency International Venezuela (TI – Venezuela) and Transparency International Zambia (TI – Zambia)
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06/18/2024
Sovereignty for Sale: SEZs, Scam Operations, Casinos, Human Trafficking
Aim is to discuss casino and scam operations run by transnational organized crime groups located in Southeast Asia have resulted in human trafficking on a grand scale, facilitated by corruption. Objective is to unpack how many casino and scam operations have legitimized operations by obtaining business licenses or by locating in SEZs established to attract foreign investment.C4Center
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06/18/2024
Cutting off the Flow: Tackling Strategic Corruption in Political Finance
This workshop will explore the use of strategic corruption in political finance to manipulate elections, political processes, and institutions. It will highlight recent USAID-funded research on the topic, foster dialogue among practitioners about emerging efforts to safeguard democracy from this urgent threat, explore promising approaches, and generate insights on scaling and amplifying efforts.Millennium Partners
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Anti-Corruption Center, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Global Accountability Program/Strengthening National Architectures to Counter Corruption (GAP/SNA) Activity and Ministry of Justice of Lithuania
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06/18/2024
Business Integrity 2.0: Where do we go from Here?
Corruption is a challenge for the global economy. Its effects range from the distortion of markets to unfair competition. This workshop will explore the potential of incentives for business integrity as a driver for change. What is the right mix of sanctions and incentives to strengthen business integrity? How can global forums such as the G20 and B20 leverage the business integrity agenda? This interactive discussion will build on the momentum created with the first-ever Private Sector Forum held on the margins of a Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption in December 2023. It will also follow up on resolution 10/12 on incentives for business integrity that was adopted at the Conference, recognizing the potential of incentives in the fight against corruption, and discuss how the resolution can be translated into practice.United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime United Nations Global Compact
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06/19/2024
Harmonizing (Adaptable) Business Integrity Standards to Advance Business Integrity
The Workshop will launch and invite discussion on the recently (2023) issued harmonized MDB General Principles for Business Integrity Programmes, which set out guidance relating to business integrity programs, including beyond the MDB context, and which can be adapted to entities of all types and sizes and operating in various environments, including fragile-and conflict-affected situations.World Bank
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06/20/2024
Incentivizing the Private Sector as a Game Changer in the Fight Against Corruption
USAID understands that now, more than ever, success in the fight against corruption requires a global response; one that not only strategically engages governments and civil society, but also the private sector. This workshop will explore USAID´s and others´ experience incentivizing private sector engagement to address corruption challenges in a more effective, efficient and sustainable way.United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Anti-Corruption Center; United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mexico and Indonesia; Alliance for Integrity (GIZ) and Lundbeck
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06/21/2024
The Face of Transnational Corruption: Cracking Down on Illicit Trade in Falsified Medicines
A multi sectoral debate on the technical and technological challenges related to trafficker impunityThe Global Network for Anticorruption, Transparency and Accountability in Health and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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06/18/2024
Strengthening the UNCAC’s Monitoring Mechanism to Increase Accountability & Promote Civic Space
International commitments like the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) promote human rights and accountability. However, the UNCAC’s Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) lags behind others in transparency, inclusiveness and follow-up. This session aims to develop concrete recommendations to influence decisions on the IRM’s next phase, with States aiming to reach a decision at CoSP11 in 2025.UNCAC Coalition (Association for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption)
Institute of Legislative Ideas, Center for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity, U.S. Department of State and UNCAC Coalition
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06/21/2024
Losing Ground: Grand Corruption in The Land Sector
Land is not immune to grand corruption and elite capture. Corruption in land management contributes to kleptocrat capture of land policies, unfair allocation, and the use of land for political patronage. This workshop will invite diverse land and corruption experts/activists to discuss grand corruption in land grabs and call for a structured policy response in line with a recent UNCAC submission.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Transparency International Indonesia (TI – Indonesia), International Institute for Environment and Development, Basel Institute on Governance
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06/20/2024
Tackling SLAPPs: A Critical Frontier in The Global Fight against Corruption
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) have proliferated globally, often deployed by those trying to shut down investigations into corruption. These abusive legal actions can stop stories in their tracks, punish journalists/activists and delay or prevent wrongdoing from coming to light. This workshop will highlight SLAPP cases, as well as profile the work of UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition and the Coalition against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), which has already resulted in legislative, regulatory and cultural change to address this issue in the UK and Europe. Join us for a roundtable discussion on this topic, including on the practical steps needed to create a global response to SLAPPs that will support the fight against corruption.Foreign Policy Centre and the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
The Daphne Foundation, Foreign Policy Centre and the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), CASE Steering Committee and Public Eye
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06/19/2024
All Hot Air? Carbon Markets and their Corruption Risks
Carbon markets have been hailed as a market-oriented solution to mitigate climate change. Their regulatory, pricing, and efficiency challenges have been discussed extensively. In contrast, this workshop will discuss the markets’ diverse integrity challenges and how anti-corruption tools could be applied to safeguard carbon markets from corruption.United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Transparency International, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Verra
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06/20/2024
Profit over Planet: Harnessing Data to Expose & Halt Big Polluter Influence in Climate Action
From the COP to the hallways of Parliaments, big polluters are derailing advances in climate action. Corporate lobbyists exploit the path towards a sustainable future through their financial arsenal. Evidence of this is key to holding their actions to account. From policy to the impact on society, discover how data empowers citizens to change a system of undue influence that puts profits over the planet.Influence Map & Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Transparency International (TI - EU), Influence Map, Transparency International Brazil (TI – Brazil), Greenpeace, Global Witness
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06/21/2024
Corruption in Critical Mineral Supply Chains
Meeting the Paris Agreement climate goals will require quadrupling the minerals currently used by clean energy technologies by 2040. Corruption could undermine the mining and metals sector’s ability to meet this surging demand responsibly. We will discuss the challenges that the government, private sector and CSOs face in seeking to ensure that the energy transition has minimal corruption losses.Basel Institute on Governance
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Corruption Eradication Commission, Republic of Indonesia (KPK), and Transparency International
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06/20/2024
From Red Flags to Green Lights: Business Integrity Solutions for Public Procurement
Businesses hold immense power in the fight against corruption within public procurement. This workshop delves into three pillars of Business Integrity Solutions: Collective Action, robust Anti-Corruption Compliance, and integrating ESG strategies, aligning with Transparency International's Business Integrity Program priorities.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Basel Institute on Governance, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Poder Ciudadano (TI - Argentina) and ODFJELL
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06/21/2024
Safeguarding a Just Energy Transition in The Extractive and Energy Sectors
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, demand for minerals essential for renewable technologies is rising steeply. This session will create awareness of the corruption risks stemming from these changes and their impact on communities. Speakers will focus on innovative approaches to strengthen multi-stakeholder governance, to ensure transparency and accountability for a just energy transition.Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Transparency International Australia (TI - Australia), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
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06/18/2024
Future-Proofing Business: The Integrity Advantage of ESG
The workshop will delve into the critical role integrity plays in achieving ESG goals. Encompassed in this is a broader governance approach that goes beyond the G in ESG, impacting the E and the S of business operations. The question is not just why integrate anti-corruption into ESG, but how? This session answers that with real-world solutions under a transformational governance lens. The workshop will provide a solutions suite, through case studies of real-world examples of how companies have successfully integrated anti-corruption into their ESG strategies, and the importance of corporate governance in this endeavor. The session will also introduce the Transformational Governance Corporate Toolkit, which supports companies with a broader approach to the G, guiding them in championing ethical leadership, accountability, integrity, and transparency.United Nations Global Compact
Novartis, UN Global Compact, Transparency International Malaysia (TI - Malaysia), The B Team and Autostrade per l’Italia
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06/20/2024
Disabling the Enablers and Activating the Gatekeepers
Transnational corruption would not exist without a cadre of professionals who – wittingly or unwittingly – help corrupt officials, kleptocrats, and criminals move, launder, and conceal ill-gotten gains through complicated financial transactions and instruments. By abandoning their fiduciary duties and instead facilitating corruption or other forms of illicit finance, these enablers in so-called “gatekeeper professions” cause tremendous harm to societies; their actions may deprive public resources from those in need, cause market distortions that harm citizens’ economic well-being, or help sustain authoritarian and anti-democratic regimes. So far, existing efforts to address the challenges posed by these gatekeepers have fallen short of mitigating their negative impact and have not yet forced a major change in the way they do business. In part, the complexity of defining “enablers” and “enabling activities” and dynamic nature of the risk profiles across jurisdictions have complicated regulatory and supervisory approaches, while challenges regarding information collection and analysis have made it difficult to assemble the full picture of how the enabler ecosystem functions. Creative thinking is needed to find new, effective, and scalable ways to tackle this important problem.Millennium Partners, the implementer of USAID's Global Accountability Program/Strengthening National Architectures to Counter Corruption (GAP/SNA)
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06/19/2024
Corruption Measurement: How to Hit a Moving Target?
Background: Data is fuelling the Fourth Industrial Revolution by generating new insights to direct resources, finance, and expertise to where they are needed most. Producing reliable and publicly available data and information is about making a real effort to increase transparency and accountability to reinvigorate the trust between people and governments which is hampered by corruption. That includes new ways to measure corruption -- a vital baseline to contribute to accelerating global anti-corruption efforts. In recent years the discourse on corruption measurement moved from the question ‘whether corruption can be measured’ to ‘whether countries will consistently measure corruption’. Measuring corruption is a critical building block that supports countries to assess effectiveness of anti-corruption reforms. Without methodologies and tools in place it is difficult to collect data and evidence that will inform policy decisions to adapt or re-think anti-corruption measures. Objective and key discussion areas: This workshop will look into new solutions to measure corruption. Building on the current work, the workshop will present new approaches that will support countries in assessing their progress in combatting corruption. Novel approaches and solution tools to measure corruption at the global and national levels will be presented by lead experts in the area. The workshop will also discuss major challenges and opportunities in measuring corruption anti-corruption, including financial integrity, public procurement, public integrity, effectiveness of global norms and standards, and experiences with bribery.United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery, Open Contracting Partnership, Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania (STT) and Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) Brazil
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06/18/2024
Safeguarding Our Planet: Tackling Corruption in Climate Action
Global development organizations have a critical role to play in shaping the response to climate change and in ensuring that corruption doesn’t undermine our collective response to the intertwined challenges of climate adaptation, mitigation and the green transition. This is still an emerging policy area in anticorruption that requires coordinated and targeted responses. This high-level session will build on the momentum of the last year – the World Bank’s AC4D Global Forum, a session at COP28 convened by the IMF and WB, and UNODC’s climate focused sessions at COSP10 to advance the discussion and identify priority areas for action. The session will highlight findings from a joint paper on climate and corruption and emphasize the role of international organizations in this agenda.World Bank
World Bank, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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06/20/2024
Feeding The Russian War Machine: Lessons Learned from Investigating Cross-Border Sanction Evasion
Historic trade sanctions against Russia have prompted an equally historic rise in illicit activity–elaborate cross-border schemes that perpetuate both kleptocracy and war. In Lithuania and other front-line nations, journalists are producing crucial accounts of sanction evasion and its profiteers. Learn from journalists about their findings, tactics, and how secrecy and corruption impede responses.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica, Journalistic Data Processing Centre, Finnish Public Broadcasting Company (YLE) and Belarusian Investigative Center
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06/21/2024
Civil Society Under Attack! – Confronting Corruption from Different Perspectives
Workshop "Innovation and Action": Explore innovative solutions to combat corruption and strengthen democracy and human rights, emphasizing the inclusion of population groups. Objectives: promote awareness and participation of population groups, exchange experiences, identify tools, foster collaboration among stakeholders, and develop concrete actions.Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ), Transparency International Honduras (TI - Honduras)
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06/21/2024
A Deeper take on The Costs of Illicit Financial Flows and Proceeds of Corruption
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) strip countries of important resources and pose challenges to the integrity of financial systems, yet efforts to tackle them have been insufficient. Moreover, the known estimates of the magnitude of IFFs, while significant and useful, do not provide a clear picture of the economic impact and costs of these flows for countries. The session will discuss new approaches to understanding and tackling IFFs, with a focus on identifying core risks and channels associated with the underlying financial crimes such as corruption and tax evasion, and the specific role of countries, including large financial centers, that facilitate and shelter illicit financial flows.International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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06/18/2024
Collaboration, Not Conflict: New Tools and Partnerships to Advance Economic Stability and Development in Fragile and Conflict States
Fragile and conflict affected States are home to nearly 1 billion people facing a variety of protracted challenges exacerbated by climate change, food insecurity, gender inequalities, and more recently by the economic repercussions of COVID-19. The implications of fragility and conflict are also macro-critical: they destabilize balance of payments positions, disrupt trade and financial flows, and hinder the development of productive resources – all areas of deep concern to the IMF and fellow institutions. Corruption is most often a driver of fragility and conflict, and confronting corruption in these fragile environments is critical for long-term stability and shared prosperity. But this work is extremely challenging and is made more so by a lack of transparency and accountability in weak institutions. How do we leverage the latest thinking together with what we have learned from past engagements? How can we make efforts to address corruption in fragile and conflict states that are most likely to succeed?International Monetary Fund (IMF)
University of Sussex, BESA-GLOBAL, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Transparency International
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06/19/2024
Understanding Sextortion and its Impacts
Sextortion (the abuse of power to obtain sexual favors) is recognized as a form of corruption that has a significant impact on vulnerable women and girls. It is a pervasive problem that affects individuals across different sectors and countries but our understanding is limited. The panel will examine global experiences to understand sextortion, its impact and relation to other form of corruptionWorld Bank
World Bank, Columbia University, Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), , Basel Institute on Governance and UNU-MERIT/ The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
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06/19/2024
Unheard of? Victims of Corruption can be heard by a Judge!
A significant segment of the anti-corruption community shares the view that corruption is not a victimless crime. Yet this rarely translates into law and even less into action. This workshop delves into the EU anti-corruption directive and legal practices in the Americas, which provide pathways to victims and CSOs to obtain standing in courts or before other authorities.Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), Transparencia Venezuela (TI - Venezuela), University of Amsterdam and European Parliament
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06/19/2024
Galvanizing the Private Sector: Empowering Small Business to Conduct Monitoring, Advocacy through Collective Action
This workshop highlights SMEs' role in promoting integrity and fighting corruption through advocacy and collective action. It focuses on identifying effective strategies, discussing challenges, and sharing success stories to inspire and enhance SMEs' impact on governance and integrity standards across society. Empowered and supported, SMEs are key in detecting fraud and promoting integrity. The workshop will feature businesspersons’ stories from Lithuania, Ukraine, and Nigeria and a global experience from CIPE’s anti-corruption and business integrity programs worldwide. Collaborative efforts with CSOs and journalists further amplify this impact, fostering a national movement for transparency and accountability. The workshop targets SMEs, anti-corruption CSOs, think-tanks, journalists, policymakers, and international donors for collaborative anti-corruption efforts. The workshop is part of the Global Initiative to Galvanize the Private Sector as Partners in Combating Corruption (GPS), of which CIPE is an implementing partner. GPS is supported by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
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06/18/2024
Pioneering the Future of Corruption Indicators- How to improve your governance by just measuring it?
Reputation-based metrics like the Corruption Perceptions Index have been crucial in pushing governments to act and keeping corruption on the global policy radar. But with new tech and digital tools, we can now dive deeper, offering sharper insights and more precise measures. This panel investigates the hurdles faced by international organizations like the UNODC and the World Bank, alongside NGOs like Transparency International to move towards more actionable indicators of corruption. The panel will also showcase the groundbreaking projects like BRIDGEGAP, which will innovative approaches to the measure and fight against corruption. Join us to discover how the corruption measurement is evolving and reshaping the landscape of transparency and accountability.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
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06/20/2024
Bridging Gaps: The Quest to Retrieve Assets Swallowed by Technicalities and Political Apathy
The discussion on the critical reality of reclaiming assets and the technical difficulties hindering their return which presents a unique format for delving deep into these complex issues. The goal is to highlight the technical difficulties in returning assets would serve as a platform for candid, multifaceted debate. By bringing to light the inherent challenges and proposing forward-thinking.Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Strengthening Public Finances and Financial Markets (FFM), Transparency International France (TI - France), I Watch Tunisia and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
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06/21/2024
Investigative Journalism and Digital Threats in 2024 Elections
This year, in 2024, thousands of journalists from all over the world have and will be reporting on and investigating the impact of digital threats (disinformation, spyware, trolling and digital violence, among many others) in elections. Sharing ideas, strategies, and techniques for investigation is critical in a year where voters in more than 60 countries will go to the polls. In this panel, leading journalists and experts — who have all been covering elections in 2024 — share perspectives on the impact of digital threats in elections in different continents. They will also share tips and tools about how to better expose the individuals and organizations behind disinformation campaigns. GIJN also published a Reporter’s Guide to Investigating Digital Threats, featuring expert advice from journalists and security analysts working to combat disinformation, malware, spyware, and trolling.Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Inkyfada, Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), ProPublica and Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN )
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06/19/2024
From Silence to Safety: Strengthening Legal Protection Frameworks to empower Whistleblowers
Most agree that whistleblowers are key to shed light on powerholders secret wrongdoing, but empowering and protecting whistleblowers is quite challenging. The interactive session will unfold the transformative potential of effective whistleblower frameworks, delve into the challenges faced by whistleblowers and discuss best practice and practical strategies from various regions, including legislative and advocacy actions, for enhancing whistleblower protection and support.PROJECT ROMANIA 2030 NGO, Government Accountability Project, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice and National Whistleblower Center
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06/19/2024
The Lived Experience of Whistleblowers and Partnerships to advance Whistleblowers’ Rights and Protection
Whistleblowers are a driving force behind the fight against corruption but often face repercussions and outright threats, while their reports are ignored or buried. Featuring first-hand accounts of how systems have failed whistleblowers, the workshop will present successful collaborative initiatives – from partnerships and networks to advocacy, digital tools to advice and litigation – that support whistleblowers’ protection and access to safe reporting channels where reports received are taken seriously and have impact.GlobaLeaks, Transparency International Italia, Whistleblowing International Network (WIN), TRACE International and Parrhesia Inc
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06/20/2024
PUT SOME PEP IN YOUR STEP: ENHANCING INVESTIGATIONS WITH ADVANCED PEP ASSET TRACING
This workshop will demonstrate a novel platform for investigating politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their assets. Participants will learn about the recent development of one of the only existing comprehensive regional investigative PEP softwares developed by C4ADS. The PEP environment showcase will demonstrate how to search for PEP entities, identify their declared assets, and develop leads.C4ADS
