Peru and Trinidad & Tobago
Participate in Anti-Corruption Cooperation Project
Peru and Trinidad and Tobago
recently joined the ranks of several countries participating in an OAS technical
cooperation project to support states in the process of implementing
anti-corruption policies. The purpose of the project is for each country to
create a National Plan of Action which will provide a detailed roadmap for
putting into action the recommendations made by the Committee of Experts of the
Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention
against Corruption (MESICIC).
Each Plan of Action includes the
following elements:
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Specific actions
necessary to implement the recommendations of the MESICIC Committee of Experts
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Institution or
entity responsible for implementation
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Estimated costs
and resources needed
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Time frame for
execution
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Indicators that
measure the expected results and means of verification
The Plan of Action project is an initiative supported by the
Anti-Corruption Fund, which was created with a contribution from the United
States. To date, eight countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the OAS General Secretariat regarding the project, including Belize, Ecuador,
Honduras, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.
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here.
UN to Continue Discussion on
Design of Review Mechanism for UN Convention against Corruption
The UN working group tasked with making recommendations about appropriate review
mechanisms for the United Nations Convention against Corruption recently
published the report from its meeting held August 29-31 in Vienna. During the
meeting, it was recognized that both the self-assessment checklist and the
voluntary pilot project would provide crucial information in determining the
nature of the review mechanism. Three of the countries participating in the UN’s
voluntary pilot project are also parties to the MESICIC: Argentina, Peru and
United States.
During the meeting it was recognized that a UN mechanism should avoid
duplication with existing regional mechanisms and that potential areas of
synergy should be explored. It was noted, for instance, that information
provided in regional mechanisms might be appropriate to complete the UN
self-assessment checklist. However, a note of caution was sounded regarding the
differences between the UN and regional conventions, given that the UN
convention is significantly broader in scope and that existing regional
mechanisms differ significantly in terms of method of operation and approach.
The working group will submit its
recommendations to the second meeting of the Conference of States Parties to the
United Nations Convention against Corruption, which will be held January 28 to
February 1, 2008 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
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here.
Next
MESICIC Deadline
October 30 is the deadline for the States
Parties which will be reviewed during the next
meeting of the MESICIC Committee of Experts –
Colombia, Panama, Chile, El Salvador,
Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas – to
respond to the comments from the subgroup and
the OAS Technical Secretariat.
MESICIC is in the midst of its Second Round of Review,
which began in April of last year and is scheduled to be completed in December
2008. At the conclusion of the Second Round, country reports will have been
adopted for all 28 States Parties to the MESICIC. Please visit our
website for
a full
schedule of the
Second Round, as well as copies of the country reports adopted to date.
Upcoming Anti-Corruption Events
Lima
Lima, Peru will host an anti-corruption workshop October 29-31, under the
auspices of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC), entitled, "The Fight against Corruption is a Common International
Responsibility: Strengthening the Cooperation Mechanisms in the Asia Pacific
Region". The purpose of the workshop is to identify the impediments to the
implementation of current anti-corruption mechanisms, to discuss best practices
and to identify areas for further cooperation
Washington, D.C.
The Twelfth Meeting of the MESICIC Committee of Experts will be held December
3-8. Reports will be adopted for Colombia, Panama, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican
Republic, and the Bahamas. The preliminary review sub-groups will meet November
28 to 30. Please visit our
website for
a full
schedule
of the Second Round, as well as copies of the country reports adopted to date.
Santiago de Chile
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD)
and the government of Chile, in collaboration with the OAS, will host the
“Global Forum on Integrity and Trust in Government” in January 2008 in Santiago,
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Anti-Corruption Newsletter
Edition N° 11 - October 2007
What is the MESICIC?
- The Mechanism For Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to support the development
of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption through cooperation between
States Parties.
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