SCHEDULE
SPECIAL MEETING ON "ENHANCEMENT OF PROBITY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE HEMISPHERE"
MARCH 31, 2000 - WASHINGTON D.C.
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
9:00 a.m. I. OPENING SESSION
- Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group on Probity and Public Ethics, Ambassador Beatriz Ramacciotti, Permanent Representative of Peru
- Presentation by the Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. César Gaviria
9:30 a.m. II. COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Role of international lending institutions: informing regarding their activities and principal projects:
- Inter-American Development Bank: Rosina de Souza (Legal Department)
- World Bank: Maria González de Asis (Economic Development Institute)
- International Monetary Fund: Christian Schiller (Fiscal Affairs Department)
- Experiences with implementing mechanisms to follow up on international commitments in the fight against corruption:
- OECD: Mark Pieth (Chairman, OECD Expert Group on Bribery in Commercial Transactions)
- Council of Europe: Peter Csonka (Division on Criminal Problems)
- Stanley Morris (Advisor, Council of Europe)
- Experiences in the area of the fight against corruption in other international organizations:
- United Nations Development Programme: Pauline Tamesis (Management Development and Governance Division. Bureau for Development Policy)
- European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI): Victor Caso Lay (Presiding Officer)
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- Commitments and proposals regarding probity: codes of conduct and other private sector efforts
- Corruption: negative impact on trade and investment
- Council of the Americas: Ambassador William T. Price (Vice President)
- Lockheed Martin Corporation:Scott MacKay (General Counsel for litigation and agreements)
- General Electric: Michael Davies (Chair of the Committee on Corruption and Bribery of the Canadian Council for International Business)
- Ernst and Young: Michel Picard (Custom Consulting Services)
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- The role of civil society in enhancing probity and public ethics
- Preventive measures
- NGOs
- Transparency International (USA): Nancy Zucker Boswell (Managing Director)
- Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL): Florencia Juvani (Political Analyst)
- National Democratic Institute:Mr. Matt Dippel(Deputy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean)
- Government Accountability Project: Mr. Tom Devine (Legal Director)
- Universities
- American University: Claudio Grossman (Dean, Washington College of Law)
- American University: Keith Henderson (Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Transnational Crime and Corruption Center)
- Other entities
- Inter-American Bar Association: Dr. Antonio Bennazar (President)
- Comments: Miguel Schloss (Executive Director, Transparency International)
- Casals and Associates: Sergio Diaz Briquets(Vice President)
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
2:30 p.m. III. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION" AG/RES. 1477 (XXVII-O/97)
Presentation by the Secretary for Legal Affairs, Dr. Enrique Lagos
(Document in Spanish)Presentation by the delegations
- Ratifications of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption
- Adaptation of domestic legislation
- Exchange of information
- National institutions responsible for fighting corruption
- Education and training
- The needs of countries in terms of cooperation
- Measures to give priority for the implementation of the Inter-American Program to fight corruption
IV. FINAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
6:00 p.m. CLOSING SESSION