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

1. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
2. PRIVATE SECTOR
   1. Commitments and proposals regarding probity: codes of conduct and other private sector efforts
   2. 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)
3. CIVIL SOCIETY
   1. The role of civil society in enhancing probity and public ethics
   2. 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