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Building a Coalition for Transparency
Hotel Inter-continental, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 22-23 August 2001

The conference is co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Center for Social Development (CSD)

Sponsors:

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF)
• USAID through The Asia Foundation

Purpose

The conference seeks to bring together interested parties - including national and international organizations, officials from the Royal Cambodian Government, the Cambodia Parliament, the private sector and the media - to share information and ideas about anti-corruption strategies.

Objectives

The conference serves as a first step in building a coalition of interested parties - from both public and private sectors as well as from civil society - in order to facilitate ongoing cooperation on issues of transparency and good governance into the future, including agreement on new anti-corruption legislation for consideration by the National Assembly and Senate.

Expected Outputs

• Conference proceedings (an executive summary of discussions will be produced by the organizers of the conference)

Target Participants

• National and international organizations
• NGOs
• Officials from the Royal Cambodian Government
• Cambodian Parliament
• Private sector representatives
• Media representatives

Resource Speakers

Keynote speakers will include

• Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen
• The President of the National Assembly HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh
• Presenters from Asian Development Bank, Center for Social Development, The Government, the Parliament and the Private sector.

Conference Documents

• Conference Program
• Read selected presentations

Contacts

Piseth Long
Cambodia Resident Mission
Asian Development Bank
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: (855) 23 215805-6
Email: plong@adb.org