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4th Anti-Corruption Action Plan Steering Group Meeting and 4th ADB-OECD Conference on Combating Corruption in the Asia-Pacific Region
A meeting and conference organized jointly by Asian Development Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 1-5 December 2003

Purpose

The meeting will bring together the 20 countries that have endorsed the Action Plan, discuss the project and stocktaking reports and prepare the dissemination of experience and practices contained in the reports to a larger audience at the conference. Furthermore, the meeting of the Steering Group will prepare the Initiative's work plan for the coming 12 months.

The conference will provide an opportunity to the participating countries to learn from each other's experience in implementing the Action Plan, develop concrete tools to further combat corruption in key areas that are of particular importance for the region, and strengthen the partnership between Governments and non-governmental actors in the region and in the world.

Objectives

At the end of the meeting and the conference, participants will have:

• discussed the project and stocktaking reports
• prepared the dissemination of experience and practices contained in the reports to a larger audience at the conference
• deliberated on the next steps to be taken in the framework of the Initiative to further combat corruption in the region
• provided advice and assistance to endorsing countries that have not yet identified and submitted their priority areas of reform
• learned from each other's experience in the implementation of the Action Plan
• developed concrete tools to further combat corruption
• strengthened the partnership between Governments and non-governmental actors in the region and in the world

Expected Outputs

• progress report on project and stocktaking reports
• comprehensive overview of anti-corruption projects of endorsing countries, and
• strategy of work for the Initiative and its participating countries to further combat corruption in the region

Target Participants

Participants will include:

• the national contact from countries that have endorsed the Action Plan since the Tokyo Conference in November 2001
• members of the Advisory Group to the Steering Group
• representatives of relevant international institutions interested in supporting the Action Plan implementation process
• Government representatives from other countries of the Asia and Pacific region, and
• members of non-government organizations and civil society engaged in anti-corruption activities in the region

Workshop Documents

• Program
• Asia-Pacific Agrees on Need for Sustained Fight Against Corruption (Press Release) [ PDF ]
• Conference conclusions and recommendations [ PDF ]

Contacts

ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific
The Secretariat

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
P.O. Box 789
0980 Manila, Philippines

Jak Jabes
Advisor for Governance
Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Tel: +632 632 5749
Fax: +632 636-2193
Email: jjabes@adb.org

Marilyn B. Pizarro
Consultant
Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Tel: +632 632 5917
Fax: +632 636 2193
Email: mpizarro@adb.org

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2, rue André Pascal
F-75775 Paris Cedex 16, France

Frederic Wehrle
Co-ordinator, Anti-Corruption Initiatives
Anti-Corruption Division
Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs
Tel: 33 1 45241855
Fax: 33 1 44306307
Email: frederic.wehrle@oecd.org

Gretta Fenner
Project Manager
Anti-Corruption Division
Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs
Tel: 33 1 45247601
Fax: 41 43 3001160
Email: gretta.fenner@oecd.org