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12th Steering Group Meeting and 6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference on Fighting Corruption in Asia-Pacific: Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society

A steering group meeting organized by the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.

A regional conference on the theme, Fighting Corruption in Asia-Pacific: Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society, organized by the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific and Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Both events are hosted by the Government of Singapore.

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The 12th Steering Group meeting of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific seeks to discuss the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia-Pacific, including progress made in the implementation of anti-corruption reform projects since the Steering Group meeting in May 2008, and adopt the Strategy and Work Program of the Initiative for 2009-2011.

The 6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference will serve as a forum for government, private sector and civil society to explore options for countering the supply-side of corruption and to assess their shared responsibility to fight bribery and corruption.

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The 12th Steering Group meeting of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific has the following objectives:

• to report on and discuss the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia-Pacific, including recent anti-corruption reforms that have taken place since the 11th Steering Group meeting in May 2008;
• to discuss and adopt the Strategy and Work Program of the Initiative for 2009-2011;
• to discuss and adopt the methodology for voluntary country reviews;
• to discuss possible ways for sharing expertise on implementing standards under the UNCAC that are analogous to standards under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention; and
• to discuss topics for thematic reviews and technical seminars for 2009-2011.

The objectives of the 6th Regional Conference are:

• to strengthen the capacity of the 28 member countries of the ADB/OECD Initiative in exploring options for countering the supply-side of corruption,
• to assess the shared responsibility of government, business and civil society to fight bribery and corruption, and
• to come up with a proposed action to advance the fight against bribe giving in Asia-Pacific.

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12th Steering Group Meeting

• progress report on the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia-Pacific by 28 member countries of the ADB/OECD Initiative;
• list of reform projects that countries have completed or plan to undertake under the framework of the Action Plan;
• Strategy and Work Plan 2009-2011;
• Agreed methodology for voluntary country reviews; and
• List of topics for thematic reviews and technical seminars for 2009-2011.

6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference:

• list of options for countering the supply-side of corruption, and
• increased cooperation and networking among practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region and ADB/OECD member countries to fight bribery and corruption.

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• Participants to the 12th Steering Group Meeting include focal points and representatives from the 28 member countries and jurisdictions that have endorsed the Action Plan, members of the Advisory Group, representatives from observer countries and international organizations, and senior government officials of the Government of Singapore.
• Participants to the 6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference include focal points and representatives from the 28 member countries and jurisdictions of the ADB/OECD Initiative, members of the Advisory Group, representatives from observer countries and international organizations, senior government officials of the Government of Singapore, and experts from the private sector, businesses, and civil society.
• The plenary and workshop sessions will be conducted by experts from the private sector, businesses, civil society, and the Initiative’s member countries and jurisdictions.