Phase 3 country monitoring of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Phase 3 focuses closely on enforcement of the Convention, the 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation, as well as outstanding recommendations from Phase 2 and institutional or legislative changes since Phase 2.

Gender : Encouraging gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa increasingly recognise that gender equality - encouraging the talents, skills, education and productivity of all their citizens, including women - will make their countries stronger.

OECD’s Gurría welcomes passage into law of UK Bribery Bill

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today welcomed the passage into law of the UK Bribery Bill.

Turkey - OECD welcomes efforts to tackle bribery in international business deals

Turkey has made significant progress in its efforts to combat bribery in international business deals by fully implementing all but one of the recommendations made by the OECD Working Group on Bribery since 2007.

OECD calls on businesses to step up their fight against bribery

Companies should put in place strict internal controls and establish ethics and compliance programmes as part of a strategy to combat bribery in international business deals, according to a new guidance agreed by the 38 countries that are party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

The OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was adopted by the OECD Council on 26 November 2009. Annex II to the Recommendation, the Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance was adopted on 18 February 2010.

Related Documents

• OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

Phase 2 country monitoring of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

The purpose of Phase 2 is to study the structures put in place to enforce the laws and rules implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and to assess their application in practice.

Related Documents

• Procedure of Self- and Mutual Evaluation - Country Monitoring Principles

Phase 1 country monitoring of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Phase 1 evaluates whether the legal texts through which participants implement the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention meet the standard set by the Convention and initial actions to implement the 1997 Revised Convention Recommendation. The evaluation also provides an opportunity for countries to learn from the experiences and approaches of others.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Procedure of self- and mutual evaluation - Questionnaire for Phase 3

This questionnaire is sent to the countries undertaking Phase 3 evaluation under the Procedure of Self- and Mutual Evaluation.

Bribery: Impact and Prevention, Chatham House Conference, 19 January 2010

OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher and the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Justice the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP and UK Permanent Representative to the OECD Dominic Martin talked about the challenges of tackling bribery at a conference in Chatham House