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DAY 1: THURSDAY, 9 DECEMBER
Registration and Welcome
13h00 security clearance and registration
13h30 welcome buffet
Session one: Anti-corruption programmes in partner countries
plenary keynote addresses
14h30 Building public confidence in development effectiveness through anti-corruption programmes
chair Kiyo Akasaka, OECD
keynote speakers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria; Alexandre Randrianasolo, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Budget, Madagascar; Kamal Hossain, TI
15h30 Participants' comments and questions
16h00 UN Anti-Corruption Day commemoration
Bruce Jenks, Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships, UNDP; Richard Manning, OECD, and videolink to events in New York and Vienna
16h30 break
Session two: Combating corruption
breakout groups
17h00 - 18h30 four parallel breakout groups
group one: Better understanding the political economy of aid and corruption
chair: Masood Ahmed, Department for International Development, UK
speakers: Elodie Beth, OECD; Robin Hodess, TI; Londa Esadze, Independent Board of Advisers to the Parliament, Georgia
group two: Enhancing the role of civil society in anti-corruption work
chair: Miklos Marschall, TI
speakers: Simon Taylor, Global Witness; Simeon Marcelo, Ombudsman, Philippines
group three: Supporting legislation on money laundering and the recovery of stolen assets
chair: Alan Perry, Kendall Freeman Solicitors, UK
speakers: Bernard Turner, Commonwealth Expert Group on Asset Recovery; Akere Muna, Muna and Partner, Cameroon; Munir Hafiez, National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan
group four: Building capacity to follow international conventions
chair: David Nussbaum, TI
speakers: Fritz Heimann, Corporate Consultant, US; Nicola Bonucci, OECD; Eduardo Vetere, UNODC; Valeria Merino Dirani, TI Ecuador
Evening reception hosted by Minister Xavier Darcos
DAY 2: FRIDAY , 10 DECEMBER
Session three: Assessing donor practices and aid modalities in a corruption perspective
plenary discussion
9h00 Does the way donors deliver their aid and assistance promote rather than prevent corruption?
chair Jean-Michel Severino, French Development Agency
speakers: Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, International Monetary Fund; Brian Cooksey, TI; Philippe Montigny, Private Consultant on Governance and Chairman of the Working Party on Preventing Corruption of the French Council of Investors in Africa; Luc Damiba, REN-LAC, Burkina Faso
Participants' comments and questions
10h30 break
Session four: Taking Concerted Action
parallel breakout groups, Emerging lessons and principles for government donors
11h00 - 12h30 three parallel breakout groups
group five: Facilitating access to information
chair: Serge Chappatte, Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation
speakers: Valeria Merino Dirani, TI; Peter John Aitsi, President, Media Council, Papua New Guinea; Geir Sundet, Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania
group six: Supporting partner countries’ programmes to fight corruption
chair: Ruth Jacoby, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
speakers: Sanjay Pradhan, World Bank Anti-Corruption Resource Center; Barbara Turner, USAID; Inge Amundsen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Director, Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Phil Mason, DFID, UK
group seven: Improving Procurement and Public Contracting
chair: Stefan Oswald, Financial Affairs Department, BMZ, Germany
speakers: Regis Pelissier, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France; Henry Malinga, Chief Director, National Treasury, South Africa; Juanita Olaya, TI Programme Manager for Public Contracting
12h30 - 14h00 lunch
Final plenary: Moving Ahead
chair Michael Roeskau, OECD
14h00 Reports and conclusions from breakout sessions
14h30 Closing discussion
speakers Mark Pieth, OECD Working Group on Bribery; Surya Nath Upadhyay, Commission for Investigating Abuse of Authority, Nepal; Peter Eigen, TI
Participants' comments and questions
16h15 Summary and concluding remarks, Richard Manning, OECD
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