Seminar on Promoting Integrity and Fighting Corruption in the Public Service, Guiyang, 19-20 November 2002

The Seminar on Promoting Integrity and Fighting Corruption in the Public Service, held on 19-20 November 2002, in Guiyang, China, successfully launched a new co-operation with China to promote integrity and fight corruption in the public service by exchanging working methods and experience of OECD countries, countries of the region and China.

Opening Remarks

  • Mr. Zhao Hong, Deputy Procurator General, Supreme People's Procuratorate, People's Republic of China
  • Mr. Howard R. Wilson, Chairman, OECD Expert Group on Managing Conflict of Interest
  • Mr. Wang Anxin, Chief Prosecutor, Guizhou Province

International Initiatives to Fight Corruption

Drafting the UN Anti-corruption Convention
UNDP anti-corruption project for China
  • Mme. Du Yuexinour, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP China Office, Beijing ( Presentation slides)

OECD Instruments:

The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
OECD Recommendation on Improving Ethical Conduct in the Public Service
  • Building Public Trust: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries - Policy Brief ( English, Chinese)
  • Ms. Hélène Gadriot-Renard, Head of Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD (Presentation slides- English, Chinese)

Regional Initiatives

The OECD/ADB Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia Pacific
  • Information sheet on the OECD/ADB Initiative ( English, Chinese)
  • Ms. Gretta Fenner, Project Manager, Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific, Anti Corruption Division, OECD
  • Mr. Jak Jabes, Advisor for Governance, Asian Development Bank ( Presentation slides)
Experiences from participating countries
  • Mr. Chua Cher Yak, Director, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Singapore (Text of presentation- English, Chinese)
  • Mr. Dato' Zulkipli bin Mat Noor, Director-General, Anti-Corruption Agency, Malaysia (Presentation slides - English, Chinese)

Enforcing anti-corruption laws

The tasks of independent anti-corruption commissions
  • The Hon. Mr. Justice Barry O'Keefe, Supreme Court Judge, Former Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), New South Wales, Australia (Text of presentation - English, Chinese)
  • Mr. Kyung-Joong Kim, Assistant Chairman, Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption (KICAC), Republic of Korea (Text of presentation - Chinese)

Preventing corruption

The Canadian experiences on preventive measures
  • Mr. Howard R. Wilson, Ethics Counsellor, Government of Canada (Text of presentation in Chineseand English, presentation slides in Chineseand English)
The Australian experience
  • The Hon. Mr. Justice Barry O'Keefe, Supreme Court Judge, Former Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), New South Wales, Australia

Using new technologies to fight corruption

Using new information and communication technologies to fight corruption
  • Mr. Janos Bertok, Principal Administrator, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD ( Presentation slides)
Implementation of anti-corruption programmes by Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • Mr. Suntai Ahn, Head, Open Government Task Force, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea (Text of presentation - English, Chinese)
The use of anti-money-laundering systems to combat corruption
  • Mr. Martin Comley, National Criminal Intelligence Service, United Kingdom (Presentation slides - English, Chinese)
Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity through International Co-operation
  • Mr. Sang-Ok Park, Chief-Prosecutor, Head of Korean Organising Office for Global Forum III, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea ( Text of presentation)

Closing remarks

  • Dr. Ye Feng, Director-General, Foreign Affairs Bureau, Supreme People's Procuratorate, People's Republic of China ( Presentation slides)
  • Mrs. Hélène Gadriot-Renard, Head of Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD ( Presentation slides)
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