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The main focus of the ACN Work Programme is to exchange experiences and evaluate progress achieved by the participating countries and to introduce good practices for the successful implementation of anti-corruption policies. The ACN activities incompass four main areas:
ACN General Meetings
The main regional activity of the ACN is the General Meeting. These meetings identify and discuss key common issues in the fight against corruption for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, allowing an open discussion among governments, civil society, donors, international organisations and IFIs. Most recently, the 7th General Meeting took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 25-27 June 2008.
The next major event, organised by the OECD and hosted by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Economic and Corruption Crime, is the international conference “Creating Conditions for Sustainable Economic and Social Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Fighting Corruption and Promoting Good Governance” which will take place in Astana from 16-18 September 2009.
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Country specific projects - Ukraine
In 2005 the ACN Secretariat implemented a project to support the reform of the law-enforcement system and the strengthening of specialised services for combating corruption in Ukraine. The project is funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In 2005-2006 the project was implemented jointly with the ABA CEELI and its main outputs included a study of the European and international models of anti-corruption agencies (“Specialised Anti-Corruption Institutions: Review of Models” ), as well as studies of the Ukrainian and European Union law-enforcement systems. Since 2007 the project has evolved into the next stage now termed “Strengthening Capacity for Investigation and Prosecution of Corruption in Ukraine”.
See more: "Strengthening Capacity for Investigation and Prosecution of Corruption in Ukraine"
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Sub-regional initiatives
Sub-regional initiatives began with the Baltic Anti-Corruption Initiative for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 2001 – 2003 and the Stability Pact Anti-Corruption Initiative (SPAI) involving Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Romania in 2000 – 2004.
Since 2004, the focal sub-regional initiative of the ACN is the Istanbul Action Plan (click here to read more) for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Ukraine.
See also:
Istanbul Action Plan
Library of Documents
SPAI Regional Secretariat Liaison Office www.spai-rslo.org
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Thematic reviews on selected priority issues
Thematic reviews of the ACN provide analytical support on selected common priority issues. The ACN is working on the following themes:
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Istanbul Action Plan - Progress and Challenges