Press release
OSCE organizes anti-corruption seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Date:
- Place:
- SARAJEVO
- Source:
- OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fields of work:
- Democratization
SARAJEVO, 5 October 2000 - The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is organising an anti-corruption seminar to bring all the national organisations working on the nationwide OSCE anti-corruption campaign to the same level of understanding of the topic.
The participants will be informed about best practice examples for combating corruption, and about the anti-corruption activities of other international organizations such as the OHR Anti-Fraud Unit, the UN JSAP, the Commission for Real Property Claims (CRPC) and the US Department of Justice's Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI). In a workshop session the participants will explore the cultural aspects of corruption and develop anti-corruption strategies.
The seminar will take place on October 07 and 08, 0900 - 1730 hours at the Hotel Stella, in Neum. The media is invited to cover this event, an agenda is attached.
For further information, please contact OSCE Deputy Spokesperson Henriette Schroeder at the OSCE Press Office at 033/292-154.
Agenda for the anti-corruption seminar
Day 1
9:00 - 9:20 - OSCE Opening Remarks
9:20 - 9:40 - OSCE Dept of Media Affairs
9:40 - 10:00 - DoJ CEELI
10:00 - 10:20 - CRPC
10:20 - 10:40 - UN JSAP
10:40 - 11:00 - OHR Anti-Fraud Unit
11:00 - 11:30 - Questions
11:30 - 11:45 - Break
11:45 - 13:00 - Introduction
* Lecturer
* Participants
* Objectives and methods
Corruption vs. Democracy - What is the price we pay?
Definitions of relevant terms
13:00 - 14:15 - Lunch break
14:00 - 15:45 - The impacts of pervasive influence of corruption at different levels
* Political
* Financial
* Cultural
Learning to recognize corruption - is it really everywhere? Can it be measured?
15:45 - 16:00 - Break
16:00 - 17:30 - Let's get rid of it... or not? Obstacles in addressing the problem of corruption
Review of the 1st day
Day 2
9:00 - 11:00 - Deriving strategies - theory. The basic stuff - what do we need?
* Legal framework
* Political transparency
* Public awareness
11:00 - 11:15 - Break
11:15 - 12:30 - The advanced stuff - effective policies that really work
* What can be done to curb corruption?
* What has been done elsewhere and has actually worked?
* Could it work here? Why or why not?
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - 15:45 - Deriving anti-corruption strategies - exercise (Group work)
15:45 - 16:00 - Break
16:00 - 17:30 - Group presentations
Review of the 2nd day, conclusion
The participants will be informed about best practice examples for combating corruption, and about the anti-corruption activities of other international organizations such as the OHR Anti-Fraud Unit, the UN JSAP, the Commission for Real Property Claims (CRPC) and the US Department of Justice's Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI). In a workshop session the participants will explore the cultural aspects of corruption and develop anti-corruption strategies.
The seminar will take place on October 07 and 08, 0900 - 1730 hours at the Hotel Stella, in Neum. The media is invited to cover this event, an agenda is attached.
For further information, please contact OSCE Deputy Spokesperson Henriette Schroeder at the OSCE Press Office at 033/292-154.
Agenda for the anti-corruption seminar
Day 1
9:00 - 9:20 - OSCE Opening Remarks
9:20 - 9:40 - OSCE Dept of Media Affairs
9:40 - 10:00 - DoJ CEELI
10:00 - 10:20 - CRPC
10:20 - 10:40 - UN JSAP
10:40 - 11:00 - OHR Anti-Fraud Unit
11:00 - 11:30 - Questions
11:30 - 11:45 - Break
11:45 - 13:00 - Introduction
* Lecturer
* Participants
* Objectives and methods
Corruption vs. Democracy - What is the price we pay?
Definitions of relevant terms
13:00 - 14:15 - Lunch break
14:00 - 15:45 - The impacts of pervasive influence of corruption at different levels
* Political
* Financial
* Cultural
Learning to recognize corruption - is it really everywhere? Can it be measured?
15:45 - 16:00 - Break
16:00 - 17:30 - Let's get rid of it... or not? Obstacles in addressing the problem of corruption
Review of the 1st day
Day 2
9:00 - 11:00 - Deriving strategies - theory. The basic stuff - what do we need?
* Legal framework
* Political transparency
* Public awareness
11:00 - 11:15 - Break
11:15 - 12:30 - The advanced stuff - effective policies that really work
* What can be done to curb corruption?
* What has been done elsewhere and has actually worked?
* Could it work here? Why or why not?
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - 15:45 - Deriving anti-corruption strategies - exercise (Group work)
15:45 - 16:00 - Break
16:00 - 17:30 - Group presentations
Review of the 2nd day, conclusion
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