Democratic Governance in Europe & CIS

Public Administration Reform and Anti-Corruption Regional Community of Practice meeting - October 2007

Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 15-16 October 2007

Programmatic Implications of the UN Convention Against Corruption

Meeting REPORT

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Logistical Note
• List of Participants
• Short biographies of external speakers

SEMINAR MATERIALS

• Concept Note
• Agenda

PRESENTATIONS

• The global anti-corruption CoP: vision and priorities (Phil Matsheza)
• The regional PAR-AC CoP: where from? where to? (Dan Dionisie)
• The UNCAC as a platform to promote good governance (Stuart Gilman)
• New ideas for implementing the UNCAC (Bryane Michael)
• The problems and challenges in the implementation of anti-corruption activities (Drago Kos)
• UNDP's corporate approach to supporting the implementation of the UNCAC (Phil Matsheza)
• The Anti-Corruption Practitioners' Network, a mechanism for supporting anti-corruption institutions (Francesco Checchi)
• Strengthening awareness and response in exposure of corruption in Armenia (Alla Bakunts)
• Civil society anti-corruption participatory monitoring (APMM) in health and education sectors: case of Armenia (Aida Arutyunova)
• Ratification of the UNCAC in Lithuania (Lina Jankauskiene)
• CoP role in linking regional programming with country priorities: update on progress, plans for the future (Dan Dionisie)
• The Western Balkans CoP on human resource management in civil service: an example of CO-driven regional initiative (Damir Ahmetovic)

BACKGROUND MATERIALS

• United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
• Status of UNCAC ratification in the region
• Thematic Overview of Anti-corruption projects of UNDP Country Offices
• Compendium of PAR-AC projects of UNDP Country Offices
• BDP/DGG Anti-corruption Menu of Services
• Report from the previous regional PAR-AC CoP meeting (March 2006)