Integrity, Anti-Corruption and the G20 Summit - An update from Brisbane
Dear friends and colleagues
The momentum towards a more focused G20 anti-corruption action plan continues, in the wake of Corruption, Integrity Systems & the G20 hosted by Griffith University and Transparency International in June.
I'm pleased to advise that our final review of G20 whistleblowing laws, released in draft at the June conference, has now been published -- and has been welcomed by members of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group around the world.
You can read all about it on the latest Transparency International blogpost, and download the report from Blueprint for Free Speech, Griffith University's Centre for Governance & Public Policy, or Transparency International Australia.
G20 working group co-chair, Stefano Mogini of Italy, described release of the report as ‘particularly helpful in orienting public policies and private sector behaviours in the right direction’, and expressed total agreement with ‘the importance of placing the issue of whistleblower protection in the right frame, as it encompasses both public and private sectors’.
The report was also prominently discussed by Hazel Feigenblatt, Managing Director (Research) of Global Integrity at the recent Global Integrity Summit.
You can also revisit video highlights of the June conference, including keynote speaker Elena Panfilova of Transparency International Russia.
Many of the conference priorities -- ranging from shell companies to foreign bribery settlements, as well as whistleblowing -- flowed through into the C20 Communique, thanks to the efforts of Griffith University-supported participants including Nikos Passas (North Eastern University) and Bruce Zagaris (Washington DC), among many others.
The final integrity recommendations of the Business 20 have also now been published. You can read about the full suite of anti-corruption priorities for the upcoming G20 Brisbane leaders' summit in the Lowy Institute's latest G20 Monitor; or watch a presentation to the Parliamentary Library in Parliament House, Canberra, from 3 September 2014.
Finally, many participants contributed to our major workshop, taking stock of Transparency International's national integrity system (NIS) approach to anti-corruption assessment and capacity-building. The NIS Workshop Outcomes Report is also available (complete with photo highlights attached); while one of the important National Integrity System assessments highlighted, from Cambodia, has also now been released.
An enormous thank you once again to everyone who contributed to the June events, to the review of G20 whistleblowing laws, and this ongoing work,
With best wishes
Dr A J Brown
Professor of Public Policy & Law
Program Leader, Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption
Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University, Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
T +61 (0)7 3735 3986 M +61 (0)414 782 331
E A.J.Brown@griffith.edu.au
http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/centre-governance-public-policy
Transparency International Australia http://www.transparency.org.au
http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/corruption-integrity-systems-g20
Now available: A J Brown, David Lewis, Richard Moberly & Wim Vandekerckhove (eds), International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research Edward Elgar, 2014
The momentum towards a more focused G20 anti-corruption action plan continues, in the wake of Corruption, Integrity Systems & the G20 hosted by Griffith University and Transparency International in June.
I'm pleased to advise that our final review of G20 whistleblowing laws, released in draft at the June conference, has now been published -- and has been welcomed by members of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group around the world.
You can read all about it on the latest Transparency International blogpost, and download the report from Blueprint for Free Speech, Griffith University's Centre for Governance & Public Policy, or Transparency International Australia.
G20 working group co-chair, Stefano Mogini of Italy, described release of the report as ‘particularly helpful in orienting public policies and private sector behaviours in the right direction’, and expressed total agreement with ‘the importance of placing the issue of whistleblower protection in the right frame, as it encompasses both public and private sectors’.
The report was also prominently discussed by Hazel Feigenblatt, Managing Director (Research) of Global Integrity at the recent Global Integrity Summit.
You can also revisit video highlights of the June conference, including keynote speaker Elena Panfilova of Transparency International Russia.
Many of the conference priorities -- ranging from shell companies to foreign bribery settlements, as well as whistleblowing -- flowed through into the C20 Communique, thanks to the efforts of Griffith University-supported participants including Nikos Passas (North Eastern University) and Bruce Zagaris (Washington DC), among many others.
The final integrity recommendations of the Business 20 have also now been published. You can read about the full suite of anti-corruption priorities for the upcoming G20 Brisbane leaders' summit in the Lowy Institute's latest G20 Monitor; or watch a presentation to the Parliamentary Library in Parliament House, Canberra, from 3 September 2014.
Finally, many participants contributed to our major workshop, taking stock of Transparency International's national integrity system (NIS) approach to anti-corruption assessment and capacity-building. The NIS Workshop Outcomes Report is also available (complete with photo highlights attached); while one of the important National Integrity System assessments highlighted, from Cambodia, has also now been released.
An enormous thank you once again to everyone who contributed to the June events, to the review of G20 whistleblowing laws, and this ongoing work,
With best wishes
Dr A J Brown
Professor of Public Policy & Law
Program Leader, Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption
Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University, Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
T +61 (0)7 3735 3986 M +61 (0)414 782 331
E A.J.Brown@griffith.edu.au
http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/centre-governance-public-policy
Transparency International Australia http://www.transparency.org.au
http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/corruption-integrity-systems-g20
Now available: A J Brown, David Lewis, Richard Moberly & Wim Vandekerckhove (eds), International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research Edward Elgar, 2014