[ap-intact] INFO: Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (27 Feb 2015) – Youth Fighting Corruption

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[Facilitator’s note: Thank you to Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, and Samita Singh of the joint UNDP-UNODC Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project, for these updates.]

Youth vital to success in fighting corruption. Young people can bring about cultural change in attitudes and behaviors towards corruption, have the vitality and perspective that needs to be heard, and the creativity and innovation that is needed to address this complex agenda, said Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, during the opening of the Pacific Youth Forum Against Corruption in Nadi. http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2015/02/23/youths-are-vital-to-the-success-in-fighting-corruption-/

Capturing corruption contest winners visit Fiji. Three youth from the Pacific have been identified as winners of a capturing corruption photo contest and have won an all-expenses trip to Fiji to attend the Pacific Youth Forum against Corruption, which began on Sunday, February 22 in Nadi. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=296083

Pacific youth passionate about fighting corruption: UN. The Pacific Youth Forum Against Corruption has wrapped up in Nadi, Fiji following three days of seminars, workshops and even a photographic competition. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/pacific-youth-passionate-about-fighting-corruption-un/1418429

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