[ap-intact] REPORT LAUNCH & SEMINAR: What ASEAN Should do to fight Corruption (Transparency International)

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[Facilitator’s note: Thank you to Rukshana Nanayakkara, Transparency International, for sharing this information. AP-INTACT shares this information strictly as a service to members. To know more, you may get in touch with the contact persons below. Please do not send your query to AP-INTACT. AP-INTACT is not responsible for the accuracy of the posted information. It assumes no liability for the registration and programme practices/decisions of the sponsoring organisation.]

Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release a new report on why ASEAN leaders must create a regional body – the ASEAN Integrity Community -- that integrates anti-corruption principles into the framework of a proposed regional economic community. The report launch will be followed up by a seminar on ASEAN Integrity Community: A Vision for Transparent and Accountable Integration.

The report Launch:

ASEAN Integrity Community: A vision for transparent and accountable integration
24 April 2015
Corus Hotel
Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
9:30 am Kuala Lumpur time
Available online at
 www.transparency.org

Seminar:

ASEAN Integrity Community:
A VISION FOR TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE INTEGRATION
FRIDAY 24 APRIL
Corus Hotel
Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10:30 – 12 noon Kuala Lumpur time

PRESS CONTACT(S):

Rukshana Nanayakkara
Tel: +601 1233 74 166
rnanayakkara@transparency.org

Jessica Sercombe
Transparency International-Malaysia
Tel: + 603 79 60 6630

jessica@transparency.org.my

For interview requests, please contact:
In Berlin:
Tel: +49 30 34 38 20 666

press@transparency.org

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