UNDP workshops at IACC / Managing conflicts of interest / Global Corruption Barometer - Asia

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UNDP workshops at the 19th International Anti-Corruption Conference.  Please see the flyer in the link below for more details on the timing of UNDP’s workshops at the IACC next week. Topics range from the next generation of anti-corruption priorities, to lessons learned from Republic of Korea on effective strategies and innovative partnerships, digitalization for anti-corruption, as well as youth as game changers in the Pacific.

UNDP: https://anti-corruption.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/UNDP-Flyer-19th-IACC-Workshops.pdf

 

Addressing corruption risks in the age of COVID-19: Preventing and managing conflicts of interest in the public sector (Blog).  “The World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have joined forces to produce a Good Practices Guide on Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector. This Guide has been developed at the request of and with inputs from the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, drawing on experiences from G20 countries and beyond to illustrate good practices and innovations.”

Ed Olowo-okere, János Bertók, and Brigitte Strobel-Shaw/World Bank: https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/addressing-corruption-risks-age-covid-19-preventing-and-managing-conflicts-interest

 

Corruption remains a major problem in Asia, damaging trust in government, survey finds (Press Release/Report).  “The report, Global Corruption Barometer – Asia, finds that three-quarters of respondents believe that government corruption is a big problem in their country, with nearly one in five people (19 per cent) paying a bribe when accessing public services in the previous year. This is equivalent to about 836 million people.”

Direct link to the report: https://www.transparency.org/en/gcb/asia/asia-2020

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/corruption-remains-a-major-problem-in-asia-damaging-trust-in-government-survey-finds  

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