Corruption impact on COVID-19/ Beneficial ownership in procurement / TI priorities podcast

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Impact of corruption and integrity on COVID-19 response and recovery (Virtual event).  This workshop will discuss the impact of corruption and integrity on COVID-19 response and recovery, and the importance of integrating anti-corruption in and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This session is organized by UNDP, Knowledge Partner of the virtual 2021 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum.

OECD: https://oecd-events.org/gacif2021/session/26285452-3c80-eb11-b566-000d3a20ecf5  

 

Beneficial ownership data in procurement (Policy brief).  [Beneficial Ownership (BO) data improves public procurement processes and objectives [in the following ways]: Prevent fraud and corruption by helping detect potential signs of bid-rigging and conflicts of interest; Improve service delivery through competition…Oversight, verification and accountability by civil society and the public…improving the business environment, allowing companies to use BO data to manage and reduce risk in their own due diligence and other [anti-money laundering] processes.

Open Ownership: https://www.openownership.org/uploads/OO%20BO%20Data%20in%20Procurement.pdf   

 

Democracy that Delivers Episode #250: Anti-Corruption’s Past, Present, & Future with Transparency International Chair Delia Ferreira (Podcast/Blog).  “Listen to Ferreira share TI’s priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, her suggestions for global businesses that she sees increasingly willing to adopt social and community-minded approaches, and what she would do if TI was awarded an extra $50 million in funding this year.”

Frank Brown and Ken Jaques/Center for International Private Enterprise: https://www.cipe.org/blog/2021/03/12/democracy-that-delivers-episode-250-anti-corruptions-past-present-future-with-transparency-international-chair-delia-ferreira/  

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