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  • Third Annual High-Level Anti-Corruption Conference for G20 Governments and Business
    Co-organised by the G20 Russian Presidency and the OECD, with UNODC support, this conference focused on promoting transparency and integrity in organising sport and other major events and cutting-edge measures for governments and business to combat corruption.

  • 2013 Forum on Integrity – Improving Integrity in Practice
    The 2013 Forum on Integrity will bring together high-level government, business and civil society representatives to exchange and discuss best practices in implementing integrity.

  • OECD Integrity Week: 22-26 April 2013
    A series of high-level public events and committee meetings addressing the issue of integrity and anti-corruption take place at the OECD during the week of 22-26 April 2013.

  • Trust comes from within
    Russians are becoming increasingly active in the country’s social arena. While activists remain a small but growing and visible minority of citizens looking for changes in governance, many more are becoming involved in the day-to-day affairs of their communities. It remains to be seen whether this emerging culture of civic participation will sit comfortably with existing governance structures.

  • Specialised Anti-Corruption Institutions - Review of Models
    This report provides a comparative overview of common standards and key features of specialised anti-corruption institutions and comprehensive descriptions of 19 anti-corruption institutions operating in different parts of the world, presented in a comparable framework.

  • Regrettably low awareness in the private sector is an obstacle to the fight against foreign bribery in the Czech Republic
    The Czech government must urgently engage with the private sector to raise awareness, says a new OECD report. The awareness of the Czech foreign bribery offence remains regrettably low among companies, despite the recent adoption of a comprehensive corporate liability regime that holds Czech companies liable for this crime.

  • Denmark must investigate foreign bribery more proactively
    Denmark’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been weak. Only 13 foreign bribery allegations have surfaced, and sanctions have been imposed in just one case that falls under the Convention. Law enforcement authorities have not been sufficiently proactive, and cases have been prematurely closed without complete investigations. Denmark must take more investigative steps and make greater efforts to gather evidence from abroad.

  • Working Group on Bribery seeks new Chair
    Responsible for monitoring implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the Working Group on Bribery is seeking to designate a dynamic individual to become its new Chair.

  • OECD takes aim at software technologies used by businesses to evade taxes
    The OECD has released a study to help all countries understand and address the risks of sales suppression software. It describes some of the most common electronic sales suppression techniques and shows how these methods can be detected by tax auditors. The report also considers the approaches already adopted by countries in combating this risk and highlights a number of best practices.

  • Leading Practitioners on Public Procurement
    Leading Practitioners on Public Procurement