Regional Anti Corruption Conference Inaugurated by President
THE 7 th Regional Conference of ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption initiative on Asia and the Pacific was inaugurated by the President in New Delhi yesterday. The Conference is aimed at ‘building multi-disciplinary framework to combat corruption'.
Experts from 28 member countries and economies of ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption initiative and delegates/ eminent personalities including CVC, CIC from India are attending the Conference. It also has experts from all the relevant disciplines – representing international organizations, leading enterprises and businesses associations, civil society, and multilateral and donor organizations.
This Conference will provide a forum on establishing and implementing in Asia-Pacific some of the main features of an effective multidisciplinary anti-corruption framework: 1) international cooperation in multijurisdictional corruption investigations; 2) measures to prevent and detect corruption in public procurement; 3) corporate compliance, internal controls and ethics measures to fight corruption; and 4) strong citizen contributions to these frameworks.
Ironically, India is hosting this regional conference at a time when the Government of the day was grappling with the consequences of one of the biggest scams since independence and trying to save its skin at all costs by defending the indefensible.