Transparency International UK | By: Robert Barrington | GPE – October 10, 2017:
This week, the OECD held its annual Integrity Forum – where a collection of experts from governments, inter-governmental organisations, business and civil society gather to discuss corruption. Robert Barrington discusses some of the key themes from this year’s meeting.
Originally published March 31, 2017: Meetings like this can be good or bad: they can be a bunch of the same people talking over the same issues; or they can be melting pots of ideas and inspire people to continue the fight for the next year. This year’s OECD Forum – thankfully – tilted more towards the positive end. Here are seven big themes I picked up in the panels, plenaries and – perhaps more importantly – the corridors:
1. It’s not all about money.
2. Policy capture and political engagement by companies.
3. Global security: a much wider acceptance than ever before that corruption fuels insecurity; both enabling terrorism and driving disenchanted populations towards extremist groups.
4. Getting the basics right: a useful reminder that we don’t just need lots of new laws.
5. Open data.
6. Whether you describe it as illicit financial flows, following the money or corrupt capital, the links between money laundering and corruption are becoming ever clearer – likewise who is responsible or complicit.
7. Rising up the agenda:
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