Since the early 2000s, strengthening integrity has been high on the global agenda, both in the public and the private sector. Business leaders around the world are voicing support for transparency and integrity. Many large companies have started to implement compliance programmes, driven by ever-higher expectations of customers and a trend towards tightening legal frameworks. The increasing importance of strengthening integrity is also reflected on the global level, for example in the adoption of the UN Convention against Corruption and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
Collective action, in particular, seeks to leverage this trend by bringing together all relevant stakeholders and providing a forum for dialogue, exchange on good practices and a space to jointly craft innovative solutions to strengthen business integrity. While there has been significant progress, high profile cases of corrupt practices in the private sector keep making headlines. This reveals a need to take stock of existing anti-corruption and compliance measures with a view to their effectiveness and impact.
At the same time, corruption has been largely described as a multi-faceted and multidimensional phenomenon. Strengthening integrity in the economic system therefore requires differentiated strategies according to the concrete context in which corruption occurs. The regional dimension (on this occasion we take a closer look at Latin America) as well as the gender dimension of integrity play a role. The type of company, e.g. state-owned enterprises (SOEs) or small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs), matters, as these groups face different challenges when it comes to strengthening integrity successfully.
What are success factors, what solutions have the potential to be upscaled and what do companies need to do to bring compliance to the next level? This conference seeks to take a good hard look at these questions and to come up with concrete ideas on how we can jointly create, measure and visualise impact.
Who can attend?
The Alliance for Integrity’s Global Conference aims to bring together relevant stakeholders from the private sector, the public sector, civil society, academia and international institutions to enable a global exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices. Participation will be of interest to companies of all sizes, in particular to CEOs, chief compliance officers and executives responsible for wider business integrity issues. The conference will also be of relevance to personnel engaged in anti-corruption issues in government, civil society, development agencies, international organisations and academia.
Language
The conference will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation.
Location: Central Garden
Location: Terraza Room
Strengthening integrity is vital for sustainable economic development and the achievements of the Agenda 2030 as a whole. Strengthening integrity is also of crucial importance for businesses, leveling the playing field, spurring competition and innovation, and increasing the attractiveness for investment. Although recent anti-corruption efforts show significant progress, documenting and reporting achievements remains challenging. Innovative methods and solutions are required to capture the impact of anti-corruption programmes. Furthermore, there is a need to share good practices: what measures work particularly well and have the potential to be upscaled? How can we collaborate to achieve more impact?
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Gender equality is one of the key social issues of our time. Yet in business integrity, gender is only now gaining importance. This is exemplified by the first joint statement on corruption by the Business 20, Civil 20 and Women 20 released in 2018. There is still little empirical evidence on how gender is interlinked with corruption. A review of existing studies suggests that women are differently affected by corruption than men and may also respond to it in different ways. Furthermore, practical experience from the Alliance for Integrity suggests that a focus on female entrepreneurs and compliance experts can lead to concrete progress on the ground.
Moderator
Location: Terraza Room
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Countries
Regions
Organisations
Location: Central Garden
The OECD promotes transparency and integrity as one of the central topics of the agenda of its members. In addition, the OECD carries out integrity reviews for member and non-member countries, supporting them to achieve the OECD standards. This workshop intends to explain the importance of the mechanisms for the private and public sector as well as the main elements of an integrity review.
Moderators
Location: Estancia Room
Judicial investigations in grand corruption, progressive anti-corruption legislation and even social movements: the fight against corruption is in the center of the public debate across Latin America. For the public sector the investigations and prosecutions of the last ten years promote progressive legislation. On the other hand, large-scale cases of corruption (Odebrecht, Petrobras, etc.) in the private sector have spurred the implementation of compliance programmes and sustainable change in business practices. Civil society has also played a main role in those changes supporting anti-corruption and monitoring the effective implementation of the legislation. Is this a window of opportunity to strengthen integrity in Latin America? How can we collaborate, learn from each other and jointly achieve more impact?
Moderator
Location: Terraza Room
Mitigating corruption risks in businesses is a challenging task. This is especially true for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that face particular challenges such as limited personnel and financial resources to build up compliance programmes. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Nevertheless, there are numerous success stories on the ground that provide valuable lessons for SMEs that are just starting out with corruption prevention. In this practical breakout session, SME representatives will share some of their good practices and lessons learnt on the ground that the audience can implement in their own companies.
Moderator
Location: Vitrales Room
Location: Terraza Room
Location: Terraza Room
Karina Blanco
Technical Advisor for the 2030 Agenda Initiative, GIZ Mexico
Susanne Friedrich
Director, Alliance for Integrity
Oliver Knörich
Head of Economic & Global Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mexico
José Luis Beato González
Secretary of Economic Development, Government of Mexico City
Juan Carlos Alverde
CEO, Toks
Irma Eréndira Sandoval Ballesteros
Secretary, Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry
Juan Ignacio Díaz
CEO, Siemens Mexico
Beauty Emefa Narteh
Executive Director, Ghana Anticorruption Coalition
David Colmenares Páramo
Auditor, Superior Auditory of the Federation Mexico
Wagner Rosário
Brazilian Minister of Transparency and Comptroller General of the Union (CGU)
Susana Sáenz Arelle
Journalist, El Financiero TV, Bloomberg
Nana Osei Bonsu
CEO, Private Enterprise Federation
Shabnam Siddiqui
Director, Global Compact Network India
Maria Marta Talice
Representative, Fundación Liderazgos y Organizaciones Responsables (FLOR)
Blanca Estela Pérez Villalobos
National President, Mexican Association of Female Entrepreneurs
Clara Machado
Winner of the Alliance for Integrity and W20 Written Contest on Gender and Integrity, Venezuela
Luis Ferella
Executive Director, Office of Institutional Consolidation of the Province of Buenos Aires
Silvia Späth
Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Soledad Urri
Head of the Ethics and Transparency Area, Argentinian Railway Infrastructure Management (adif), Argentina
Jacobo Pastor García Villarreal
Senior Specialist on Integrity and Procurement Policies, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Richard Huelsmann
Advisor Anti-corruption and Integrity Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Jana Warkotsch
Advisor Anti-corruption and Integrity Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Emilce Gaona
Director of Integrity and Public Ethics National Anti-Corruption Secretariat, Paraguay
Nicolás Lagos
Integrity and Anti-Corruption Advisor, Comptroller General of the Republic, Chile
Carlos Lanardonne
Head of Integrity & Compliance, Pharma LACan, Novartis
Dalma Parisi
Regional Compliance Officer, Siemens S.A.
Jerome Poussielgue
Minister Counselor of the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico
Ana Karen Tirado Heredia
Coordinator of Persé, CSR and Sustainability Center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Mexico
Alice Berggrun
Coordinator Fight against Corruption ,United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Lorenzo Berho Corona
CEO, Vesta Inmobiliaria
Andrés Ucrós Maldonado
Director Safety, Peace and Justice, Chamber of Commerce of Bogota
David Romero
Quality Manager, Tajy Aseguradora
Vania Pérez
Coordinator Integrity and Strengthening of Transparency, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mexico
Luis Ferella
Executive Director, Office of Institutional Consolidation of the Province of Buenos Aires
Ana Karen Tirado Heredia
Koordinatorin, Persé
Vania Pérez
Coordinator Integrity and Strengthening of Transparency, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mexico
Dr. Thomas Cieslik
Senior Policy Advisor for Enterprise Development and Sustainable Economy, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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