Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) PLENARY MEETING AGENDA 3-5 July 2018 Paris Background
The meeting is organised in the framework of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN), a regional anti-corruption programme established under the OECD Working Group on Bribery. The ACN supports countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 1 in their fight against corruption, by providing a regional forum for promotion of anti-corruption activities, exchange of information, elaboration of best practices and donor coordination. More information is available on the ACN website at www.oecd.org/corruption/acn. Objectives The meeting has the following objectives: to discuss, with a view to adoption, the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan Fourth Round Monitoring reports on Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine (sector evaluation) and progress reports on Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan; to launch the ACN thematic studies on Prevention of Corruption at Local Level, Confiscation and Independence of Prosecutors; to discuss the amendments to the IAP monitoring methodology, moving forward to the 5 th round of monitoring: scope and procedures; to discuss progress on implementing the fundraising strategy and the signature of the MOU between the ACN members and the OECD; to discuss the implementation of the ACN Work Programme in 2018 and the future Work Programme. Working language The meeting will take place in English with simultaneous interpretation into Russian. Dates of the future meetings Law Enforcement Network, Autumn 2018. ACN Plenary: March 2019 (TBD), OECD, Paris. Date, time and venue 3-5 July 2018, OECD Conference Centre, Paris. Contact persons Ms Martina Limonta, martina.limonta@oecd.org +33 1 45 24 78 31 (on registration and logistics); Ms Rusudan Mikhelidze, rmikhelidze@gmail.com (on agenda and participation). 1 The ACN is open for all countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and involves ALBANIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, ESTONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, GEORGIA, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, MONTENEGRO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SLOVENIA, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE AND UZBEKISTAN 2
AGENDA Monday, 2 July 2018 11.30-18.00 BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS AND PREPARATORY MEETINGS 11.30 13.00 4 th Round Monitoring of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine: working meeting only for the monitoring teams and the Secretariat (Room MB 2122) 13.00 14.00 Lunch 14.00 18.00 4 th Round Monitoring of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine: bilateral consultations for the monitoring team, the Secretariat and the national delegation (including NGOs): Armenia: Room MB 5122 Kyrgyzstan: Room MB 2122 Ukraine: Room MB 6122 Tuesday, 3 July 2018 8.00 10.00 BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS AND PREPARATORY MEETINGS (continued) 8.00 9.00 Preparatory meetings for progress updates: Tajikistan: Room MB 4294 9.00 10.00 Preparatory meetings for progress updates (continued): Azerbaijan: Room MB 5122 Kazakhstan: Room MB 2122 Mongolia: Room MB 3294 Ukraine: Room MB 6122 3
10.00-16.45 19 TH ISTANBUL ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTION PLAN MONITORING MEETING Chair Mrs Enery Quinones, Chair of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan 10.00 10.15 Opening by Mr Masamichi Kono, OECD Deputy Secretary General 10.15 11.15 FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORING OF UKRAINE: SECTOR EVALUATION First reading 11.15 11.45 Family picture and coffee 11.45 13.15 FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORTING OF ARMENIA First reading 13.15 14.30 Lunch 14.30 16.00 FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORING OF KYRGYZSTAN First reading 16.00 16.45 PROGRESS UPDATE OF AZERBAIJAN Parallel session: preparatory meeting for progress update on Uzbekistan: Room MB 5294 17.00-20.00 BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES Monitoring team, Secretariat and the national delegations: Armenia: Room MB 5122 Kyrgyzstan: Room MB 2122 Ukraine: Room MB 6122 4
Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09.00-17.30 19 TH ISTANBUL ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTION PLAN MONITORING MEETING (continued) Chair Mrs Enery Quinones, Chair of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan 9.00 10.00 Opening by Mrs Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORING OF ARMENIA Second reading 10.00 11.00 FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORING OF KYRGYZSTAN Second reading 11.00 11.30 Coffee 11.30 12.00 FOURTH ROUND OF MONITORING OF UKRAINE Second reading 12.00 12.45 PROGRESS UPDATE OF UZBEKISTAN 12.45 13.30 PROGRESS UPDATE OF TAJIKISTAN 13.30 14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 PROGRESS UPDATE OF KAZAKHSTAN Parallel session: preparatory meeting for progress update on Georgia: Room MB 2022 15.15 16.00 PROGRESS UPDATE OF UKRAINE 16.00 16.45 PROGRESS UPDATE OF MONGOLIA 16.45 17.30 PROGRESS UPDATE OF GEORGIA 5
Thursday, 5 July 2018 09.00-18.00 23 rd ACN STEERING GROUP MEETING Co-Chairs Mr Patrick Moulette, Head, OECD Anti-Corruption Division and Mrs Sintija Helviga Eihvalde, Head of Strategic Communication and Education Group, Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, Latvia 9.00 9.30 Opening by Ms Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa Adoption of the Agenda Adoption of the Summary Record of the 22 nd Steering Group Meeting 9.30 10.15 Activity Report 2017 with new indicators Presentation by the ACN Secretariat 10.15 11.00 ACN Fundraising Strategy Update by the ACN Secretariat 11.00 11.30 Coffee 11.30 12.15 Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan Amendments to the Methodology adopted with the written procedure; the 5 th round of monitoring: scope and procedures, ACN Secretariat 12.15 12.45 INTES Methodology: anti-corruption evaluation of education Mr Mihaylo Milovanovitch, Center for Applied Policy and Integrity 12.45 13.30 Thematic studies Prevention of corruption at local level, Mr Valts Kalnins Confiscation, ACN Secretariat Independence of prosecutors, ACN Secretariat 13.30 14.30 Lunch 14.30 16.00 Tour de Table Anti-corruption reforms in selected sectors: presentation by selected countries 16.00 16.30 Tour de Table Updates by donors and International Organisations 16.30 17.15 Topical updates from the OECD Directorates, Committees and Initiatives 6
17.15 18.00 ACN Work Plan in 2018 Activities planned for the second half of the year, next Work Programme, High Level Meeting, ACN secretariat Closing 7
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