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Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts Task Force  
Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts Task Force  

Corruption is a major obstacle to social and economic development and increases the cost of doing business.

APEC's Anti-Corruption and Transparency Expert Task Force (ACT) is made up of law enforcement officials from APEC member economies. It's main activities include:

APEC Economic Leaders put fighting corruption on their agenda in 2003 in Bangkok. The decision was taken to set up a task force under Senior Officials to specifically steer APEC anti-corruption activities and the ACT was established in 2005.
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The 6th plenary meeting of the APEC Anticorruption and Transparency Experts Task Force was held in Lima, Peru on 28-29th February 2008. Under Peru's chairmanship, anticorruption and law enforcement officials from APEC member economies met in Lima to discuss and approve the 2008 work plan which focuses on the implementation of practical measures to combat corruption.

As part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen regional linkages with other organizations, representatives from the OECD-ADB Initiative for the Pacific, the World Bank, and Transparency International also attended the meeting reaffirming the importance of mutual exchanges among these bodies to progress the international anticorruption agenda.

As stressed in 2007, there is strong support to continue the implementation of the APEC codes of conduct for Public and Private sector. These principles, already endorsed by APEC Ministers and Leaders and with the support of the APEC Business Advisory Council in 2007, are now being considered by the ACT which is examining the ways and means to develop practical measures on these ethical codes of conduct aiming to improve corporate governance and public transparency.

In October 2007, Peru organized a workshop, "the Fight against Corruption is a Common International Responsibility: Strengthening the Cooperation Mechanisms in the Asia Pacific Region" which aimed to identify the impediments to the implementation of current mechanisms, to discuss best practices and to identify areas for further cooperation.

In 2007 ACT made concrete progress on finalizing its deliverables that were adopted and approved at meetings of APEC Leaders and Ministers in Sydney in late September. They endorsed:


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At the APEC Anticorruption and Transparency Experts Task Force in February 2008, the plenary announced Viet Nam's proposal to conduct an anti-corruption symposium. Focusing on transparency and its linkages with administrative reform issues, the symposium is scheduled to be held on 25-26 June 2008. There will be four sub-topics at the symposium: (1) administrative reform for the effective anti-corruption; (2) the role of inspection and anti-corruption agencies in boosting administrative reform; (3) administrative procedure reform for the effective prevention of corruption; and (4) the private sector involvement with administrative reform for the purpose of anti-corruption.

The ACT also noted and approved Thailand's preliminary finding on the comparative study of Anti-Corruption Measures and Procedures in APEC which will significantly contribute to broadening the data and statistics available for the APEC region. The final report is expected to be delivered at the next ACT plenary in August 2008.

Other future deliverables comprise:


Anti-Corruption and Transparency - Key Contacts

Chair
Dr Carolina LIZARRAGA (Mrs)
Chief of the Peruvian National Office Against Corruption
Lima, Peru
E-mail:
clizarraga@pcm.gob.pe

APEC Secretariat
Mr Luis Romero
Director (Program)
Email: lr@apec.org
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2004 APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration
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APEC Anti-corruption Code of Conduct for Business brochure, September 2007
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Santiago Commitment to Fight Corruption and Ensure Transparency
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APEC Course of Action on Fighting Corruption and Ensuring Transparency
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2007 Summary of APEC Fora's Reports to SCE III
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