Regional Workshop:“Anti-Corruption agencies: international standards and practical experiences"

Organized by: The Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the UN Development Programme.

Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mr. Samir Al Refai, the Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission organized a regional workshop on “Anti-Corruption agencies: international standards and practical experiences” in Amman, Jordan on 28 October 2010 with the cooperation of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the UN Development Programme. . The overall aim of the workshop was to launch an interactive and inclusive regional discussion on anti-corruption institutional arrangements starting with the exploration of the concepts and practices associated with specialized anti-corruption bodies, or what is most commonly referred to as Anti-Corruption Agencies. More specifically, the workshop sought to facilitate in-depth knowledge-sharing on the experiences of Anti-Corruption Agencies in a variety of contexts; explore the substantive requirements for institutional arrangements under the UNCAC and the responses adopted by States Parties; and foster an interactive exchange on the experiences of Arab countries in establishing Anti-Corruption Agencies and identifying possible alternative approaches to reinforce
anti-corruption institutional arrangements. Participants to the meeting included heads of regional and international anti-corruption agencies and members of their staff, senior governmental and civil society representatives from the region and related regional and international organizations.