March 14-15, 2007.

AMAN Participates in the Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public- Private Partnerships

AMAN had participated in the conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public- Private Partnerships held in Brussels on March 14-15, 2007.

The conference aimed at exploring the potential of a three-way partnership of donors, developing partner countries, and the private sector to improve governance and fight corruption.

Participants at this two-day conference included over 400 participants from international organizations, public sector, NGOs and private sector leaders. The conference was organized by the World Bank Institute, OECD, and the Belgian government.

Main recommendations of the conference included that addressing corruption may be less important than preventing it in the first place; partnership between the North and South countries should take place in the fight against corruption; the private sector needs to bring more big companies into the growing group of companies that are taking a zero tolerance approach to corruption; youth should be involved in the anti-corruption dialogue; and donors should come to an understanding that reform is a long term process that takes time.