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With around 300 representatives from Transparency International (TI) chapters from some 100 countries and territories, the organisation’s 2009 annual membership meeting held in Berlin from 17-18 October was the largest to date.
The anti-corruption coalition geared up for two days of in depth discussions and strategising with a pre-meeting conference to reflect on the global financial crisis, its roots and how the movement can contribute concrete solutions.
During the meeting, resolutions dealing with the UN Convention against Corruption, Germany’s outstanding ratification of the convention and the protection of whistleblowers were adopted. These three issues represent immediate priorities for TI and action on these will be seen as soon as November of this year.
The movement also elected Jeremy Carver (UK) and Sergej Muravjov (Lithuania) to the TI board of directors at the meeting, and paid tribute to outgoing members Nancy Boswell (USA) and Devendra Raj Panday (Nepal) for their work and dedication.
Demanding action on the UN Convention against Corruption
As TI and the 260 organisations in the UNCAC Civil Society Coalition prepare for the Conference of States Parties to the convention in November 2009, the movement is calling on governments to adopt an effective review mechanism to ensure the only global framework for overcoming corruption lives up to its potential.>> read full resolution (PDF)´
Protecting whistleblowers who break the silence on corruption
The TI movement decided to follow up on ongoing initiatives and strengthen its support of the honest and dedicated individuals who denounce corruption, rooting out the embedded networks that allow the abuse of power for private gain whether in the private or public sectors.>> read full resolution (PDF)
Holding Germany to its commitments
The TI movement used the opportunity of meeting in Berlin to call upon Germany’s newly elected parliamentarians to take the country’s signature of the UNCAC one step further and ratify the convention.>> read full resolution (PDF)
>> Pressemitteilung (TI-Deutschland)
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| Jeremy Carver has more than 37 years experience as an international lawyer with Clifford Chance LLP, where he was a partner for 30 years. He has represented and advised many States and governments in boundary disputes, treaties, investments and development. An emphasis in his practice is oil and gas, having started work with Shell while at Cambridge University in order to be a petroleum engineer. He is currently a part-time consultant with Clifford Chance, retaining the title of Head of International Law, and has served as a Trustee/Director of TI-UK since 2001. Jeremy is President of the International Law Association British Branch and active in other international bodies, including International Rescue Committee, a leading humanitarian agency. |
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| Sergej Muravjov is the executive director of TI Lithuania. He joined the chapter in 2005 and has overseen its steady growth and broader engagement, both nationally and regionally. Sergej has been involved in numerous cross-regional TI initiatives and represented the movement internationally. He advocated for a more effective UNCAC at the Conference of State Parties in 2007 and 2008. He has published extensively on transparency, corruption and good governance, and is also the editor of a number of books on public and private sector accountability. He has conducted consultancy tasks for the European Commission, UN Development Programme and the UK Department for International Development. He represents TI Lithuania on a special anti-corruption commission launched by the government of Lithuania, advising their anti-corruption efforts. |
Gypsy Guillén Kaiser
Tel. +49 30 34 3820666
press@transparency.org
