Transparency International

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the coalition against corruption
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL Anti-Corruption,
Forest Law and Governance Programme
Lisa Elges Senior Programme Coordinator Transpare
ncy International Asia Pacific
www.transparency.org
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Invitation

• Meet Transparency International
• Explore the Corruption in Forestry
• Hear firsthand our new PROGRAMME on
  Anti-corruption, Forest Law and Governance in
  Asia Pacific
• Engage with us to go FORWARD

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TIs vision

• TIs vision is a world in which
• government, politics, business, civil society and
  the daily lives of people are free of corruption

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What is corruption?

• TI defines corruption as
• the abuse of entrusted power for private gain

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TIs approach

• TI fights corruption at its roots systemic
  approach (National Integrity Systems)
• TI develops coalitions works with public private
  sectors and other civil society groups
• TI does not undertake investigations
• TI is politically non-partisan
• TI combines local rootedness with international
  expertise unique international network

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The TI Movement

• Founded in 1993
• 95 National Chapters around the world active in
  107 countries independent NGOs
• TI International Secretariat Berlin, Germany
• TI regions
• Africa and the Middle East
• Asia-Pacific
• Europe and Central Asia
• Americas

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TI Global Priorities

• Political Corruption
• Corruption in Public Contracting
• Corruption in the Private Sector
• International Anti-corruption Conventions
• Corruption and Aid, Poverty and Development

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TI Global Tools

• Indices and Surveys Raising Awareness
• TI Corruption Perceptions Index
• TI Global Corruption Barometer
• TI Bribe Payers Index
• Reports Monitoring and Diagnosis
• Global Corruption Report
• OECD Convention Report Cards
• NIS Country Studies
• Activities for Prevention
• TI Integrity Pacts
• Business Principles for Countering Bribery
• Activities for Remedy
• Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres
• Many tools are carried out, adapted or initiated
  by our network
• of National Chapters

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TI Asia Pacific Presence
East Asia South East Asia South Asia Pacific
China Japan South Korea Taiwan Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Thailand Cambodia Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Maldives Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu
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Asia Pacific Areas of Engagement

• Current Priorities
• Measuring Corruption
• Anticorruption Education
• Corruption Humanitarian Aid
• Curbing corruption at local government level
• Upcoming Priorities
• Measuring Anticorruption Efforts and Impact
• Corruption in the Forestry Sector
• Bribery in Foreign Direct Investments
• Political Corruption

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Corruption and Humanitarian Aid

• National Activitites
• Awareness raising/capacity building TI Indonesia
  coordinated and trained local community
  coalitions
• Monitoring TI Sri Lanka commissioned Value for
  Money and Citizen Audits of the reconstuction
  activities
• Lobbying TI Pakistan promoted the implementation
  of procurement laws in the earthquake
  reconstruction efforts
• Regional Activities
• Multistakeholder workshops to identify corruption
  risks and best practice and develop concrete
  recommendations
• TI/ADB/OECD Expert Meeting on Preventing
  Corruption in Post- Tsunami Relief and
  Reconstruction, Jakarta April 2005
• TI Workshop on Ensuring Transparency in
  Earthquake Reconstruction Activities, Islamabad
  February 2006
• Global Activities
• Corruption Risk Map in Humanitarian Aid
• Dialogue with humanitarian agencies to address
  the risks of corruption in humanitarian relief

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Selected Asia Pacific Achievements

• Service delivery surveys focusing on key sectors,
  health, judiciary, police in Indonesia, Cambodia,
  Bangladesh
• Education tools developed in Vanuatu, Cambodia,
  PNG, Thailand
• TI Business Principles launched in Indonesia, Sri
  Lanka, China
• Integrity pacts in Indonesia, Korea, Nepal,
  Pakistan
• Public procurement reforms through transparency
  bidding and e-tendering in Korea, Pakistan
• Membership in APEC anti-corruption Task Force,
  ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative Advisory Group

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TI/NGO Accountability

• Governance
• Constitution/Articles of Association
• Board of Directors (multi-stakeholder/poltically
  non-partisan, democratically elected)
• Membership (individual/corporate)
• Code of Conduct
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Financial Accountability Audited reports/Budgets
• Performance
• Annual Programme/activity report
• Impacts

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Why a Forestry Programme?

• Environment key to Asia Pacific
• Corruption facilitates Illegal Activities in
  Harvesting, Processing and Trade (import/export)
• National Chapter driven
• Leverage at regional and global levels
• Public and private sector engagement, Coalition
  building
• Sustainability, accountability, integrity
  systemic change
• Urgency

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Asia Pacific Corruption in Forestry Programme
Development Workshop

• Bangkok 26-27 July 2007
• Objectives
• Identify forestry related risks of corruption and
  assess their negative socio, economic and
  environmental impact
• Explore areas of corruption risks not covered by
  existing interventions
• Build a picture of existing regional and global
  initiatives and instruments relevant to
  governance issues and corruption in forestry
• Refine the overall goal of a future TI Regional
  Programme
• Identify specific objectives for the Regional
  Programme, ensuring that they address at national
  and regional levels the root causes of corruption
  in forestry
• Explore partnership opportunities

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Programme Goal, Purpose, Scope Interventions

• Overall Goal To contribute to transparent,
  accountable and responsible forest governance in
  Asia Pacific.
• Specific Purpose To increase transparency and
  reduce corruption risks in the transactions
  linked to forest management and trade in timber
  and wood products in Asia Pacific.

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Scope Target Issues

• The Programme focuses on five categories of
  transactions and issues which contribute to poor
  and illegal practices in the exploitation of
  forest in Asia Pacific.
• State Capture Bribery of Foreign Public
  Officials. The Programme deals with political
  corruption/patronage and political party
  financing in source countries and with corrupt
  activities by foreign and multinational
  corporations operating out of demand countries.
• Land Reforms, Forest Licensing Concessions. The
  Programme confronts corruption and the lack of
  transparency in the granting of forest/land
  concessions for logging and plantations and the
  monitoring of respective agreements.
• Timber Laundering. (Corruption in Certification,
  Import and Export Processes). The Programme
  addresses corruption involved in the conversion
  of illegal timber and wood products to legal at
  different levels of the supply chain, in
  particular through certification agents and
  customs officers.
• Judicial Integrity. The Programme focuses on the
  issue of judicial corruption in countries where
  the rule of law and law enforcement rely heavily
  on judicial activities.
• Unsustainable Demand for Wood Derivatives. The
  Programme confronts the soaring and unsustainable
  demand for wood and paper products, and the
  commitment of government and companies from
  industrialised countries to take appropriate
  measure to contain such demand level.

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Advocacy

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• Diagnostic Studies and Analysis.
• Awareness-Raising Campaigns informed by diagnosis
  studies.
• Development/Adaptation of Anti Corruption
  Instruments, Tools, Solutions and Capacity
  Building to support advocacy campaigns.
• Progress Monitoring and Reporting.

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Expected Results

• Transparent, accountable and responsible forest
  governance in Asia Pacific.
• Increased transparency and reduction of
  corruption risks in the transactions linked to
  forest management/governance and trade in timber
  and wood products in Asia Pacific.

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Results

• Addressed influences inside and outside forest
  sector affecting governance and trade
• Legal reforms/sectoral coordination
• Law Enforcement
• Objective basis for advocacy
• Awareness and increased capacities for engagement
  by stakeholders
• Tracking progress
• Others

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Approach

• Partnerships, Cooperation, Support and
  Reinforcement
• Human side/Crime side systemic change
• Learning and Evaluation
• Resulted oriented
• Sustainability Multiplier effects and Africa
• Urgency

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Urgency Intact World Forests
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Rainforests of the World

• WARNING The rainforest is ENDANGERED!!
• These are the only rainforests of the World. Many
  parts of the rainforests have been burnt at slash
  and burn fires or cut down for wood furniture.
  The other rainforests are in South America,
  Afrika, Indonesia and in Madagaskar.

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TI Corruption Perception Index 2006
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• www.transparency.org