Transparency International

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Collective TI-advocacy action in response
to EUs 1st Anti-Corruption Report
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL EU Office
(TI-EU) Email jberg_at_transparency.org We
bsite www.transparencyinternational.eu
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Session structure

• Presentation EU Report collective advocacy
  opportunities
• Chapter advocacy action example
• Group discussion
• Break-out sessions
• Other collective action opportunities EU
  presidency project

Advocacy COMS Video recording
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What is the EUs first Anti-Corruption Report

• One year after the EUs anti-corruption policy
  launch
• Influencing EU policy
• Bringing experts together for exchange
• Delivering expert advice EU Expert Groups
  public consultations
• Awareness-raising among EU stakeholders and
  beyond press conference/ media coverage
• Supporting/ shadowing national launches

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What should be the themes?

• Hook for national advocacy
• Use your NIS findings
• Lobbying transparency inadequate regulations
• Whistleblower protection
• Political party financing
• Public procurement

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Whats the EU hook potential future advocacy
actions

• EU hooks by topic
• Parliamentary integrity EP Code of conduct
  (closed!), promotion of legislative footprint
  (ongoing)
• Whistleblowing review of EU internal staff
  regulations (ongoing)
• Procurement influencing EU Directives (ongoing
  until end of 2012!)
• Political party financing campaign around
  upcoming EP elections 2013

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Whats next Upcoming project deliverables

• Project deliverables
• Press conference policy debate ENIS Regional
  Report
• 3 Expert roundtables topics to be defined
• 3 Policy papers topics to be defined
• TIME TO JOIN FORCES!

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Whats next potential future advocacy actions

• EU news opportunities for TI
• Aim creating synergies between regional and your
  national advocacy strategy to promote change
  bottom-up and top-down
• European Parliament new Special Committee on
  Organised Crime, Money-laundering and Corruption
  
• European Commission European Citizen Initiative
  (ECI) topic to be discussed

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THANKS!Q A session
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Contact at EU-level Janina
BergTRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONALLiaison Office
to the EUPhone 32 (0)2 23 58-646 Email
jberg_at_transparency.org  Twitter
http//twitter.com/ti_euBlog http//europeblog.t
ransparency.orgWebsite http//www.transparencyin
ternational.eu