Combating Corruption & the Misuse of Public Office
Date: 18 Oct - 29 Oct 2010
Venue: UK
Weeks: 2
Fee: £3650
Foreign aid flow is in inevitable decline as the recent global downturn has led to Western donors facing mounting fiscal pressures and gaping deficits. It is imperative that the public sector continues to work towards delivering practical measures to reduce corruption, increase transparency and engage community involvement.
This course will equip participants with the strategies, tools and techniques necessary to build human resource capacity, create an ethos of continued improvement and reduce levels of corruption. It unravels legislative frameworks and investigates their impact on standards in public life, preventative measures and the investigation of prosecution in corruption.
Who should attend
Government officials, parliamentarians, staff of law enforcement agencies, senior and middle managers, policymakers, HR managers, project managers, strategy officers who are responsible for continued improvement and transparency, as well as anti-corruption advisers.
How you will benefit
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- understand the law and best practice in relation to anti-corruption instruments appropriate to different country contexts
- understand the UN convention against corruption
- develop regulations for declaration of interest
- appreciate strategies to combat corruption in organisations
Course profile
- The meaning and scope of corruption
- International and regional initiatives by the UN, Commonwealth, International Chamber of Commerce, World Bank, IMF and Transparency International
- Developing appropriate measures
- Controlling corruption
- Preventing the laundering of the proceeds of corruption
- Civil Process
- Common law offences
- Statutory/penal code corruption offences
- Ethics and transparency
- Delivering accountability within organisations
- Appreciate the importance and involvement of civil society in setting standards and delivering targets
- Quality assurance systems
- Creating and implementing organisational standards