Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Prevention of Corruption, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 September 2014

At the invitation of the Secretary of the Conference of member-states of the UN Convention against Corruption, the representative of the EAG Secretariat participated in Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Prevention of Corruption, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 September 2014.

In accordance with the agenda the workshop addressed the following main issues: the powers of anti-corruption body or bodies with regard to the prevention of corruption; legislative and administrative measures in the public sector, including measures to enhance transparency in the funding of candidatures to be elected as public officials and the financing of political parties; measures to prevent money-laundering.

In the course of meetings EAG and UNODC representatives discussed possible areas of cooperation, including the organization of joint workshops and exchange of experience in the area of prevention of money laundering of corruption, as well as cooperation on asset recovery.