The forum will be organized with WIN partners, including RRASCA (Regional Network for Water and Sanitation in Central America), FANCA (Fresh Water Action Network Central America), the Regional Committee of Alianza por el Agua and GWP (Global Water Partnership) Central America.

The main theme of the Regional Forum is Water Integrity (WI) and what the issue looks like in the Central American region. During the forum, an analysis of the state of integrity in the water sector in the (Spanish speaking) Central American countries will be presented and discussed. Cases on good practices of anti-corruption, transparency and accountability work in the region (and other parts of the world) will also be presented.

Please click for the Policy Brief on “Transparencia e integridad en la gestión del agua- estrategias para la incidencia” (in Spanish). This newly published document can serve as a first introductory document to corruption in the water sector from an IRWM (Integrated Water Resources Management) point of view.

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1er Foro Regional de Transparencia e Integridad del Sector de Agua en Centroamérica, 16 al 18 de febrero 2011, San Salvador El Salvador

La Red de Integridad del Agua- WIN, con sus socios en la región Centroamericana, RRASCA (Red Regional de Agua y Saneamiento Centroamérica) FANCA (Fresh Water Action Network Centroamérica), GWP América Central y el Comité Regional de Alianza por el Agua, entre otros, está organizando el 1er Foro Regional de Transparencia e Integridad del sector de Agua en Centroamérica.

El tema principal del Foro Regional es el tema de la integridad del agua y la situación en el sector del agua en la región centroamericana. Durante el foro se va a presentar un análisis sistemático del estado de la integridad en el sector en los países hispanohablantes en Centroamérica. Casos sobre buenas prácticas de lucha contra la corrupción, para mejor la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas en la región (y otras partes del mundo) serán presentados durante el segundo día.

El Policy Brief sobre “Transparencia e integridad en la gestión del agua- estrategias para la incidencia” es un nuevo documento de WIN que puede servir como una primera introducción a la corrupción desde un punto de vista de GIRH (Gestión Integrada de los recursos Hídricos).

With the support of the Brazilian government and Strategic Partners, the World Economic Forum will convene 500 of the most prominent leaders from Latin America and other parts of the world on 27-29 April 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build on the success of the 2010 World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cartagena,Colombia.

The Forum will discuss questions such as:

• How can infrastructure be expanded, innovation facilitated and logistics modernized to further promote national and regional competitiveness?
• How can Latin America promote security as a democratic value, eradicating crime and enforcing the rule of law?
• How can the region enhance environmental sustainability across the value chain?
• How can Latin America develop its potential to become the world's supplier of food, energy and oxygen?
• How can business contribute to Latin America’s ongoing growth and progress?

Sessions will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation in
Portuguese and Spanish in most sessions.

Be sure to register for this event before 4 April 2011.

Basic information can be found on our website:
www.weforum.org/LatinAmerica2011.
Upon registration, you will receive access to the meeting’s online
private area.

(A discussion of 'Transparency as a guarantor of citizen security in the Americas: Examples from Central America, El Salvador and Colombia')

Panelistas:

• Manfredo Marroquín, Asesor Senior de Transparency International para Centroamérica
• Roberto Rubio Fabián, Director Ejecutivo, FUNDE
• Carlos Dada, Editor, Elfaro
• Elisabeth Ungar, Directora Ejecutiva, Transparencia por Colombia

Moderadora:

• Mercedes De Freitas, Directora Ejecutiva, Transparencia Venezuela

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Hora: 18:30-20:00, 3 de junio 2011

Brazil is one of those countries that are speedly gaining importance as a global player. Monitoring the news, we are witnessing how the current government is facing major corruption problems and how the President, Dilma Rousseff, is proactively dealing with them. Representatives from Amarribo, Transparency International´s national contact in Brazil, and from the Brazil Institute of Washington´s think tank The Woodrow Wilson Center, will give their insights on where they think these problems lie, how is the government response been so far and what citizens are doing against corruption.

September 12, 12:30 - 2pm

PANELISTS

Paulo Sotero
Director
Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Josmar Verillo
Founder, Vice Chairman
Amarribo - Transparency International´s National Contact in Brazil

MODERATOR

Cynthia McClintock
Professor
Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program,
George Washington University

RSVP by September 9th: lasp@gwu.edu

El Foro reunirá a representantes de gobiernos, empresas y sociedad civil para coordinar medidas orientadas a erradicar la corrupción, intercambiar experiencias y discutir aspectos relevantes para los países de la región como:

• Corrupción e inseguridad, transparencia judicial, corrupción en las fuerzas de seguridad, y crimen organizado y financiamiento de la política.

• La implementación de convenciones internacionales anticorrupción, el rol del sector privado y los medios en la lucha contra la corrupción, y la protección a denunciantes.

The Forum will bring government, business and civil society together to coordinate measures to eradicate corruption, exchange experiences and discuss issues relevant for the countries of the region, such as:

• Corruption and insecurity, judicial transparency, combating corruption within the security forces, and the threat of organised crime for financing of political parties and campaigns.

• The implementation of international anti-corruption conventions, the role of the private sector in the fight against corruption, the media as watchdog of the pubic and private sectors, and protection mechanisms for whistleblowers, victims and witnesses of corruption.