First Meeting of the Conference of the States Parties within the Follow-Up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) framework.
Date:
01-02 April 2006
Contact/Organiser:
OAS
Further information:
http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/corevents.htmPlace:
Washington D.C., USA

This conference will provide the latest developments in CSR reporting and assurance, and offer a perspective on the views of stakeholders. It will explore issues such as the impact of CSR reporting, the drivers for CSR reporting, the trade-off between diversity and convergence in reporting formats, the identification of issues and indicators which are material to CSR performance and the efforts to ensure credibility of CSR reports.
Date:
03 April 2006
Organiser/Contact:
EU, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: csr@cec.eu.int
Further information:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/csr/060403_cover_en.html

Place:
Brussels, Belgium

The event will bring together a select group of 250 leaders from business, government and civil society to identify the key regional priorities and to generate the insights necessary to develop pertinent strategic responses. Under the general theme of Building a Stronger Latin America in the Global Economy, the programme will focus on four core themes: Managing the Impact of Global and Regional Risks, Improving Competitiveness, Continuing the Integration Agenda and Re-evaluating the Investment Framework.
Date:
5-6 April 2006
Organiser/Contact:
World Economic Forum
Further information:
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/World+Economic+Forum+on+Latin+AmericaPlace:
São Paulo, Brazil

This meeting intends to bring together experts and key stakeholders currently working on trade, poverty and sustainable development issues in SADC as they relate to WTO processes. The specific aims and objectives of the Seminar are (1) to review the outcomes of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference as seen from different key stakeholders; (2) to ascertain to what extent the decisions contained in the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference Trade Ministers Declaration under agriculture, services, Non-market access (NAMA), HIV/Aids and the development package will impact on ongoing efforts on poverty reduction in SADC; (3) to review how effective and successful the strategies employed by different actors contributed to the success/failure of the Conference.
Date:
06-07 April 2006
Organiser/Contact:
SARPN: info@sarpn.org.za, +27 12 342 9499
Further information:
http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001925/index.php
Place:
Gauteng, South Africa

Transparency International is meeting to develop a regional strategy for Africa
Date:
06-07 April 2006
Place:
Nairobi, Kenya

World Health Day. Transparency International will launch new webpages on corruption and health. See: www.transparency.orgDate:
07April 2006

Leadership, Ethics and Integrity in Public Life.
Together with the World Bank, IIPE, founded to advance the thinking, discussion and implementation of global ethics, is responding to the growing crisis of integrity in world affairs by hosting the first World Ethics Forum in Oxford. It is designed for officials and advisors to national, sub-national and international governments, business professionals, scholars, ethics practitioners, civil society activists, academics, and public officials to reflect, facilitate and support critical thinking about the praxis of public ethics, to expose applied lessons about democratic governance processes and to help rebuild a sustainable future for an ethics culture.
Date:
09-11 April 2006
Contact/Organiser:
IIPE, GIA, World Bank
Conference secretariat: iipe@iarf.net
Further information:
http://www.iipe.org/worldethicsforum/

Place:
Keble College, University of Oxford, UK

Building a Coalition for Anti-Corruption and Transparency in Society
Date:
10-12 April 2006
Place:
Seoul, Korea

Date:
22-27 April 2006
Place:
Cairo, Egypt

Each spring, the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee and the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee hold meetings to discuss progress on the work of the Fund and Bank. Plenary sessions of the IMF and the World Bank's Boards of Governors are only scheduled during the Annual Meetings in the autumn.
Date:
22-23 April 2006
Organiser/Contact:
IMF and World Bank Group
Further information:
http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2006/index.htm

Place:
Washington, USA

Annual meetings are statutory occasions for Governors of ADB members to provide guidance on ADB administrative, financial, and operational directions. The meetings provide opportunities for member governments to interact with ADB staff, NGOs, media, and representatives of observer countries, international organisations, academics and the private sector.
Date:
03-06 May 2006
Organiser/Contact:
ADB: annualmeeting@adb.org

Further information:
http://www.adb.org/AnnualMeeting/2006/default.asp

Place:
Hyderabad, India

This conference is about the relationship between economics, business economics or management studies, on the one hand, and ethics, on the other, with a focus on the ethical responsibilities arising from economic activity. The conference’s focus will be on management practice, in particular on the ability of theories to contribute to problem specifications and solutions, on the one hand, and to management education, on the other. Anyone who is interested in this issue is welcome to attend our conference and to present a paper on this subject.
Date:
11-13 May 2006
Contact/Organiser:
Freie Universität Berlin: EAMTP@wiwiss.fu-berlin.de
Further information:
www.eamtp-conference.de
Place:
Berlin, Germany

The 2006 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (African Development Bank, African Development Fund and Nigeria Trust Fund) will be held in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. This year there will be joint ADB/ECA Annual Meetings Seminars, the theme of this year’s seminars will be “Infrastructure Development and Regional Integration: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges”.
Date:
17-18 May 2006
Organiser/Contact:
African Development Bank Group
Further information:
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=313,165588&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Place:
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

At the Annual Meeting, EBRD Governors representing member countries and institutions will chart the Bank’s strategic course for the coming years in the context of the five-yearly Capital Resources Review. In parallel, at the Business Forum, participants from government ministries, media, NGOs, as well as investors, corporate executives, and regional entrepreneurs will meet to exchange their own perspectives on the future of investment in the EBRD.
Date:
21-22 May 2006
Organiser/Contact:
EBRD
Further information:
http://www.ebrd.com/new/am/

Place:
London, U.K.

Call for nominations. If you would like to nominate someone to be honoured for their outstanding integrity, courage, honor, commitment to the anti-corruption movement, please contact Sarah Tyler at styler@transparency.org. For more information on the guidelines for nominations, please see: http://ww1.transparency.org/integrityawards/index.html. The deadline for nominations is 2 June 2006 at 17:00GMT.

Aid is one of the most challenging development issues facing the international community. This conference aims to discuss the emerging new policy agenda in development aid, review the progress achieved so far and identify the challenges ahead.
Date:
16-17 June 2006
Organiser/Contact:
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER): aid-1@wider.unu.edu
Further information:
http://www.wider.unu.edu/
Place:
Helsinki, Finland

The objectives of this conference are to explore and discuss whether, despite the diversity of projects and plans carried out to achieve good governance, there are principles, procedures and institutional requirements of transparency that could gain global acknowledgement and support. The following questions will be discussed: How to ensure access and openness in public governance? Do we need codes and/or laws for better administrative procedure and conduct by officials? What will best ensure a free but fair media? In what way can agencies for public accountability, as for example ombudsmen or state controllers, be strengthened and improved?
Date:
16 -20 July 2006
Organiser/Contact:
International Institute of Administrative Sciences: Véronique Fagel, fagel@iiasiisa.be
Further information:
http://www.iiasiisa.be/
Place:
Monterrey, Mexico

Sixth Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-Up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption
Date:
29-30 July 2006
Contact/Organiser:
OAS
Further information:
http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/corevents.htm
Place:
Washington D.C., USA

Each autumn, the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) hold their Annual Meetings to discuss a range of issues related to poverty reduction, international economic development and finance. In addition to the meetings of the Boards of Governors, the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Financial Committee are officially convened.
Around these meetings, the Bank and the IMF organize a number of fora to facilitate the interaction of governments and Bank-IMF staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), journalists, and the private sector.
Date:
19-20 September 2006
Organiser/Contact:
IMF and World Bank Group.
http://www.singapore2006.org/sections/contact_us/contact.html

Further information:
http://www.singapore2006.org/

Place:
Singapore

The objective of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners, from both developed and developing countries, to analyse the causes and consequences of health deprivation and inequality, to examine patterns and trends in these outcomes, to evaluate alternative policy options and to identify future research directions.
Date:
29-30 September 2006
Organiser/Contact:
World Institute for Development Economics Research: Sherry-Anne Ruuskanen, health06@wider.unu.edu

Further information:
http://www.wider.unu.edu
Place:
Helsinki, Finland

"Towards a Fairer World: Why is corruption still blocking the way?" With billions of people still mired in poverty and delivery on the promises of many new governments and anti-corruption campaigns yet to materialise, it is time for the movement to ask itself some serious and probing questions. After nearly two decades of research, advocacy and reform, why is corruption still such a huge problem? There is an urgent need to reflect and regroup, to look beyond our traditional coalitions, to find new voices and new faces, to energise this vital fight, upon which justice and the welfare of the global community depends. The IACC provides an excellent context for an honest and rigorous examination of these questions, so that together we can move towards a fairer world.
Date:
15-18 November 2006
Contact/Organiser:
IACC Council and Transparency International
Contact: Roberto Perez-Rocha at rprocha@transparency.org
Further information:
http://legacy.transparency.org/iacc/

Place:
Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala