The Declaration includes commitments to reach concrete outcomes in the fight against corruption by 2010, such as strengthening access to public information legal frameworks.

Transparency International (TI) invited signatory governments (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) to use the declaration as a tool to foster the definition of sound national anti-corruption policies in their respective countries and to commit to implementing the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the UN Convention against Corruption.

The declaration is an important public demonstration of their commitment to fight corruption. TI national chapters and allied civil society organisations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama and the Dominican Republic agreed to monitor its implementation to make sure governments keep their promises.