From September 13th until the 17th government representatives from 28 American countries will meet in Washington DC. This Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) will evaluate how Panama, Chile, El Salvador, The Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Bahamas are implementing the Convention.

Transparency International National Chapters´ representatives will be at the Organization of American States to present their shadow reports. We will as well share a series of recommendations with which we aim at contibuting to the debate to strengthen the monitoring mechanism.

Anti-corruption conventions are the most important multilateral agreements for the prevention and prosecution of corrupt practices. Therefore, a strategic objective of Transparency International (TI) is their sincere application in all countries of the Americas.

For many years, TI has promoted the development process and entry into force of international anti-corruption conventions which are effective only if States fulfil their commitments by way of real implementation at the national level.

At present, TI works through the program ‘Regional Anti-Corruption Conventions for the Americas’ to urge state bodies, the private sector, and civil society organizations to put the conventions into practice. In addition to urging governments to comply with the conventions and to participate in the follow-up mechanisms to the conventions, the program creates tools, and promotes alliances and cooperation. Taken together, the overarching aim of the program is to combat corruption and to bring transparency to the decision-making processes that affect communities and countries.

We invite all organizations and persons to explore this website to learn more about our goals and lines of work. Through these pages, you can get acquainted with anti-corruption conventions, their follow-up mechanisms and related documents, as well as a wide range of useful resources for promoting and demanding compliance with anti-corruption conventions.

• What are Anti-Corruption Conventions
• The Inter-American Convention against Corruption (OAS)
• The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UN)
• The OECD Convention against Transnational Bribery
• Conventions from other regions