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Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies through Public-Private Partnership

13:00
Sofia
Key speakers

Following the Anti-Corruption and National Security  policy forum, anti-corruption institutions and civil society actors came together to exchange good practices and practical solutions for joint action. At an expert-level workshop held in Sofia on 21 March 2023, participants discussed how to implement the policy ideas agreed upon in the Democratic Cohort on Anti-corruption Policies as a Guarantee for National Security, Stability, and Sovereignty under the Summit for Democracy.

The workshop focused on the available methodologies and policies for detecting and sanctioning illicit enrichment and provided recommendations on how asset declarations could be used more effectively as a corruption prevention tool both in Southeast Europe and globally. The panelists emphasized that collective action could be used to raise and quickly resolve alerts about suspected bribery or unfair business practices.

The workshop concluded with a discussion of the steps needed to upgrade existing anti-corruption policies and measures. The speakers highlighted the potential of public-private partnerships to support the development of new risk assessment methodologies, with a particular focus on strengthening internal anti-corruption measures in individual public bodies, ensuring public procurement integrity, and preventing illegal lobbying, as a way of safeguarding national security.

The participants in the workshop "Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies through Public-Private Partnership", 21 March 2023, Sofia
(L-R): Atanas Pekanov, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Management, Bulgaria; Krum Zarkov, Minister of Justice, Bulgaria; Paul Massaro, Senior Policy Advisor for Counter-Corruption and Sanctions, U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
(L-R): Paul Massaro, Senior Policy Advisor for Counter-Corruption and Sanctions, U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Krum Zarkov, Minister of Justice, Bulgaria; Atanas Pekanov, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Management, Bulgaria and Ruslan Stefanov, Program Director, Center for the Study of Democracy
(L-R): Daniel Belingher, Head, Service for Implementing Structural Funds, Studies and Strategies, National Integrity Agency, Romania; Desislava Gotskova, Head of Secretariat, Regional Anti-Corruption Agency; Thomas Stauffer, Head Swiss Contribution Office, Embassy of Switzerland in Bulgaria; Mirela Gega, Cabinet Adviser, High Inspectorate of Declaration and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interest, Albania and Daniela Mineva, Senior Analyst, Economic Program, Center for the Study of Democracy
(L-R): Desislava Gotskova, Head of Secretariat, Regional Anti-Corruption Agency; Thomas Stauffer, Head Swiss Contribution Office, Embassy of Switzerland in Bulgaria; Mirela Gega, Cabinet Adviser, High Inspectorate of Declaration and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interest, Albania

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