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Colle c tive T I - advocacy action in response to EU‘s 1st Anti-Corruption Report TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL EU O ffice (TI-EU) Email: jberg@transparency.org Website: www.transparencyinternational.eu. Session structure.
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Collective TI-advocacy action in response to EU‘s 1st Anti-Corruption Report TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL EU Office (TI-EU) Email: jberg@transparency.org Website: www.transparencyinternational.eu
Session structure • Presentation: EU Report & collective advocacy opportunities • Chapter advocacy action example • Group discussion • Break-out sessions: • Other collective action opportunities: EU presidency project
What is the EU’s first Anti-Corruption Report • One year after the EU’s anti-corruption policy launch: • Influencing EU policy • Bringing experts together for exchange • Delivering expert advice: EU Expert Groups & public consultations • Awareness-raising among EU stakeholders and beyond: press conference/ media coverage • Supporting/ shadowing national launches
What should be the themes? • Hook for national advocacy • Use your NIS findings • Lobbying transparency: inadequate regulations • Whistleblower protection • Political party financing • Public procurement
What’s the EU hook: potential future advocacy actions EU hooks by topic: Parliamentary integrity: EP Code of conduct (closed!), promotion of legislative footprint (ongoing) Whistleblowing: review of EU internal staff regulations (ongoing) Procurement: influencing EU Directives (ongoing until end of 2012!) Political party financing: campaign around upcoming EP elections 2013
What’s next: Upcoming project deliverables • Project deliverables: • Press conference & policy debate: ENIS Regional Report • 3 Expert roundtables: topics to be defined • 3 Policy papers: topics to be defined • TIME TO JOIN FORCES!
What’s next: potential future advocacy actions EU news & opportunities for TI: • Aim: creating synergies between regional and your national advocacy strategy to promote change bottom-up and top-down • European Parliament: new Special Committee on Organised Crime, Money-laundering and Corruption: • European Commission: European Citizen Initiative (ECI): topic to be discussed
Contact at EU-level:Janina BergTRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONALLiaison Office to the EUPhone: +32 – (0)2 23 58-646 Email:jberg@transparency.orgTwitter: http://twitter.com/ti_euBlog: http://europeblog.transparency.orgWebsite: http://www.transparencyinternational.eu