Tackling Corruption Together: a Conference for Civil Society, Business and Government Leaders
11 May 2016 • 3:30AM BDST
Global leaders from civil society, business and government who are championing the fight against corruption are gathering for a major conference in London.
NRGI president and CEO Daniel Kaufmann will speak on the panel “Preventing Corruption: Transparent Business” at 11:30 am. Appearing with him will be EITI chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt, ENI board member Karina Litvack, and Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council chair Lord Jonathan Marland.
At the conference, leaders will set out their commitments to end impunity, prevent corruption, empower victims and support activists, in an effort to bolster good governance and transparency and support sustainable development.
The Tackling Corruption Together conference is hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in partnership with Transparency International, Thomson Reuters, Omidyar Network, the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, the B Team, and ONE.
The conference precedes the Anti-Corruption Summit: London 2016 on Thursday, 12 May, hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which aims to agree a package of practical steps to expose and drive out corruption.
The hashtag for the conference is #anticorruption.
For more information on the conference, visit www.thecommonwealth.org/tacklingcorruptiontogether.