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TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
Anti-Corruption, Forest Law and
    Governance Programme
                    Lisa Elges
           Senior Programme Coordinator
       Transparency International Asia Pacific


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                     Invitation

• Meet Transparency International
• Explore the Corruption in Forestry
• Hear firsthand our new PROGRAMME on Anti-
  corruption, Forest Law and Governance in Asia
  Pacific
• Engage with us to go FORWARD
                TI’s vision

         TI’s vision is a world in which
government, politics, business, civil society and
  the daily lives of people are free of corruption
    What is corruption?


  TI defines corruption as
the abuse of entrusted power
      for private gain
                  TI’s approach

• TI fights corruption at its roots – systemic
 approach (National Integrity Systems)
• TI develops coalitions; works with public
 private sectors and other civil society groups
• TI does not undertake investigations
• TI is politically non-partisan
• TI combines local rootedness with
 international expertise – unique international
 network
                The TI Movement
• Founded in 1993
• 95 National Chapters around the world; active in 107
  countries; independent NGOs
• TI International Secretariat – Berlin, Germany
• TI regions:
   – Africa and the Middle East
   – Asia-Pacific
   – Europe and Central Asia
   – Americas
               TI Global Priorities

• Political Corruption

• Corruption in Public Contracting

• Corruption in the Private Sector

• International Anti-corruption Conventions

• Corruption and Aid, Poverty and Development
                             TI Global Tools
Indices and Surveys – Raising Awareness
TI Corruption Perceptions Index
TI Global Corruption Barometer
TI Bribe Payers Index

Reports – Monitoring and Diagnosis
Global Corruption Report
OECD Convention Report Cards
NIS Country Studies

Activities for Prevention
TI Integrity Pacts
Business Principles for Countering Bribery

Activities for Remedy
Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres

Many tools are carried out, adapted or initiated by our network
of National Chapters
              TI Asia Pacific Presence

East Asia      South East Asia South Asia    Pacific

China          Indonesia       Bangladesh    Australia
Japan          Malaysia        India         Fiji
South Korea    Philippines     Nepal         New Zealand
Taiwan         Thailand        Pakistan      Papua New Guinea
               Cambodia *      Sri Lanka     Solomon Islands
                               Maldives **   Vanuatu
        Asia Pacific Areas of Engagement
• Current Priorities
   • Measuring Corruption
   • Anticorruption Education
   • Corruption & Humanitarian Aid
   • Curbing corruption at local government level


• Upcoming Priorities
   • Measuring Anticorruption Efforts and Impact
   • Corruption in the Forestry Sector
   • Bribery in Foreign Direct Investments
   • Political Corruption
                  Corruption and Humanitarian Aid
National Activitites:
     – Awareness raising/capacity building: TI Indonesia
       coordinated and trained local community coalitions
     – Monitoring: TI Sri Lanka commissioned Value for Money and
       Citizen Audits of the reconstuction activities
     – Lobbying: TI Pakistan promoted the implementation of
       procurement laws in the earthquake reconstruction efforts
Regional Activities:
    ― Multistakeholder workshops to identify corruption risks and best
      practice and develop concrete recommendations
    – TI/ADB/OECD Expert Meeting on Preventing Corruption in Post-
        Tsunami Relief and Reconstruction, Jakarta April 2005
    – TI Workshop on Ensuring Transparency in Earthquake
        Reconstruction Activities, Islamabad February 2006
Global Activities:
    – Corruption Risk Map in Humanitarian Aid
    – Dialogue with humanitarian agencies to address the risks of
        corruption in humanitarian relief
  Selected Asia Pacific Achievements

• Service delivery surveys focusing on key sectors, health, judiciary,
  police in Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh
• Education tools developed in Vanuatu, Cambodia, PNG, Thailand
• TI Business Principles launched in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China
• Integrity pacts in Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, Pakistan
• Public procurement reforms through transparency bidding and e-
  tendering in Korea, Pakistan
• Membership in APEC anti-corruption Task Force, ADB-OECD Anti-
  Corruption Initiative Advisory Group
             TI/NGO Accountability

• Governance
   – Constitution/Articles of Association
   – Board of Directors (multi-stakeholder/poltically non-
     partisan, democratically elected)
   – Membership (individual/corporate)
   – Code of Conduct
   – Conflict of Interest Policy
   – Financial Accountability: Audited reports/Budgets
• Performance
   – Annual Programme/activity report
   – Impacts
         Why a Forestry Programme?

• Environment key to Asia Pacific

• Corruption facilitates Illegal Activities in Harvesting,

  Processing and Trade (import/export)

• National Chapter driven

• Leverage at regional and global levels

• Public and private sector engagement, Coalition building

• Sustainability, accountability, integrity – systemic change

• Urgency
     Asia Pacific Corruption in Forestry
    Programme Development Workshop
•   Bangkok 26-27 July 2007
•   Objectives
    –   Identify forestry related risks of corruption and assess their
        negative socio, economic and environmental impact
    –   Explore areas of corruption risks not covered by existing
        interventions
    –   Build a picture of existing regional and global initiatives and
        instruments relevant to governance issues and corruption in forestry
    –   Refine the overall goal of a future TI Regional Programme
    –   Identify specific objectives for the Regional Programme, ensuring
        that they address at national and regional levels the root causes of
        corruption in forestry
    –   Explore partnership opportunities
            Programme
Goal, Purpose, Scope & Interventions

• Overall Goal: To contribute to transparent,
  accountable and responsible forest governance in
  Asia Pacific.
• Specific Purpose: To increase transparency and
  reduce corruption risks in the transactions linked to
  forest management and trade in timber and wood
  products in Asia Pacific.
                    Scope & Target Issues:
•   The Programme focuses on five categories of transactions and issues which contribute to poor
    and illegal practices in the exploitation of forest in Asia Pacific.

•   State Capture & Bribery of Foreign Public Officials. The Programme deals with political
    corruption/patronage and political party financing in source countries and with corrupt activities
    by foreign and multinational corporations operating out of demand countries.
•   Land Reforms, Forest Licensing & Concessions. The Programme confronts corruption and
    the lack of transparency in the granting of forest/land concessions for logging and plantations
    and the monitoring of respective agreements.
•   Timber Laundering. (Corruption in Certification, Import and Export Processes). The
    Programme addresses corruption involved in the conversion of illegal timber and wood products
    to legal at different levels of the supply chain, in particular through certification agents and
    customs officers.
•   Judicial Integrity. The Programme focuses on the issue of judicial corruption in countries
    where the rule of law and law enforcement rely heavily on judicial activities.
•   Unsustainable Demand for Wood Derivatives. The Programme confronts the soaring and
    unsustainable demand for wood and paper products, and the commitment of government and
    companies from industrialised countries to take appropriate measure to contain such demand
    level.
                         Advocacy

.
• Diagnostic Studies and Analysis.
• Awareness-Raising Campaigns informed by
    diagnosis studies.
• Development/Adaptation of Anti Corruption
    Instruments, Tools, Solutions and Capacity Building
    to support advocacy campaigns.
• Progress Monitoring and Reporting.
Programme Synopsys

                              Diagnostic      Advocacy      AC Tools          AC
                            Studies        Campaigns     & Capacity    Progress
                                                          Building     Monitoring

       State Capture and
Bribery of Foreign Public                                                 
Officials
      Forest Licensing
                                                                          
and Concessions
     Timber
Laundering                                                   

      Judicial Integrity
                                                                           
      Unsustainable
Demand of Wood                                  
Products
                Expected Results

Transparent, accountable and responsible forest
  governance in Asia Pacific.


Increased transparency and reduction of corruption
  risks in the transactions linked to forest
  management/governance and trade in timber and
  wood products in Asia Pacific.
                      Results…

• Addressed influences inside and outside forest sector
  affecting governance and trade
• Legal reforms/sectoral coordination
• Law Enforcement
• Objective basis for advocacy
• Awareness and increased capacities for engagement
  by stakeholders
• Tracking progress
• Others…
                   Approach

• Partnerships, Cooperation, Support and
 Reinforcement
• Human side/Crime side – systemic change
• Learning and Evaluation
• Resulted oriented
• Sustainability: Multiplier effects and Africa
• Urgency
Urgency: Intact World Forests
              Rainforests of the World

•   WARNING: The rainforest is
    ENDANGERED!!
•   These are the only rainforests
    of the World. Many parts of the
    rainforests have been burnt at
    slash and burn fires or cut
    down for wood furniture. The
    other rainforests are in South
    America, Afrika, Indonesia and
    in Madagaskar.
TI Corruption Perception Index 2006
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