Name: Opening Cities: How Raising Transparency on the Local Level Can Contribute to Reducing Corruption
Start: 2018-07-19T12:00:00+0400
End: 2018-07-19T13:00:00+0400

The Government of Georgia will host the 5th OGP Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 17-19, 2018. The Summit will provide an excellent opportunity for leaders from OGP’s 76 participating countries, local governments, and beyond to exchange ideas on how they are making their governments more transparent, accountable, and responsive to citizens.

Please register for the Global Summit at www.ogpsummit.org and send your questions and/or feedback to summit@opengovpartnership.org.

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Opening Cities: How Raising Transparency on the Local Level Can Contribute to Reducing Corruption

Every year approximately $2,5 trillion is paid through corruption globally and significant portion of this money is stolen from local budgets. At the same time, proximity of municipal governments to the population makes them best fit for solving community problems. The panel will articulate how in Europe (e.g. Georgia, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine) sub-national governments are leading in strengthening integrity systems, engaging with citizens, using disruptive technologies in areas like financial management and increasing transparency. The panel will also present #TransparentCities initiatives and the UN award-winning “Islands of Integrity methodology” on how to prevent corruption in local governments through participation, systemic organizational changes and enhanced transparency. UNDP will also launch a hands-on Guide on "Corruption-Free Cities" on how integrity systems can be implemented at the local level.

Moderators

Gerd Trogemann

Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and Central Asia Manager, United Nations Development Programme

Speakers

Olivia Baciu

Senior Advisor & Technical Lead, Partners Global

Committed to good societies and creative collaboration across cultures, Olivia Baciu has substantial expertise in transitional governance and institution building with a focus on collaborative multi-stakeholder governance and change processes, transparent and accountable local institutions... Read More →