Representatives of international organisations, NGOs and media are expected to speak, in addition to Cypriot officials, at the international conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE CSO). "Fighting Corruption, Defending Democracy: the role of national parliaments", which begins today at the "Filoxenia" Conference Centre between 27 and 28 May 2022 and is hosted by the House of Representatives. Cypriot state officials, as well as representatives of international organisations, non-governmental organisations and media have also been invited to participate as speakers. Margareta Cederfelt, the OSCE Chairperson, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides, the Vice-President of the C.C. OSCE Chairperson and Special Representative for Combating Corruption, Irene Charalambidou, the Special Envoy of the current Polish OSCE Chairmanship, Ambassador Artur Dmochowski and the Secretary General of the CSC. Roberto Montella.
Keynote speakers at the first session of the conference, entitled "The role of national parliaments in preventing and fighting corruption", will be the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the OSCE Council of Ministers for the Fight against Corruption Anita Ramasastry, the Executive Secretary of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) Hanne Juncher, and the Vice-Chairperson of the CoC. OSCE Chairperson and Special Representative on Anti-Corruption Irene Charalambidou.
The second session of the conference is entitled "Best practices for preventing corruption and enhancing transparency and accountability". Keynote speakers will be Roby Senderowitsch, Director of Governance Practice Europe and Central Africa at the World Bank; Transparency International research analyst Jon Vrushi; and Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Head of the Democratization Unit of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Konstantine Vardzelashvili.
The theme of the third and final session of the conference is "The contribution of independent institutions and the media in preventing and fighting corruption". The keynote speakers in this session will be the former Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus Kostas Clerides, investigative journalists Drew Sullivan, co-founder of the "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting" Project and Franz Wild, editor of the "Bureau of Investigative Journalism Enablers" Project, and the Auditor General of the Republic of Cyprus Odysseas Michaelides.
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