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era.int MAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE EU MORE EFFECTIVE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EVALUATION MECHANISMS St. Julians (Malta), 16-17 May 2013 Corinthia Hotel, St. George's Bay, St. Julians, STJ 3301 Language: English Organisers: Laviero Buono, ERA Stefano Filletti, Filletti & Filletti Advocates, Valletta This event has been co-financed by the European Commission (OLAF) under the Hercule II Programme Event number: 313RT08 Contents In 2011 the European Commission adopted the so-called ‘anti-corruption package’, a set of measures to address more vigorously the serious harm generated by corruption at economic, social and political levels. One year later, in March 2012, the new proposal for a Directive on freezing and confiscation was published. The conference will discuss these recent EU policy developments and legislative reforms and will present the results of a study commissioned by OLAF and to be published in March-April 2013 aimed at collecting information and developing methodologies to assist both the Commission and Member States' authorities with the implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies. The study is intended to provide tools which may feed into the general anti-corruption review mechanism, improve the application of public procurement rules and promote implementation of the Commission’s anti-fraud strategy in the Member States. Presentations will be made by national, European and international experts. The role and contribution of OLAF will be outlined and concrete international and European cases presented. Key topics • Recent European initiatives and major challenges in the fight against corruption • Assisting Member States' authorities with the implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies • Developing a comprehensive methodology to measure the real costs of corruption in selected sectors of the economy • Criminalising active and passive corruption carried out in the course of business activities Who should attend? Judges, prosecutors, national government officials, lawyers in private practice and policymakers. Speakers and chairs Jakub Boratynski, Head of Unit, Fight against Organised Crime, DG Home, European Commission, Brussels (invited) Laviero Buono, Head of European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier Liviu Chirita, Head of Fraud Prevention at UniCredit Tiriac Bank S.A.; Chairman of the Antifraud Committee of the Romanian Banking Association, Bucharest Vania Cirese, Avvocato, Cirese Law Firm, Rome Jan Maarten de Vet, Director, Ecorys Brussels NV, Brussels Stefano Filletti, Filletti & Filletti Advocates, Valletta Philip Fitzgerald, Lawyer, Marseille Michael Hopmeier, Judge, Kingston Crown Court, London Lothar Kuhl, Head of Unit D.1, Policy Development, OLAF, European Commission, Brussels Michael Levi, Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University Monica Macovei, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Brussels (invited) Simon Marsh, Senior Investigations Expert, International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), Basel Lech Paprzycki, President of the Supreme Court, Head of the Criminal Law Chamber, Warsaw Martin Priborsky, Policy Officer, Policy Development, OLAF, European Commission, Brussels Björn Rohde-Liebenau, Attorney, Mediator and Whistleblowing Ombudsman, RCC Risk Communication Concepts, Frankfurt Laura Sanz-Levia, Administrator, Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe, Strasbourg For further information: Annette Geibel Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 321 Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773 E-mail: [email protected] Online registration: www.era.int/?123463&en
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MAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE EU MORE EFFECTIVE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EVALUATION MECHANISMS
St. Julians (Malta), 16-17 May 2013 Corinthia Hotel, St. George's Bay, St. Julians, STJ 3301 Language: English
Organisers: Laviero Buono, ERA Stefano Filletti, Filletti & Filletti Advocates, Valletta This event has been co-financed by the European Commission (OLAF) under the Hercule II Programme Event number: 313RT08
Contents In 2011 the European Commission adopted the so-called ‘anti-corruption package’, a set of measures to address more vigorously the serious harm generated by corruption at economic, social and political levels. One year later, in March 2012, the new proposal for a Directive on freezing and confiscation was published. The conference will discuss these recent EU policy developments and legislative reforms and will present the results of a study commissioned by OLAF and to be published in March-April 2013 aimed at collecting information and developing methodologies to assist both the Commission and Member States' authorities with the implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies. The study is intended to provide tools which may feed into the general anti-corruption review mechanism, improve the application of public procurement rules and promote implementation of the Commission’s anti-fraud strategy in the Member States. Presentations will be made by national, European and international experts. The role and contribution of OLAF will be outlined and concrete international and European cases presented.
Key topics • Recent European initiatives and major challenges in the
fight against corruption • Assisting Member States' authorities with the
implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies • Developing a comprehensive methodology to measure
the real costs of corruption in selected sectors of the economy
• Criminalising active and passive corruption carried out in the course of business activities
Who should attend? Judges, prosecutors, national government officials, lawyers in private practice and policymakers.
Speakers and chairs Jakub Boratynski, Head of Unit, Fight against Organised Crime, DG Home, European Commission, Brussels (invited)
Laviero Buono, Head of European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier
Liviu Chirita, Head of Fraud Prevention at UniCredit Tiriac Bank S.A.; Chairman of the Antifraud Committee of the Romanian Banking Association, Bucharest
Vania Cirese, Avvocato, Cirese Law Firm, Rome
Jan Maarten de Vet, Director, Ecorys Brussels NV, Brussels
Stefano Filletti, Filletti & Filletti Advocates, Valletta
Philip Fitzgerald, Lawyer, Marseille
Michael Hopmeier, Judge, Kingston Crown Court, London
Lothar Kuhl, Head of Unit D.1, Policy Development, OLAF, European Commission, Brussels
Michael Levi, Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Monica Macovei, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Brussels (invited)
Simon Marsh, Senior Investigations Expert, International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), Basel
Lech Paprzycki, President of the Supreme Court, Head of the Criminal Law Chamber, Warsaw
Martin Priborsky, Policy Officer, Policy Development, OLAF, European Commission, Brussels
Björn Rohde-Liebenau, Attorney, Mediator and Whistleblowing Ombudsman, RCC Risk Communication Concepts, Frankfurt Laura Sanz-Levia, Administrator, Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe, Strasbourg
For further information: Annette Geibel Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 321 Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773 E-mail: [email protected] Online registration: www.era.int/?123463&en
FocusBerufsgruppe
Thursday, 16 May 2013
08:30 Arrival and registration of participants
09:00 Welcome and introduction Stefano Filletti & Laviero Buono
I. INTRODUCTORY SESSION Chair: Lech Paprzycki
09:15 Recent initiatives and major challenges in the fight against corruption
Monica Macovei
09:45 2011-2013: The Commission’s efforts to forge
a comprehensive anti-corruption policy at EU level
Jakub Boratynski
10:15 The Council of Europe’s Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO): recent work and cooperation with the European Union
Laura Sanz-Levia
10:45 Tackling corruption more effectively in the European Union: role and powers of OLAF
Lothar Kuhl 11:15 Discussion 11:30 Break
II. ASSISTING MEMBER STATES' AUTHORITIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EU ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICIES Chair: Lothar Kuhl
12:00 Presentation of the main results of the
Commission Study Jan Maarten de Vet
Commentator: Martin Priborsky 12:45 Discussion and lunch (13:00)
III. TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE THE REAL COSTS OF CORRUPTION Chair: Martin Priborsky
14:00 Improving cooperation between the national
competent authorities and the European Union: sharing of information as key feature
Michael Levi 14:30 Identifying innovative tools and mechanisms
that are able to uncover irregularities in national and international corruption cases
Simon Marsh 15:00 Discussion 15:30 Break
IV. WHAT MAKES THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION SO DIFFICULT IN PRACTICE? A VIEW FROM THE COALFACE Chair: Laviero Buono
16:00 The practitioner’s view in prosecuting and
adjudicating corruption cases (including problems of mutual legal assistance) • National Judge/Prosecutor (Malta) • Michael Hopmeier
17:00 Defence rights in corruption cases: on an equal footing with the prosecution?
• Vania Cirese • Stefano Filletti
17:45 Discussion 18:30 End of first day and dinner (20:00)
Friday, 17 May 2013
V. CRIMINALISING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CORRUPTION CARRIED OUT IN THE COURSE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES Chair: Stefano Filletti
09:00 Liability of legal persons with regard to the
bribery of a foreign public official and proposals to improve the current normative framework
Philip Fitzgerald 09:30 Preventing corruption in the private sector: a
banker’s perspective
Liviu Chirita 10:00 Corporate compliance: who is setting the
standards, why standard-setting may not be enough and why would anyone supersede the standard?
Björn Rohde-Liebenau 10:30 Discussion 11:00 Break
VI. CLOSING DEBATE Chair: Lothar Kuhl 11:30 Measuring the costs of corruption in the EU:
what next? • Philip Fitzgerald • Michael Hopmeier • Martin Priborsky • Laura Sanz-Levia
12:30 End of conference and lunch Programme may be subject to amendment.
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