A conference in Brussels to stress the importance of passing the EU's experience in preventing and fighting corruption to the emerging countries of the Central Asia region
FLARE Network and Open Dialogue Foundation, under the auspices of MEP Marek Migalski, Association for Human Rights in Central Asia and The Eastern Correspondent, organise on 22nd June a one-day conference in the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss corruption as social, economic and political problem in the Central Asia region.
The conference will see tha participation of representatives of the civil society and media from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Kirghistan that, together with MEPs and representatives of European organisations fighting corruption, will try to find a common way of dealing with illegal actions, including illegal finacial operations committed in Central Asia and often involving European companies entering new markets.
Agenda:
Conference opening with greetings from MEP Marek Migalski
- Introduction, presentation of speakers - FLARE and Open Dialogue Foundation
Session I: Corruption as a political and social issue and an obstacle for economic development in Central Asian countries
- Corruption in Kazakhstan as a system – the past, the present and the future. (Muratbek Ketebayev, “The Civil Activity” Foundation)
- Kazakhstan: Too much corruption - too little cooperation with EU institutions? (Irina Petrushova, “Respublika” newspaper) (a movie)
- Institutional environment for corruption in Uzbekistan: implications for anti-corruption policies (Alisher Ilkhamov, The Open Society Foundation)
- The EU grants for Uzbekistan - a support for democracy or dictatorship? A movie
- South Kirgizstan: Corruption as an indicator of discrimination (Nadezhda Atayeva, president of the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia)
- Turkmenistan: Corruption as the indicator of concentration of political privileges. (Farid Tukhbatullin, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR))
Session II: The role and experience of the EU in its fight against corruption – monitoring of the problem and actions undertaken for improvement of the situation in Central Asia
- Discussion “Central Asia: how to prevent and fight corruption?” – Opening – Marek Migalski MEP, assistance in modering, questions, questions to the participants – FLARE/The Open Dialog
- Summing up by FLARE Network and ”The Open Dialog”.
Closing of the conference by Marek Migalski MEP, invitation for lunch.
Where
European Parliament, Brussels
When
June 22, 10.00-12.00
