delia ferreira rubio

Integrity, Transparency

and Fight against

Corruption

Delia M. Ferreira Rubio

(Transparency International)

ETHOS Conference, Sao Paulo, June 2012

Fight against corruption shall not

be absent from RIO+20

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

TI Corruption Perception Index

2011 - Americas

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

10 Very Clean 0 Highly corrupt

Transparency is a must

Sustainable development goals cannot be achieved in a context of corruption

Why is corruption not even mentioned in Rio+20 Zero Draft?

One cannot fight against corruption by ignoring it

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

Resources without control Where will the 100 billon US dollars

committed per year by 2020 go …

in a context of:

• Secrecy,

• Discretionary power,

• Low social participation,

• Lack of independent monitoring?

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

Lack of transparency No/Scarce access to information

Decision without participation

Absence of rules / procedures that guarantee public ethics

Absence of independent monitoring

Weak accountability

Impunity (scarce investigation / prosecution / penalties)

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

Corruption hinders sustainability

Undermines poverty reduction

Distorts green economy grounds/ goals

Affects human and social development

Stalls progress on MDGs

Means less education, less health,

worse access to clean water, lack of

infrastructure, more inequality

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

What do we need? Anticorruption safeguards

Access to information

Participation

Integrity

Oversight

Accountability

Strong governance

ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

To put it into a nutshell

The future we want is

FREE FROM CORRUPTION!

Many thanks

www.transparency.org