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Conferência Ethos 2012TRANSCRIPT
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