As part of the activities to commemorate the 90th anniversary of its creation, the Colombian General Comptroller’s Office organized a regional event to analyze the role of supreme audit institutions in the fight against corruption with the background that corruption remains a significant challenge for strengthening democratic systems in many countries and has also been identified as one of the obstacles to reduce inequalities.
The regional seminar brought together representatives of regional organizations (IDB, OAS, OLACEFS), representatives of supreme audit institutions (the Court of Accounts of Brazil, Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic, General Comptroller of Ecuador), and the private and academic sectors, who analyzed the measures taken by states to prevent and sanction corrupt practices.
UNDP was represented by the Governance and Decentralization Policy Advisor of the Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean Gerardo Berthin, who presented some of the initiatives supported in the region. For example, in the case of Chile, where UNDP promoted a broad partnership with the General Comptroller´s Office, and other Chilean institutions and organizations (including the private sector and civil society organizations) to assess the II and V Chapters of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
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