Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption - New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships
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Recommendations

One of the outcomes of the Global Videoconference session is a series of concrete, actionable recommendations from the students of today (and therefore the leaders of tomorrow) on how the private sector can play a meaningful role in a worldwide governance and anti-corruption agenda.

Selected Recommendations

After twelve videoconference sessions, the students of the 24-hour videoconference marathon had submitted more than 130 recommendations for fighting corruption. These were collected and evaluated, and the items with the most consensus were presented to the policymakers and leaders present at Egmont Palace. In this way, the promise of feedback was completed, from the future leaders of tomorrow to those of today.

The five top recommendations were:

  1. Access to a free and involved media is a necessity for good governance. The safety of journalists must also be assured.
  2. Codes of conduct can be a valuable asset to both the public and private sectors, even something as simple as a clearly posted statement of transparency.
  3. A "Clean Business" or "Clean Organization" label, similar to existing labels for organic food and Fair Trade products, should be created as an incentive and a value-added for brand reputation.
  4. Independent national agencies, including representatives from all sectors, should be created with the intent of coordinating and facilitating strategies for governance and anti-corruption.
  5. Business ethics, anti-corruption, and governance topics should be included in curricula at the secondary and collegiate levels.

VC1: Croatia, Egypt, Brazil Fundacao Vargas, Turkey Bilgi

12:30-14:30

  1. Curriculum development (long-term) – In order to form a new generation of future leaders, it is important to start developing a university curriculum on business ethics.
  2. Raising awareness through the media and civil society – Through these channels, citizens can be informed about the risks of corruption, and light can be shed on bad governance practice.
  3. Financial transparency and good governance in actions – Encouraging an open exchange of information with the private sector will encourage virtuous behavior for both public and private actors.

VC2: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Belgium, France Paris

14:30-16:30

  1. Put in place a follow-up system in case of corruption.
  2. Create an index of risky countries.
  3. Ensure responsibility of all actors with a reimbursement of funds in case of corruption.

VC3: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco, France Marseille Euromed

16:30-18:30

  1. Put into place a judicial system of preventative regulation for the fight against corruption.
  2. Create a label for "Clean Business".
  3. Involve social actors in the choice of development policies.

VC4: Belgium, USA Washington, USA Boston Harvard University, Netherlands Maastricht

18:30-20:30

  1. Invigorate a series of clearly defined tools to protect organizations.
  2. Utilize government corruption ratings in cooperations with non-governmental organizations and civil society.
  3. Encourage monitoring for collaboration between the government and private sector.

VC5: Chile, Argentina, Peru

20:30-22:30

  1. Generate policies that reflect collective action and public opinion, incorporating feedback from the media, citizenry, and civil society.
  2. Define an organization to act as a quality control for behavior in the private sector.
  3. In assocation with that organization, create a mechanism for denouncing bad governance.

VC6: Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico Ipade

22:30-00:30

  1. Create a certification mechanism for public and private institutions through an international organization.
  2. Create a network of university observers.
  3. Create instruments for verification and improvement of business practices.

VC7: Australia, Japan, USA Philadelphia Wharton University

00:30-02:30

  1. Establish economic incentives to hinder corruption through a "naming and shaming" mechanism.
  2. Create a "world corruption hotline" for reporting petty corruption.
  3. Move towards collective action among industries, as well as among relevant stakeholders.

VC9: Indonesia, India Hyderabad School of Business, Siberia Irkutsk, Vietnam

04:30-06:30

  1. Strengthen the relationship between civil society and the public sector.
  2. Create a system for the transparency of cash flows.
  3. Use technology to fight against corruption.

VC 10: Sri Lanka, India Delhi Teri, Kazakhstan

6:30-8:30

  1. Implement information centers to inform citizens about corruption.
  2. Create legal and social support for whistleblowers.
  3. Increase public sector support for good corporate governance.

VC11: Ukraine, Jordan, Philippines

8:30-10:30

  1. Create instruments with the aim of measuring and improving transparency.
  2. Adopt legislation to encourage good governance and monitoring for e-commerce.
  3. Ensure that special-purposed companies (public and private) are monitored by third parties.

VC12: Bosnia, Macedonia, Russia, Tanzania

10:30-12:30

  1. An independent media system should be developed.
  2. Education should be strengthened, and an anti-corruption curriculum should be developed. Specifically, anti-corruption capacity development needs to take place in the private sector.
  3. Strong civil society should be encouraged, along with citizen activities and participation to combat corruption.