With billions of people still mired in poverty and delivery on the promises of many new governments and anti-corruption campaigns yet to materialise, it is time for the movement to ask itself some serious and probing questions. After nearly two decades of research, advocacy and reform, why is corruption still such a huge problem? There is an urgent need to reflect and regroup, to look beyond our traditional coalitions, to find new voices and new faces, to energise this vital fght, upon which justice and the welfare of the global community depends.

The IACC is the premier global forum for the networking and knowledge sharing that is indispensable for effective global and national advocacy and action. The conferences have come to attract politicians, national and local government officials, representatives from the business world, the judiciary, law enforcement and accounting professions, researchers, international development organisations, the media, and non-governmental organisations. In short, all those who through their work come into contact with corruption in its many forms, and who are concerned with the prevention of corruption or prosecution of corrupt practices.

Individuals stemming from the public, civil and private sectors globally, organised in the fight against corruption, have come to play a concrete role in IACC’s in previous years. In 1999, in Durban, Interpol Secretary General Robert Noble played a huge role in assisting in the "definition and development of anti-corruption strategies in a changing world". The following conference in 2001 took place in Prague where figureheads such as former Czech President Vaclav Havel, the President of Mexico Vicente Fox and Philanthropist George Soros came together in the context of "reforming corrupt institutions". More recently in Seoul in 2003, President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun and Civil Society Activist Aruna Roy played a major part in fighting corruption in the framework of "different cultures and common values".

In raising awareness of corruption, the conferences stimulate the global exchange of experience and methodologies in controlling corruption, and foster international cooperation among agencies and citizens from all parts of the world. They also help to develop personal relationships between different stakeholders by providing a major opportunity for face-to-face dialogue and direct liaison.

• To improve the understanding of what works in the anticorruption movement by undertaking a stock-taking exercise of the successes, failures and challenges of the last two decades of anti-corruption work.
• To strengthen the ability of the anti-corruption movement to act efficiently and effectively against corruption by analysing the stumbling blocks that impede the reduction of corruption.
• To amplify the voices of the anti-corruption movement and to strengthen the implementation of its work by conceiving innovative and effective solutions and daring advocacy strategies.

• International instruments and cooperation: The challenge of implementation and enforcement.
• Breaking the vicious cycle: Corruption and poverty;obstacles to social and economic rights.
• Towards a sustainable future: Corruption and natural resources management.
• State for sale: Corruption and networks of influence.
• Changing for Good: The role of the private sector in countering corruption and advancing social and economic rights.
• Ensuring development works: Corruption and aid effectiveness.
• Focus on special topics: Dealing with Impunity and Security.
• From local to global action: Actors, tools and anti-corruption strategies.

Questioning:
What are the successes, failures and shortcomings of anti-corruption action in this field?

Identifying:
What are the stumbling blocks that have impeded a reduction of corruption in this field?

Provoking:
What are some effective solutions and strategies which could be employed to overcome these stumbling blocks?

How to register:

All participants of the 12th IACC and accompanying persons are required to register for the Conference via one of the following registration channels by 31 October 2006
Online through the Conference website.

Download and send to a friend:

• IACC Brochure
• IACC Programme

• 12th IACC in Guatemala: Official Website
• 11th IACC in Seoul, South Korea. 2003
• 10th IACC in Prague, Czech Republic. 2001
• 9th IACC in Durban. 1999
• 8th IACC in Lima, Peru. 1997