CIPE, in conjunction with the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Coop-eration and Development (OECD), is co-sponsoring the Washington Conference on Corruption, scheduled for February 22-23. The event, the first of its kind, will focus on "Fighting Corruption in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies: The Role of the Private Sector."
The conference will bring together more than 150 high-level government and private sector participants from around the world, providing an excellent opportunity for participants to meet many of the top professionals in this growing field. At least a dozen CIPE partner organizations will be represented at the conference, offering firsthand accounts of their efforts to eliminate corruption.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley will serve as a keynote speaker at the conference, as will John Brademas, Chairman of the Board of the National Endowment for Democracy. John Bohn, CIPE's Chairman, will lead a panel on "The Role of Private Sector Associations," and John Sullivan, Executive Director of CIPE, will serve as a roundtable discussant. The event is also being co-sponsored by Transparency International, the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and others.
For further information about the conference, please contact Elaine Trimble at CIPE on (202) 721-9217.