Agenda

Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Collective Action Forum 2023

Agenda

25 September 2023

Time
Event
08:30-09:00 am

Registration and coffee

09:00-09:30 am

Welcome remarks

  • Elodie Beth, Senior Manager Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
  • Vanessa Hans, Head of Private Sector, Basel Institute on Governance
09:30-09:45 am

Lightning talk | How can Collective Action approaches support business integrity in Asia-Pacific?

  • Jose Solomon Cortez, Associate Director, Ramon V. Del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility, Asian Institute of Management
09:45-10:30 am

Session 1 | Business integrity for sustainable economic growth in Asia-Pacific: Incentives and opportunities for Collective Action

  • Elodie Beth, Senior Manager Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
  • Graeme Seed, Principal Integrity Specialist, Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank
  • Seint Sandar Hlaing, National Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Myanmar Office
  • Vanessa Hans, Head of Private Sector, Basel Institute on Governance (moderator)
10:30-10:45 am

Coffee break

10:45-11:30 am

Session 2 | Levelling the playing field for SMEs

  • Mary Lau Kwok-mei, Executive Director, Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Center, Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong
  • Vibeke Lyssand Leirvag, Managing Director, Felicia Designs Ltd.
  • Emily O'Hara, Assistant Director, Attorney-General’s Department of Australia / Bribery Prevention Network, Australia
  • Ryan Evangelista, Regional Manager for Asia Pacific, Center for International Private Enterprise (moderator)
11:30 am-12:30 pm

3 | Parallel breakout sessions

A | What and who drives Collective Action?: Identifying incentives for and benefits of engaging in Collective Action to strengthen business integrity | Namayan
Facilitators: Phrommet Bencharongit, Vice President, Thai Collective Action against Corruption and Catch Ofilada, Head of Governance and Sustainability, Makati Business Club


B | Business integrity and sustainability along the value chain: What role for Collective Action? | Buenavista
Facilitator: Dennis Montecillo, Director, International Care Ministries Foundation (ICM), Board of Trustee Member of the Global Compact Network Philippines


C | Models for Collective Action in Asia Pacific: Identifying best practices | Sampiro (by invitation only)
Facilitator: Elodie Beth, Senior Manager Anti-Corruption, OECD

12:30-1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30-2:00 pm

Session 4 | Key points from the breakout sessions

2:00-2:45 pm

Session 5 | Civil society as a driver for Collective Action

  • Nicole Elias, Program Manager – Private Sector, Transparency International Sri Lanka
  • Shanta Dwarkasing, Director of Programs, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei
  • Tanyakorn (Yves) Thippayapokin, CoST Project Officer, Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand
  • Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez, Associate Professor, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan (moderator)
2:45–3:30 pm

Session 6 | Linking business integrity and sustainability: The added value of Collective Action

  • Anna Lagon, CEO of Bayo Manila & Board of Trustee Member of the Global Compact Network Philippines
  • Stefano Savi, Director, Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber
  • Dinh Thi Bich Xuan, Deputy General, Office for Business Sustainable Development, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • June Nguyen, Anti-Corruption Analyst, OECD (moderator)
3:30-4:00 pm

Coffee break

4:00-4:15 pm

Stronger together | A call to action

4:15-5:00 pm

Collective Action Award Ceremony

5:00-6:00 pm

Reception and networking opportunities

Asia-Pacific Collective Action Award 2023

Asia-Pacific Anti Corruption Collective Action Award 2023

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