Tackling corruption worldwide: how can we get from zero to hero?
20–25 March 2004
St Hugh’s College
Oxford
Programme
Saturday 20 March
1400 Registration
onwards Maplethorpe Hall entrance (Canterbury Road)
St Hugh’s College
1830 Reception and participant introductions
Boardroom
St Hugh’s College
1915 Opening dinner and welcome
Wordsworth Room
St Hugh’s College
Paul Flather, Michael Pinto-Duschinsky and Adrienne Johnson
2030 Lessons from Zimbabwe Today
After dinner speaker
John Makumbe
Sunday 21 March
Corruption, aid and development
0900 Welcome and participant introductions
Paul Flather
0945 Too much law: too little enforcement
Marcin Walecki and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
1045 Working Groups: Introductory session
1: Civil society and transparency
Nikhil Dey and Jeremy Pope
2. Tackling political corruption
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky and Menachem Hofnung
3: Enforcement
Marcin Walecki and Roland Rich
1115 Coffee/tea
1130 Group photograph
1145 Fighting corruption within a broader governance framework: practical lessons from empirical evidence
Daniel Kaufmann
1300 Lunch
1400 Walking tour of Oxford
Please meet at Maplethorpe Hall entrance for departure to city centre
1600 Return to St Hugh’s College
1700 Please meet at Maplethorpe Hall entrance for departure to Wadham College
Parks Road
Oxford
1715 Tackling corruption: the use and abuse of the media
Panel discussion: Miroslava Gongadze, Praful Bidwai and David Hencke
Chair: Paul Flather
Okinawa Room
Wadham College
1845 Reception*
The Old Library
Wadham College
1915 Dinner*
The Hall
Wadham College
Hosted by Paul Flather
2045 Money and politics: what’s new in the 2004 presidential campaigns?
After dinner speaker
Ellen Weintraub
* Sponsored by Vitabiotics
Monday 22 March
Corruption, politics and enforcement
0900 Can disclosure laws control political corruption?
Gene Ward and Yves-Marie Doublet
1030 Coffee/tea
1100 Why is political finance a major source of corruption?
Menachem Hofnung and Marcin Walecki
1245 Participant insight
1300 Lunch
1400 How can we monitor our elected representatives?
Elizabeth Filkin and Ellen Weintraub
1545 Participant insight
1600 Coffee /tea
1615 Working groups: session one
1715 Close
1900 Dinner
Tuesday 23 March
Corruption and engagement: citizens and societies
0900 Can we empower the voiceless?
Nikhil Dey
1030 Coffee/tea
1100 The global experience: contributors from Africa, Latin America and Asia
Mark Nelson and Jeremy Pope
1245 Lunch in working groups: session two
1400 Visit to Blenheim Palace
Please meet at Maplethorpe Hall entrance for departure by coach
1645 Coach returns to St Hugh’s College
1800 Dinner
1900 Visit to the Oxford Playhouse theatre
For a performance of William Shakespeare’s Othello by ‘Cheek by Jowl’ theatre company. Please meet in Maplethorpe Hall entrance for departure
Wednesday 24 March
Fighting corruption: who does what best?
0900 Managing conflicts and maintaining trust
Roland Rich
1030 Coffee/tea
1100 Controlling corruption: how effective are NGOs, lawyers, governments, international bodies and other agencies?
Panel debate: Mark Nelson, Yves-Marie Doublet, Jeremy Pope and Mark Dickinson
1300 Lunch
1400 Working groups: session three
1515 Coffee/tea
1545 Specialist workshops (optional)
1645 Visit to British Council Oxford
Please meet in the Maplethorpe Hall entrance for departure
1700 Honduras: a case study in tackling corruption
Video-conference with Honduras and World Bank, Washington DC
1800 Close
1900 Reception
Boardroom
St Hugh’s College
1930 Closing dinner
Wordsworth Room
St Hugh’s College
Hosted by the British Council
Christopher Palmer, Project Director, British Council Seminars
2100 Bar
Thursday 25 March
Shared resources in the fight against corruption
0900 Working groups: reporting back
Presentations and discussion
1015 What have we learnt? Preparing action plans
Paul Flather and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
1100 Coffee/tea
1130 How can we use the Internet and networking for our work?
Group Discussion
1215 Global lessons: participant insights
Group discussion and review of international resources
1245 What happens next?
Summing up: Paul Flather and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
1300 Lunch and close of event