CONFERENCe OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS PROGRAMME CONFERENCE AND PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING th CONFERENCE17 OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS CONFERENCe OF INTERNATIONAL 2 16INVESTIGATORS OCTOBER 03-07 INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION ACADEMY LAXENBURG VIENNA AUSTRIA Laxenburg, Vienna. Austria. 3-7 October 2016 2 IACA The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is an international organization and post-secondary educational institution based in Laxenburg/Vienna, Austria. Through education, training, research, and cooperation, IACA empowers professionals and provides technical assistance for stakeholders seeking to strengthen their anti-corruption and compliance regimes. Close to 70 States Parties and international organizations form part of its global constituency, along with alumni from more than 140 countries. WELCOME 17th CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS 3 On behalf of IACA and the CII Secretariat it is my sincere pleasure to welcome all participants to the 17th Conference of International Investigators and to the two-day training course preceding it. The agenda was designed collaboratively with the specific aims of stimulating lively debate and encouraging the exchange of experiences. In addition to interactive sessions and workshops featuring practical issues and top speakers, there is also plenty of time for networking. Our campus environment will, I am confident, encourage you to join the discussion and discourse, reflect upon current approaches, meet familiar faces, and develop important new connections. UN photo/Mark Garten I wish you an enjoyable and productive time here in Laxenburg/Vienna and every success in the future. Martin Kreutner Dean & Executive Secretary of IACA Laxenburg, Vienna. Austria. 3-7 October 2016 4 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME WED, 5 OCT THU, 6 OCT FRI, 7 OCT 8 REGISTRATION ARRIVAL ARRIVAL 9 CONFERENCE OPENING & PLENARY 2 PLENARY 4 10 MEMORIAL LECTURE COFFEE BREAK/GROUP PHOTO COFFEE BREAK BRIEFING ON WORKSHOPS - 1,2,3 11 1st ROUND OF COFFEE BREAK PLENARY 1 WORKSHOPS BRIEFING ON WORKSHOPS - 4,5,6 12 (REPETITION) PLENARY 5 13 LUNCH LUNCH 14 CONFERENCE CLOSING 1st ROUND OF 2nd ROUND OF WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS LUNCH 15 (3 IN PARALLEL) (REPETITION) COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK 16 GUIDED TOUR OF nd BElvEDERE MUSEUM 2 ROUND OF VIENNA WORKSHOPS PLENARY 3 17 (3 IN PARALLEL) (bus transfer) 18 WELCOME RECEPTION SOCIAL EVENING (IACA) HEURIGER (Viennese Wine Tavern) 19 HOFSTÄDTER GUNTRAMSDORF 20 (bus transfer) 21 17th CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS 5 PLENARIES (CEREMONIAL HAll) WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER DAY/SESSION TOPICS/SPEAKERS DESCRIPTION CONFERENCE OPENING OPENING REMARKS & Host and CII Secretariat MEMORIAL LECTURE FRANZ-HERMANN BRÜNER MEMORIAL LECTURE 09:00-10:30 Speaker: Prof. Manfred NOWAK Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna. Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment COFFEE BREAK / GROUP PHOTO 10:30 - 11:00 The debate will build upon the academic approach PLENARY 1 HOW ORDINARY on this topic and intends to link science and practice. PEOPLE BREAK Contrary to the assumption that only bad people commit offences and good people abide by the THE LAW law, studies of organizational misconduct and other disciplines show that it is also ordinary people who, Moderator: openly or covertly, break the law. The challenge is to Mr. Martin KREUTNER (IACA) understand what factors, contexts, and environments Speakers: make ordinary people do extraordinary - yet not Prof. Nikos PASSAS (IACA) always legal - things. This plenary session answers 11:00-12:30 (Academic Introduction) these questions drawing on scholarly literature Mr. Giovanni KESSLER (OLAF) and suggests that such factors must be carefully Ms. Anna BOSSMAN (AfDB) taken into account by risk analysts, investigators, managers, leaders, and all who are called to promote organizational cultures of integrity and compliance. LUNCH 12:30 - 14:00 1st ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 1,2,3 14:00 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK 15:30 - 16:00 2nd ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 4,5,6 16:00 - 17:30 Laxenburg, Vienna. Austria. 3-7 October 2016 6 PLENARIES (CEREMONIAL HAll) THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER DAY/SESSION TOPICS/SPEAKERS DESCRIPTION Organizational ethics represents how an organization PLENARY 2 DEVELOPING responds to internal or external stimuli. Ethics is AND SUSTAINING important to maintaining public trust, retaining qualified staff, and fostering a productive working AN ETHICAL environment. It is manifested in codes of ethics and ORGANIZATIONAL standards, leadership practices, and the general policy CULTURE and regulatory framework, including the risk-based strategies the organization pursues. This panel will Moderator: discuss the challenges posed by developing and Ms. Catalina MANEA (OLAF) sustaining an ethical culture including: 09:00-10:30 Speakers: | How can staff ownership of the ethics agenda be Ms. Malika AÏT-MOHAMED PARENT implemented? (IFRC) | How do we assess the control environment, such Mr. Anders Hjorth AGERSKOV (WB INT) as the acceptability of risk-based strategies? Mr. Patrick GOTTRY (EBRD) | What ethical standards should govern investigations? | What role do ethics guidelines play for investigators and what role does it leave for Human Resources? COFFEE BREAK 10:30 - 11:00 1st ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 1,2,3 (REPETITION) 11:00 - 12:30 LUNCH 12:30 - 14:00 2nd ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 4,5,6 (REPETITION) 14:00 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK 15:30 - 16:00 Today’s threats to global security are multifaceted PLENARY 3 THE NEXUS and interlinked. Be it terrorism and extremism, human BETWEEN trafficking, the production and smuggling of illegal narcotics, organized crime, money laundering, or - CORRUPTION AND ultimately - state failure: corruption is rightly seen SECURITY as a major negative and contributing factor to that end; it undermines social, economic, and political Moderator: prosperity, peace and stability. The plenary’s debate Mr. Martin KREUTNER (IACA) will tackle aspects of potential nexuses between Speakers: these serious crime phenomena, experiences on 16:00-17:30 H.E. Mr. Cristian ISTRATE (OSCE conducting investigations in fragile, conflict or post- Security Committee) conflict environments and the latest developments Mr. Vasil KIROV (OLAF) of investigations at the local and regional levels. Mr. Alexander LIM (IOM) Proliferation financing, including financing of Mr. Bernhard TREIBENREIF terrorism and the role of international organizations (MoI Austria) and banks also represent relevant aspects for this topic along with some lively and tangible impressions. 17th CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS 7 PLENARIES (CEREMONIAL HAll) FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER DAY/SESSION TOPICS/SPEAKERS DESCRIPTION This session will focus on the interrelatedness PLENARY 4 COMBATING FRAUD between the enforcement and preventive mandates AND CORRUPTION of integrity functions and approaches, with a focus on maximizing the synergies between the two IN DEVELOPMENT and reducing some of the inevitable tensions in PROJECTS THROUGH prioritization, focus and delivery models. Specific BOTH ENFORCEMENT areas of focus during the discussion will include: AND PREVENTION | Primary objectives of enforcement and prevention Moderator: | Institutional challenges of each in the context of 09:00-10:30 Ms. Galina MIKHLIN-OLIVER (WB INT) development institutions Speakers: | Co-existence challenges in terms of resources, Mr. Antonio MICELI (OLAF) prioritization, skills, institutional buy-in Mr. Stephen ZIMMERMANN (WB INT) | What does success look like (examples of good Ms. Clare WEE (ADB) models in terms of balance, structure, resource Mr. Jason ULIANA (OIOS) allocation, client interactions, products etc.). BRIEFING ON 1st ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 1,2,3 10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 11:30 BRIEFING ON 2nd ROUND OF WORKSHOPS - 4,5,6 11:30 - 12:00 Earlier this year, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled PLENARY 5 LATEST that the protections of privileges and immunities fully DEVELOPMENTS apply when the World Bank and similarly situated International Organizations make disclosures to ON THE LEGAL national authorities in connection with corruption FRAMEWORK investigations. The Court went so far as to commend AND IMPACT OF and encourage IOs for their work in the global fight IMMUNITIES ON against corruption and for their efforts to work with INVESTIGATIONS national authorities. This plenary will discuss the impact of this decision on the work of investigative 12:00-13:30 Moderator: offices and explore the reach and limits of legal Mr. Stephen ZIMMERMANN (WB INT) frameworks among international organizations Speakers: investigative offices. The panel will also discuss Mr. Miguel JANSSOONE (OLAF) the risks and benefits of sharing information and Mr. David WOLFE (GF OIG) interacting with national enforcement agencies. Ms. Suzette SCHULTZ (OIOS) Ms. Gülen Atay NEWTON (GF) CONFERENCE CLOSING 13:30 - 13:45 LUNCH Conclusions and closing remarks 13:45 - 15:15 Laxenburg, Vienna. Austria. 3-7 October 2016 8 1st ROUND OF WORKshOPS WORKSHOP TOPICS/SPEAKERS DESCRIPTION Internal investigations related to harassment (or sexual WORKSHOP 1 INTERNAL STAFF harassment) can be some of the most challenging INVESTIGATIONS, WITH A matters to handle due to the sensitive nature of the issues, the types of evidence required and concerns FOCUS ON MISCONDUCT about adverse consequences for witnesses. This SEMINAR INVESTIGATIONS workshop will explore through case studies and ROOM 5 lessons learned the characteristics of successful Moderator: investigations, and how these types of cases may highlight weaknesses