Controlling Corruption in Local Governments in Latin America

On November 14, 2008, the Americas Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a conference on the topic: "Controlling Corruption in Local Government in Latin America"

This half-day event examined efforts in place in the region to fight corruption in local government and to identify resources from multilateral and bilateral cooperation that can be focused on improving the quality of local government.

8:30 - 9:00am - Registration

9:00 -10:15am - Panel 1: "Efforts to improve municipal control of corruption: Three case studies"

Alejandro Char, Mayor of Barranquilla, Department of Atlántico, Colombia
José Pérez Hernández, Mayor of Torreón, State of Coahuila, Mexico

10:30 -12:00pm - Panel 2: "Developing Synergy between Civil Society and Local Governments"

Beatriz Boza, Executive Director of Ciudadanos al Dí¬a, Peru
Mercedes de Freitas, Executive Director of Transparency International Venezuela
Felipe González, Director of the Center for the Study of International Governance, IPADE Business School, Mexico

12:15-2:00pm - Luncheon and Panel 3: "Multilateral Institutions and Bilateral Cooperation"

Paloma Baena, Public Governance Specialist, Institutional Capacity of State Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Viviana Barberena Nisimblat, Advisor for Participatory and Transparent Democracy, German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Camilla Helgø Fossberg, First Secretary, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua

This event was made possible by the generous support of the Open Society Institute