A delegation from Montenegro will attend the Crans Montana Xth International Summit on Transnational Crime

On next Thursday November 13 and Friday November 14, 2008, will take place in Paris, France [1], the Xth Yearly Session of the International Summit on Transnational Crime, organised by the Crans Montana Forum and dedicated to “Transparency and Global Governance”. The Summit, for more than ten years, is a unique meeting point for governments, judicial administrations, international organisations and businesses to discuss the ways of fighting international, economic crime and terrorism, in order to secure business and foreign investments.

This year again, the Summit will welcome many delegations gathering the most important players and experts of this sector. For Montenegro, have already been announced at this Summit:
 Mr. Dragan Đurović, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament (DPS);
 Mrs. Sanja Kalezić, Assistant to the Prosecutor, Chief State Prosecutor’s Office;
 Mrs. Stojanka Radović, Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime, Chief State Prosecutor’s Office;
 Mrs. Vesna Ratković, Director, Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative;
 Mrs. Ana Ražnatović, Director of the Direction for Europe, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;
 Mr. Dimitrija Šaranović, Advisor, Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative; and
 Mrs. Nina Krgović, Head of International Relations Department, Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative.
(Please note that this is the list of participants as per October 27, 2008. The above information is preliminary and subject to change.)

By another way, Mrs. Vesna Ratković will participate in plenary session to the panel discussion on “Government initiatives against corrupting businesses”.

In addition, the Crans Montana Graduate Institute of International Studies (CM-IUHEI) will organise for the Summit participants, on November 13 and 14 in the late afternoon, an excpetional seminar on the theme “Private sector, government and international organisations fighting corruption”, leading to a CM-IUHEI Special Certificate.

Program

PROGRAM HEADLINES
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I.— Corruption and global governance
• Corruption as a World problem: the Criminal Economy in the World Economy
• The transnational Criminal Organisations and Corruption
• Does moral relativism exist in public or private corruption?
• Official corruption increases fraud and transnational crime
• How the fight against corruption distort economic competition

II.— Reputation and image management
• The World Investment and the Credibility of Investment destinations
• Corruption of Official Authorities in the new Economies
• The Impact of Corruption on Foreign investment
• Corporate Governance: How to prevent image or reputation crisis?
• Corporate Reputation Management and the role of Economic Intelligence
• Corporate Reputation Rating: a major issue for investors
• The role and the credibility of Rating Agencies

III.— Governance and fair management of public affairs
• Government Policies and Economic Development
• Towards new standards of good governance and good faith: which transparency criteria for the Public Finance management?
• Implementing and Monitoring Ethical rules in the Public Governance
• Public-Private Partnerships: towards a common Governance
• Fighting money laundering: a way to fight Corruption

IV.— Global governance and the international organisations
• The OECD and the World Governance
• African Priorities of the World Bank
• Food security and corruption: a major challenge for the World
• Fighting “tax havens” and money laundering: the Initiatives of the European
• Commission and some EU Member States

V.— The corporate governance
• The Corporate Social Responsibility
• Business: the new target of Criminal Organisations
• Checking financial flows: the due diligence
• The importance of transparency in the management of Royalties paid by the Oil Companies
a) The payment of royalties to the local Authorities
b) Information on industrial activities (exploration, production...)
c) The due diligence required to fight corruption

VI.— Initiative from corrupting states
• The new whistleblower Initiative
• The legal proceedings for the corruption acts of a foreign civil servant: competence and sanctions
• The new Challenge: the sleeping mafia investments

CM-IUHEI Post-Graduate Program
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Additional seminar leading to a CM-IUHEI Special Certificate
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I.— Private sector, government and international organisations fighting corruption
• Organised crime and Corruption: new developments and forms
• National Initiatives to fighting corruption: state and limits
• Corruption inside the International Organisations: the example of new monitoring systems implemented by the United Nations