Counselor / Hesham Badawy (ASA President) & WGFACML Chairman Participation In the 8th Session of the conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 14 – 15 December 2019
His Excellency Counselor / Hesham Badawy – (ASA President) & WGFACML Chairman participated in the 8th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 16 – 20 December 2019.
He also participated in the meeting held on 14 and 15 December 2019, concerning the initiative of the SAI of the United Arab Emirates to establish permanent cooperation between SAIs and Anti-corruption authorities.
During this meeting, his excellency reviewed the achievements and contributions of the working group in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering. His Excellency reviewed the efforts made by the WG to enhance the professional capabilities of WG member SAIs in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering through the guidelines issued by the working group, as well as the initiative under development between the WG Secretariat and IDI to study the training needs of the WG member SAIs in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering, in addition to a number of training programs that will be developed in the light of analyzing these training needs.
He also reviewed the vision of the WG with regard to identifying the necessary needs for capacity building , exchanging knowledge and professional cooperation in the field of fighting fraud and corruption , besides establishing permanent cooperation between both anti-corruption authorities on the one hand and SAIs on the other hand in order to maximize the benefits that can be achieved from this cooperation and to announce long-term cooperation between SAIs and Anti- Corruption Authorities at the national , regional and global levels to support this initiative within the framework of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.