On the occasion of the International Anti-corruption day of the United Nations, the belgian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines is hosting a high level seminar with the release of a guide targeting belgian entreprises for conforming to the rules on combating bribery of foreign officials in international business transactions.

PROGRAMME

13h30          Welcome – Coffee

13h40          Introduction by Mr. Jean-Marc Delporte, President SPF Economy

13h45          Speech Mr. Kris Peeters, Minister of Economy

14h00         Speech Mr. Koen Geens, Minister of Justice

14h15         Presentation of the guide on Anti-corruption – Mr. Mathieu Maes, Secretary-General ICC Belgium

14h30         Presentation by Transparency International Belgium on the Corruption Perception Index – Mr. Evert-Jan Lammers

14h50         Presentation by a magistrate on extraterritoriality – Mr. Jean-Pascal Thoreau, Federal Prosecutor’s Office

15h15        Panel with :

• Mrs. Lise Née, Legal consultant at Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
• Mrs Candice Welsch, Chief of the Implementation Support Section of the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch at UNODC, Vienna
• TBC, Agoria/FEB
• Guido De Clercq, Transparency International Belgium
• Mr. Michaël Fernandez-Bertier, Academic expert white-collar crime SBS, USL-B, UCL, Attorney-at-law

Moderator: Mrs. Christine Darville, Executive Manager VBO-FEB

16h30          Q&A

17h00          Cocktail

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

When? Friday 9 December from 13:30 until 17:00

Where? Federal Public Service Economy – Rue du Progrès, 50 1210 Brussel

Language? Dutch French and English (without simultaneous translation)

Fee? Free of charge – on a First-come First-serve basis (max. 100 people)

Subscribe? Please confirm your attendance by sending an email to julie.dere@iccwbo.org before Tuesday 6 December 2016.

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