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Monday, 20 May 2019

ATHR-UNODC Side Εvent on Fighting Corruption through Education

The Academy for Transparency & Human Rights (ATHR) of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) with the participation of the Government of Bolivia and the support of the UNODC organized a side event on “Fighting Corruption through Education” during the 28th Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),on 20-24 May, at the Vienna International Center.

The side event which was included in the highlight events in the CCPCJ programme, marked the launch of the E4J Anti-Corruption University Modules by UNODC. The event was moderated by Sigall Horovitz, Corruption and Economic Crimes Branch, UNODC and included a panel of four speakers:

Donna Harris, University of Oxford, UK “Impact Study of the E4J Modules: Preliminary findings and way forward”, Atanas Dimitrov, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria “Personal experiences: Teaching the E4J Modules in Bulgaria”, Leyla Tavernaro-Haidarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa “Spreading the good news: Training colleagues to teach the E4J Modules” and  Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Academy for Transparency & Human Rights, EPLO“Plans for incorporating theE4J Modules in the curriculum”

The opening remarks on the impact of education on the fight against corruption were delivered by EPLO’s representative Panagiotis Alexopoulos and the closing remarks were delivered by Richard Ever Veizaga Ayala,Chief, Departmental Representative of Cochabamba, Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency, Plurinational State of Bolivia.

At the closing of the event, the  anti-corruption modules were handed over by Sigall Horowitz to the EPLO’s representative to be forwarded  to the seventy two universities that are members of its BoD and to the European Law and Governance School.

tags: Academy for Transparency & Human Rights, EPLO, UNODC, Fighting Corruption,United Nations, Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice, anti-corruption, Economic Crimes

Ms Donna Harris,University of Oxford, UK, Ms Leyla Tavernaro-Haidarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Mr. Richard Ever Veizaga Ayala,Chief, Departmental Representative of Cochabamba, Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency

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