Programme of the NADEL Discussion Forum

What do we know about the results of fighting corruption in developing countries and development cooperation?

24. April 2009 9:00 – 16:00

GEP-Pavilion, ETH Main Building, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich

9:00 Registration, coffee, tea, and croissants 9:30 Welcome and introduction

Rolf Kappel, NADEL, ETH Zurich Lucy Koechlin, Basel Institute on Governance, Basel

9:45 Corruption perception and aid flows: what has changed since the mid-1990s? Rolf Kappel, NADEL, ETH Zurich

10:30 Corruption perception and facts: new insights Anne Lugon-Moulin, Basel Institute on Governance, Basel

11:15 Break 11:30 Fighting corruption in Burkina Faso: challenges and achievements

Luc Damiba, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement (IHEID), University of Geneva

12:15 Lunch, in the canteen of ETH Main Building 13:45 Experiences of official organisations and non-government organisations in fighting

corruption in developing countries and in development cooperation Panel, short presentations and discussion: Georg Cremer, Caritas Deutschland, University of Freiburg / Brsg. Craig Fagan, Transparency International, Berlin

Walter Hofer, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Berne Lukas Siegenthaler, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Berne

15:45 Final remarks and farewell

Lucy Koechlin, Basel Institute of Governance, Basel Rolf Kappel, NADEL, ETH Zurich

16:00 Apéro, served in the GEP-Pavilion

Zurich and Basel, 26. February 2009 Invitation Dear Madam, dear Sir NADEL and the Basel Institute on Governance are pleased to invite you to a one-day discussion forum on 24. April 2009:

What do we know about the results of fighting corruption in developing countries and development cooperation?

24. April, 9:00 – 16:00, GEP-Pavilion, ETH Main Building, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich

The programme of the day and a map of the location are attached. Below you find a registration form. The fee for participation is 120.- CHF, including conference documentation, coffee, lunch and apéro. After your registration, which must be done on 10. April the latetst, we will send you a pay-in slip. We would be happy to welcome you to an interesting and fruitful exchange of ideas. With best regards

Rolf Kappel Anne Lugon-Moulin NADEL Basel Institute on Governance

Registration What do we know about the results of fighting corruption in developing countries and development cooperation?

24. April, 9:00 – 16:00, GEP-Pavilion, ETH Main Building, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich Yes, I will participate in the conference:

Name __________________________________________ Organisation __________________________________________ Billing address:________________________________________Email:___________________ Please send this form to: Ursina Tones, NADEL, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich; or send the requested data by email to: tones@nadel.ethz.ch. Closing date for registration: 10. April 2009.

Venue

ETH Zürich, GEP Pavillion, Leonhardstr. 34, 8092 Zürich

From Zurich main station: tramway No. 6 or 10 (direction University / ETH) as far as "ETH Zürich / Universitätsspital" or from Central with the red „Polybahn“ direct to GEP.

ETH main building

GEP Pavillion