The Administrative Control Authority will host, from January 15 to 18, at the headquarters of the National Anti-Corruption Academy, the first training program for Arab government experts concerned with operationalizing Riyadh Declaration, with the participation of 46 experts from Arab countries that are parties to the Arab Convention against Corruption.

During the statement of Minister Amr Adel, Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority, at the opening of the training program, His Excellency welcomed the attendees and pointed out that the program is in line with Egypt’s constant keenness to support international and Arab partnerships with international organizations and counterpart agencies working in the field of preventing and combating corruption. His Excellency commended the cooperation with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Nazaha), the League of Arab States, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to implement the program.

In her statement, Dr. Maha Bakhit, Director of Legal Affairs at the League of Arab States, extended her thanks to the Administrative Control Authority for hosting the training programs for the Arab experts concerned with implementing the Arab Convention and held in implementation of the Riyadh Declaration. The programs aim to provide participants with a set of knowledge, skills and trends related to the legal and institutional framework of the Arab Convention against Corruption and the methodology for answering self-assessment questions to review its implementation.

Ms. Cristina Albertin, Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the MENA Region in Cairo, stressed the importance of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and regional agreements to maximize efforts to prevent and combat corruption in the States Parties. This is what we celebrate today by organizing training programs and workshops for government experts from the States Parties to discuss the legal frameworks of the Arab Convention, the methodology of the self-assessment list, and the best related practices in addition to practical and theoretical aspects. In conclusion, she thanked the Administrative Control Authority and the National Anti-Corruption Academy as strong partners to support capacity building of law enforcement cadres in the region.

This program is one of three programs that the Administrative Control Authority will organize for government experts from the member states during the current year through the exceptional partnership between the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the League of Arab States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.