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LAUNCH OF A PARTNERSHIP FOR AN UPCOMING PROJECT WITH ICAC |
Online, 27 October 2022 — The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong, the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), are joining forces to develop a knowledge tool intended to support anti-corruption authorities all over the world in meaningfully engaging youth in the national and global anti-corruption efforts.
In order to do so, a team of anti-corruption, business integrity, criminal law and youth empowerment experts have been assembled to lead the upcoming development of a first-of-its-kind knowledge tool, aimed at filling a clear gap on how to effectively bridge anti-corruption policymaking with youth empowerment to promote transparency and accountability.
In close collaboration with UNODC and IAACA, the research team, will ensure that youth perspectives are safeguarded, represented and respected in the development of the knowledge tool.
It is key to find interesting solutions to overcome the challenges faced by the world’s youth in contributing to anti-corruption efforts, and to promote transparency and accountability. Alongside, it is fundamental to understand how anti-corruption authorities can facilitate the meaningful inclusion of youth in their work through activities and programmes that engages youth in a sustainable manner to support anti-corruption efforts. These are necessary steps to actually make a significant contribution to the empowerment of young people in preventing and countering corruption towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Agenda, as articulated in the UNGASS political declaration:
“Achieving the 2030 Agenda is an enabling factor for States to effectively prevent and combat corruption, while, at the same time, our efforts against corruption contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda. […] We recognize that preventing and countering corruption and illicit financial flows and recovering and returning confiscated assets, in accordance with the Convention against Corruption, can contribute to effective resource mobilization, poverty eradication, sustainable development and the enjoyment of all human rights, and we will step up our efforts in this regard”.
For this knowledge tool be a success, the team of experts decided to invite a group of young people to be involved in the research from its outset. For this reason, members of the UNODC YouthLED Integrity Advisory Board, as well as members of the ICAC I-league Youth Ambassador Programme, volunteered to provide support in the development of the tool by advising on the research methodology and elaboration of the tool, while ensuring that it reaches and resonates with youth from around the world.
