21-25/10/2011
The director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, Daniel de Alfonso, the Head of the Director’s Cabinet, and the Legal Advisor on International Affairs attended to the 5th Annual Meeting and General Assembly of the International Association of Anti-corruption Authorities (IAACA) that took place on the 21rst and 22nd of October in Marrakesh (Morocco). The Office also participated in the IV Conference of State Parties to the Convention against Corruption that was also held in Morocco from the 24rd to the 28th of October.
After this assembly, the Anti-Fraud Office that is a member of this association from November 2010, re-enters in the committee that has to design the work and training programme addressed to professionals of the anti-corruption authorities. In this sense, Mr. De Alfonso has highlighted “the importance of a good training design towards the experts as a cornerstone to accomplish a conceptual change in a society sometimes too tolerant with determinate corrupt behaviours”.
Both the Chief of the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Vice-President of IAACA, Mr.Eduardo Vetere, showed their interest for this new phase of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia and offered all their support.
The main objectives of IAACA are to promote the effective implementation of the Convention of United Nations against corruption and to proportionate assistance to anti-corruption authorities at an International level.
