UN eyes Guyana for anti-corruption base
Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman takes note of a point made by Regional Representative of the Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean for the UNODC, Amado Philip de Andres as UN Resident Coordinator, Khadija Musa, Programme Coordinator- Operations and Programmes for the UNODC, Olivier Inizan and Legal Technical Officer (NRE), Tamara Khan, look on
Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman takes note of a point made by Regional Representative of the Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean for the UNODC, Amado Philip de Andres as UN Resident Coordinator, Khadija Musa, Programme Coordinator- Operations and Programmes for the UNODC, Olivier Inizan and Legal Technical Officer (NRE), Tamara Khan, look on

THE United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has proposed setting up a Regional Anti-Corruption Academy, based in Guyana, to address issues of transparency and accountability.“We were discussing options to help Guyana and one of the options was to establish a Regional Anti-Corruption Academy for the Caribbean and Central America,” said Caribbean UNODC Regional Representative Amado Philip de Andres following a meeting with Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman.

According to him, it is “a carbon copy” of the International Anti- Corruption Academy, located in Vienna.

“We want to set up a pilot country and that can possibly be Guyana,” de Andres is quoted by the Ministry of the Presidency as saying.

Minister Trotman, yesterday met with the visiting team from UNODC at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment’s Boardroom, where several key proposals were discussed.

The UN team was headed by Amado Philip de Andres. He was accompanied by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Fund Resident Representative Khadija Musa and Programme Coordinator- Operations and Programmes for the UNODC Olivier Inizan.
UN Resident Coordinator Khadija Musa, in brief remarks, told Minister Trotman that the UN has recognised the new government’s interest in fighting corruption and crime and as such, the meeting was organised to see how best those efforts can be aided. “Since we know that there is a government which is interested in the fight against crime and drugs, and all those issues are paramount here and on the international front, we felt since you are now establishing your framework and structure, that it was important that UNODC come and share what they can do or in what areas they can assist so we initiated the visit,” Musa said.

UNODC Regional Representative Amado Philip de Andres, noted that the UNODC is working on an Anti-Corruption and Transparency Diploma course for civil servants, which will be tailor-made to suit each other on board the initiative.
He also expressed the world body’s support in tackling and addressing environmental crimes. Minister Trotman, on behalf of the government, welcomed these proposals, noting that they will be favorably considered for the good governance of the country. “These are very good proposals, especially an institute where we can train multiple compliance officers, to sensitise them to identify and eradicate corruption. We welcome your support and pledge the Government’s willingness to explore these going forward,” Minister Trotman told the team.

 

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