IBLF Global concludes third year with B20Turkey
IBLF Global concludes third year with B20Turkey
1st December, 2015
IBLF Global concluded a third year supporting the B20 Anti-corruption Task Force. This year the focal point was on implementation and impact. Amongst the key deliverables are a guidance for companies on Beneficial Ownership, a Customs Toolkit and the Anti-corruption Toolkit for SMEs.
The G20 leaders communique
had a paragraph on anti-corruption (see section 16: “We remain committed to building a global culture of intolerance towards corruption through effectively implementing the 2015-2016 G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan”). You can find alongside the communique all the documents put out by the G20 ACWG, including those specifically highlighted in the Turkish Presidency’s Summit Fact Sheet:
- G20 High-Level Principles on Integrity and Transparency in the Private Sector
- G20 Principles for Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement
- G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles
- SMEs Anti-Corruption Education Tool Kit
In the Accountability report of the G20 ACWG 2015, the B20 and the work with the private sector are specifically mentioned. Self-reporting and private sector guidance are mentioned as topics for future follow-up.
Of the B20’s 19 recommendations
to the G20, 4 came out of the ACTF. The full ACTF recommendations
are published on the B20 site.
In the spirit of this year’s implementation theme, our Task Force produced two Toolkits: one for SMEs (by IBLF Global and TEID) and one on Collective Action for combating corruption in customs (by TEID and Basel Institute on Governance) . These will be ready for distribution soon. For more information on the SME Toolkit, visit [URL to SME Toolkit page], and for the Customs Agents Toolkit contact Tayfun Zaman.
Transparency International produced a report on Beneficial Ownership in the G20. The B-Team published the outcomes
from the Beneficial Ownership workstream’s meeting in Paris in April. The Huffington Post published a blog by Mo Ibrahim on Moving From Words to Deeds to End Anonymous Companies. [add:} The Huffington Post also published Task Force member Lida Preyma’s (Bank of Montreal) blog on Beneficial Ownership Transparency and the work the B20 ACTF http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lida-preyma/companies-must-know-who-t_b_8761550.html
In 2016, the G20 and B20 move to China. For further information about how to be involved with the B20 under the China presidency, read more here.
