MEDIA ADVISORY

Annual African Anti-Corruption Dialogue 2021.

What: Annual African Anti-Corruption Dialogue under the 2021 theme “Regional Economic Communities: Critical Actors in the Implementation of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption”.

When: 9^th to 11^th November 2021.

Where: The series of events will be as follows.

• 9^th November 2021- High level meeting of the African Anti-Corruption Dialogue 2021.

Register to join - https://zoom.us/j/95392996295?pwd=WVZXREs2WEpYVzVHSkEyUUxkQ05GZz09

Meeting ID: 953 9299 6295
Passcode: AUABC2021

• 11^th November 2021- Non-State Actors Forum

Register to join -https://zoom.us/j/95392996295?pwd=WVZXREs2WEpYVzVHSkEyUUxkQ05GZz09

Meeting ID: 953 9299 6295
Passcode: AUABC2021

Who: Convened by the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC), the Annual African Anti-Corruption Dialogue brings together participants from the African Union Commission; African Union Organs; Regional Economic Communities; National Anti-Corruption Authorities from across the continent; development partners, civil society; media; women and youth.

Background
The African Anti-Corruption Dialogue 2021 is convened under the theme “Regional Economic Communities: Critical Actors in the Implementation of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption”. The Dialogue is a platform for all anti-corruption stakeholders to reflect and dialogue on the role of Regional Economic Communities in promoting the anti-corruption agenda. The reflections will facilitate the identification and dissemination of the challenges, good practices that effective collaboration of National Anti-Corruption Agencies with the Regional Economic Communities brings in fighting corruption.

The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) was adopted in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003 and came into force in 2006. To date, the Convention has been ratified by 45 Member States of the African Union. Since adoption of the Convention, African states have made significant strides in the fight against corruption including the enactment of national laws and the creation of anti-corruption agencies.

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For further information please contact:

Doreen Apollos | Information and Communication Directorate | African Union Commission | Tel: +251 115 517 700 | E-mail: ApollosD@africa-union.org l | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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