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| Project No. | M SCE 01 2012A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Title | Capacity Building Workshops on Designing Best Models on Prosecuting Corruption and Money Laundering Cases Using Financial Flow Tracking Techniques and Investigative Intelligence for Effective Conviction and Asset Recovery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Status | Completed Project | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fund Account | APEC Support Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-fund | ASF: General Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Year | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Session | Session 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsoring Forum | Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts Working Group (ACTWG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Topics | Anti-Corruption | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Committee | SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Fora Involved | Human Resource Development Working Group (HRDWG);Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group (IPEG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved | ABAC, UNODC, World Bank |
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| Proposing Economy(ies) | Chile;Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-Sponsoring Economies | Australia;Brunei Darussalam;China;Indonesia;Korea;Malaysia;Papua New Guinea;Russia;Singapore;Chinese Taipei;United States;Viet Nam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected Start Date | 01/10/2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected Completion Date | 31/03/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| APEC Funding | 430,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-funding Amount | 124,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-funding Percentage | 22.37 % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Project Value | 554,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Proponent Name 1 | Ms Marta Herrera Seguel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Job Title 1 | Director, Anticorruption Specialised Unit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organization 1 | Public Prosecutor's Office | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal Address 1 | General MacKenna 1369 PISO 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone 1 | 56-2 9659561 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fax 1 | 56-2 9659567 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Email 1 | cortega@minpublico.cl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Proponent Name 2 | Mr Pongaek Vijitgool | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Job Title 2 | Director, Bureau of International Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organization 2 | Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal Address 2 | 361 Nonthaburi Rd, Thasai, Nonthaburi, 11000 Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone 2 | 66-2 528 4930 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fax 2 | 66-2 528 4930 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Email 2 | natthachaw@hotmail.com; noostop@hotmail.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Declaration | Ms Marta Herrera Seguel and Mr Pongaek Vijitgool | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Summary | This project intends to develop and publish a handbook of best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, with a view towards facilitating case cooperation and increasing the enforcement of economies’ anti-corruption commitments through the use of financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence. This project—as well as the process through which the handbook will be developed—will help APEC economies increase their effectiveness in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases. The handbook will focus on the effective uses of financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence and may also serve as a foundation for developing an anti-corruption-focused financial intelligence unit among APEC member economies. This handbook will be developed based on the best practices of both APEC and non-APEC economies and will be consistent with the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). To this end, this project proposes holding at least 2 workshops (one in Chile and one in Thailand), where APEC economies will be invited to share their respective experiences in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, identifying best practices and common challenges. APEC economies will be encouraged to send practitioners—including attorneys, investigators, police and other law enforcement officials—as well as policy-makers, in order to meet counterparts from other economies and develop a network of relationships to facilitate both formal and informal cooperation. Furthermore, these workshops will provide a forum and foundation to discuss potentially creating an anti-corruption-focused financial intelligence unit among APEC member economies. Experts from non-APEC economies and international organizations will also be invited to attend the workshops and share from their experiences in order to familiarize participants with various approaches in utilizing financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence. After the workshops, best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, will be captured in the form of a handbook and will be distributed to all participants, both in print and on a CD. This handbook will be a valuable reference for both practitioners and policymakers and may also assist economies in adopting helpful domestic legislation. By reflecting realities and cultures from across the Asia-Pacific region, this handbook will also promote greater understanding and integration among APEC economies. |
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| Relevance | This project will contribute to the economic integration of APEC economies as it is being co-organized by Thailand and Chile and will facilitate both informal and formal cooperation on cases. Furthermore, it will help achieve the ACT’s goal of “Promoting Sustainable Growth & Enhancing Human Security: Combating money laundering, illicit trade, and dismantling illicit networks,” as outlined in the ACT’s medium-term plan. This project will be the first APEC project to conclude with a study of different realities, packaged in a handbook that can provide guidance on best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, by effectively using a variety of financial and investigative intelligence techniques, with a view towards seizing and forfeiting illicitly acquired assets. As discussed above, this handbook will concretely and permanently capture the knowledge gained from the workshops and will benefit not only ACT members but also other interested parties. In addition, this project will develop networks of practitioners, including attorneys, investigators, police and other law enforcement officials, and provide a forum and a foundation to potentially create an anti-corruption-focused financial intelligence unit among APEC member economies. The proposed project is therefore in line with both the ACT’s Medium Term Workplan (2010-2015) to promote capacity building activities in key areas such as financial investigation/international asset recovery techniques and anti-money laundering mechanisms. In addition, as mentioned above, this project will provide an opportunity for networking among practitioners and policy-makers from the Asia-Pacific region. Furthermore, an expected outcome of this project is the strengthening of conditions—namely, good governance and institutional integrity—that will promote free trade and economic integration among APEC member economies. |
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| Objectives | a) To promote integration among member economies and maximize mutual legal assistance in corruption and money laundering cases; b) To raise awareness of best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering among APEC and non-APEC economies, equipping economies to adopt best practices in accordance with their domestic legislation, especially those regarding financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence; c) To publish a handbook with different methods of investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering cases, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, highlighting best practices and illustrating with case studies. |
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| Multi-Year Approach | This project is structured to be developed over the course of at least two workshops, with the first to be held in Chile, the second in Thailand, and potentially a third to be held in another APEC economy. The first workshop in Chile will focus on prosecuting corruption and money laundering cases using financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence for effective prosecution. The second workshop in Thailand will build upon the knowledge gained during the first workshop and will focus on asset recovery. These capacity-building workshops will focus on the importance of establishing a financial intelligence network in order to be more effective in combating corruption and transnational bribery/illicit trade/other transnational crimes. The workshops will also provide a forum to rigorously discuss the possibility of creating a network of anti-corruption-focused financial intelligence units among APEC members. Throughout and after the workshops, a consultant will systematically analyze the knowledge shared and gained through the workshops, and will work with Chile and Thailand in drafting the handbook on best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money-laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases (see above for more information on the handbook). A third workshop to be held as a side event at SOM I or III in China will provide a good opportunity for the experts and practitioners from APEC member economies to review the draft handbook and provide comments and suggestions before publication. Moreover, they will be able to exchange ideas on implementation, drawing upon experiences from actual cases. This step will further ensure the quality and applicability of the handbook, based on the lessons learned from practical application of the best practices shared in the first two workshops. The final text of the handbook will be published and distributed to member economies and other workshop participants, in accordance with the guidelines of the PO and sponsor economies. |
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| TILF/ASF Justification | The main objective of this project is to help APEC economies increase their effectiveness in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering cases and in recovering illicitly acquired assets by sharing best practices among APEC and non-APEC member economies and promoting greater awareness and understanding of differences in economies’ legal and prosecutorial systems. Many economies have suffered from major corruption cases, stripped of their taxpayers’ money with very small chance of stolen assets being returned to their citizens. Many developing countries, in particular, lack a systematic and streamlined approach to investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering cases, making it almost impossible to pursue and recover stolen assets and illicit wealth. With this Multi-Year Project, representatives from all APEC members including developing economies will be engaged in a number of ways. During the pre-workshop stage, each economy will be asked to prepare a baseline document describing the criminal justice system and the procedures to prosecute corruption and money laundering cases. Economies may submit already existing documents where available. The information provided will be prepared for customised presentation in the first workshop to be held in Chile. The consultant will then systematically organize the information provided by participants at the workshop to prepare for the second workshop in Thailand, which will focus on best practices in pursuing stolen assets by using financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence. A tangible outcome from this project will be the publication of a handbook that will be developed in consultation with workshop participants, then distributed to APEC economies and other economies and organizations involved in this project. |
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| Beneficiaries and Outputs | The direct beneficiaries of this project are officials in national, regional and international agencies involved with the substantive issues. Not only will they benefit from the knowledge gained during the workshops, and the opportunities for professional networking which will enable them to make formal and informal legal requests, the handbook will be on hand to guide them with best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases. Substantive information derived from the workshop will also be made available in soft copies and electronic forms for future use. To ensure that the beneficiaries use the handbook and that this will not turn into something that is never used, it is worth going back to the main objective of this project: to equip APEC economies with best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, especially regarding financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence. The key beneficiaries of this project directly handle cross-border corruption and money laundering cases. With the handbook, they will have a sound resource as of where to make first contact and which litigation process to choose from. This handbook intends to solve the ongoing problems facing the practitioners and law enforcement officers when it comes to international cases. To further ensure that the handbook will not get lost in time, the means of having Multi-year Project instead of a standard APEC project will raise awareness among ACT, IPEG and HRDWG to include a session, dialogue or workshop attached to the future meetings during each SOM. This will be a chance to refer to the use of the handbook intersessionally. The dialogue regarding the use of this handbook will become a new agenda, not only within the ACT meetings, but also for each economy as well. Thailand and Chile are determined to set an example of how to use this handbook in international cases with regards to domestic regulations of the economies involved. With time, gradual policy changes should arise from the effectiveness and proven results arising from this project. In the long run, this project will help each economy achieve their goals set forth in the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), and promote APEC’s goals of promoting regional integration, sustainable growth and poverty reduction by means of prosecuting corruption cases, returning stolen assets, and promoting greater transparency. To ensure that this project promotes positive change within APEC economies, the products from this project, both the handbook and the regional criminal intelligence centre, will equip economies to adopt best practices in accordance with their domestic legislation, especially those regarding financial flow tracking techniques and investigative intelligence, with regional criminal intelligence focal point ready for streamlined multi-jurisdiction prosecution and asset recovery. |
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| Dissemination | The target audience: national, regional and international agencies involved with the substantive issues. The targeted beneficiaries will benefit from the great opportunity to gain experience of other experts and share their experiences in this anti-corruption/anti-money laundering field. The form and content: List of participants/speakers, content details, abstracts and presentations, economy reports, summary report and relevant academic materials presented/used in the workshops: The project output from this workshop will be in a handbook formation that summarized the shared experience of APEC member economies, and the discussion of member economies with expert speakers invited to attend the workshop. The main output from this project is a handbook, to be distributed in print and on a CD to APEC economies and other bodies involved, in order to help them to adopt the best practices available, with regards to domestic legislation, in the prosecution corruption and money laundering cases. Experienced experts may also use/adapt this set of best practice as a useful reference or guideline in developing their training curricula on the topic of prosecution corruption and money laundering cases and asset recovery cases. Both participants and non-participants who are interested in understanding the processes involved in asset recovery will find the set of best practices highly informative and easy to follow. The report will be circulated among the workshop participants, and will also be presented at the APEC ACT meeting and at other relevant APEC fora. The organizers will also ensure that most, if not all, documents are uploaded on the APEC website for public use as appropriate. Format: (hard/soft copies, Internet uploading): hard copies of workshop materials distributed during the workshops, soft copies in CD format and internet uploading thereafter. The workshop materials and CDs will comply with the APEC Publications Guidelines /Copyrights and the APEC Logo guidelines. Hard and electronic copies of all documents produced as part of this project will be provided to the Secretariat. External communication plan: b) Promotion or other dissemination of the final product; the report will be uploaded to the APEC website. |
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| Gender | Corruption and illicit trade affect all segments of society equally and, from the opposite perspective, it has been shown that an increased leadership role for women is associated with a reduction in transnational crimes like corruption. The organizers will actively encourage the active participation of women and endeavour to ensure that a substantial proportion of the experts invited are also women. One of the Project Proponents is a woman, while steps will be actively taken to seek the advice of women consultants and academics. Thus a positive gender bias in the project’s oversight and planning shall be ensured. Moreover, the project organizing team comprises 3 women from Thailand, Chile, and the USA. |
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| Work Plan |
To ensure that economies contribute to the content of the handbook,,a small task force may be established to encourage maximum participation. A Multi-Year Project team comprised of Thailand, Chile, the USA and Australia has already been established and this team could be tasked with this responsibility, as well. Regarding evaluation of these events, the main objective of this project is to provide best practices for APEC member economies for actual use. It is worth stressing that one of the main challenges for economies in prosecuting international corruption and money laundering cases is the lack of streamlined knowledge of about domestic legal and prosecutorial systems. This project will help raise awareness about the existing tools and channels, making it clear how things should be done in relation to the stated process. Moreover, this project will help illuminate areas where regulatory and policy changes may be necessary to cooperate on cases more effectively. This project needs to be a Multi-Year project because of the time required to adequately research and developthe substance, including the information provided by the economies’ respective self-assessments for the UNCAC review mechanism and OECD Anti-Bribery Convention reviews where applicable, but also practical experiences from various economies. In this regards, the first two workshops have been scheduled approximately 6 months apart, in order to ensure quality assessment and analysis from the contractor and team members. In addition, the various forms of criminal prosecution must be systematised in order to standardise the form and content of the handbook. With the result, the contractor and the team will then be able to proceed with the drafting of handbook, which will be distributed for comment and, moreover, use. The handbook will then , be revised further in the third workshop based on lessons learned from the time of the first draft of the handbook. These steps require at least three years, as originally proposed in the concept note. Given the scope and scale of this project, including cooperation among APEC members, it would not be possible to complete this project within the timeline for a standard project. To clarify the use of generic language on corruption and money laundering cases raised by PMU, it is essential to state that the main focus of this project includes the best practices to investigate and prosecute corruption as a predicate crime for money laundering, which is the major channel to conceal and disguise the illicit origin of property and avoid the legal consequences of a crime. This project aims to address the investigation of crimes, indicating special techniques and specific financial flow tracking tools with regards to domestic legislation. This project will promote gradual policy changes toward more streamlined multi-jurisdiction coordination and effective use of MLA, this project will bring better regional economic integration through regional cooperation and greater transparency in doing business among APEC economies. |
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| Risks | 1. A work plan for executing duties during 2012-2015 is provided. 2. A progress report will be submitted to the ACT Program Director every 6 months. This will allow the PO to closely monitor the progress of the project. The Project Proponent will present a report to the ACT at each meeting. Timely advice and comments can be given at all times. 3. Prior to the first workshop in Chile, a template will be circulated among ACT members to gather in-depth information about criminal justice systems and prosecuting procedures for corruption and money laundering cases. The information will be used as baseline tools for the workshop and the handbook. 4. At the end of each workshop, there will be a detailed evaluation survey that the consultant can use as part of his/her work towards the production of the handbook. 5. Chile, Thailand, and the consultant shall meet at least once a year to coordinate and address any matters arising from each workshop. The ACT PD, or a representative from APEC Secretariat, shall also be present at these meetings. The expected results from the project are as follows: · Participants will have a better understanding of the different methods and best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases; · Participants will have a better understanding of how to access mutual legal assistance in corruption and money laundering cases;· Participants will have access to a tool (the handbook) on best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, among APEC and non-APEC economies; |
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| Monitoring and Evaluation | 1. A work plan for executing duties during 2012-2015 is provided. 2. A progress report will be submitted to the ACT Program Director every 6 months. This will allow the PO to closely monitor the progress of the project. The Project Proponent will present a report to the ACT at each meeting. Timely advice and comments can be given at all times. 3. Prior to the first workshop in Chile, a template will be circulated among ACT members to gather in-depth information about criminal justice systems and prosecuting procedures for corruption and money laundering cases. The information will be used as baseline tools for the workshop and the handbook. 4. At the end of each workshop, there will be a detailed evaluation survey that the consultant can use as part of his/her work towards the production of the handbook. 5. Chile, Thailand, and the consultant shall meet at least once a year to coordinate and address any matters arising from each workshop. The ACT PD, or a representative from APEC Secretariat, shall also be present at these meetings. The expected results from the project are as follows: · Participants will have a better understanding of the different methods and best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases; · Participants will have a better understanding of how to access mutual legal assistance in corruption and money laundering cases;· Participants will have access to a tool (the handbook) on best practices in investigating and prosecuting corruption and money laundering, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, among APEC and non-APEC economies;Participants will have contacts in APEC economies that can help facilitate case cooperation. |
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| Linkages | Other fora: What role will they play in the planning and implementation of the project? How will they share in the benefits? ABAC can share its views of the private sector which is becoming more and more active in the prevention of corruption. HRDWG, which aims to share knowledge, experience and skills to strengthen human resource development and promote sustainable economic growth, can benefit from the workshop as the target audience of this project is comprised of legal practitioners, police, and public officials relating to the investigation and prosecution of corruption. With the growing complexity of intellectual property crime, IPEG can share their views on the connection between IPR cases and money laundering, as well as the best ways to tackle the problems. The handbook capturing best practices available in the prosecution corruption and money laundering cases, as well as in pursuing asset recovery cases, will be provided to all fora involved. Linkages with other APEC fora are stated in three levels. First, input from IPEG and HRDWG was included in the final proposal. They will be involved in the drafting of each workshop agenda to include the main objectives of each fora. Then they will be invited to join in our workshops. Finally their input, including comments and suggestions regarding the content of the handbook, will be considered. In this light, the two fora will be able to share their this handbook with their members as corruption is deeply linked to intellectual property rights violations, vital to IPEG, and human resources development, the main goal of HRDWG. With the growing complexity of crime, IPEG can share its views on the connection between IPR cases and money laundering, as well as the best ways to tackle the problems, if detected. The handbook will be provided to all participants involved and will also be available online. Non-APEC stakeholders: What role will external stakeholders play in the planning and implementation of the project? How will they share in the benefits? Various financial intelligence units (FIUs) such as the EGMONT group can share their views as speakers/moderators in the workshops. The StAR Initiative, a partnership between UNODC and World Bank Group that supports international efforts to end safe havens for corrupt funds, can contribute its expertise in the asset recovery field, as well. The OECD can also share its experiences in the investigation of foreign bribery from the perspective of international body. Previous work: How does this project build on, rather than duplicate, previous or ongoing initiatives in APEC or other organisations?
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| Project Management | The NACC, Thailand, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Chile, through the Anticorruption Specialized Unit, are committed to carry out this Multi-Year Project. A team of organizers are to be set up in both agencies to ensure efficiency and completion of the project. Co-sponsors and ACT members are expected to provide relevant information regarding their legal and prosecutorial process as input for the workshops, while HRDWG and IPEG will provide feedback and input throughout the project. |
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| Sustainability | How will stakeholders and beneficiaries be supported to carry forward the results and lessons from the project after its completion? The results and best practices of the project in the form of the handbook will be in the hands of the participants, other stakeholders, and direct beneficiaries when they are handling actual cases. With the proposed third workshop, it is expected that the handbook will be a practical tool that can help practitioners in real cases. Moreover, the networking opportunities provided to practitioners throughout the project will not only provide informal contacts to complement the formal channel of MLA and build a network of practioners, but also provide a great chance for the law enforcement officers to put forward their findings and challenges; Future ACT meetings may be able to address these challenges for lasting results. The POs take into account the length of the time it takes to complete the investigation and prosecution of corruption cases. However, success of this project will bring greater chance of overcoming coordination problems stemming from the differences in legal and prosecutorial differences. With continued reporting and success cases in the future, this project will definitely prove lasting results. After project completion, what are the possible next steps to build on its outputs and outcomes? How will you try to ensure these future actions will take place? [less than 1 page] Thailand and Chile will set the prosecution and investigation of corruption/money laundering/illicit trade agendas into our agencies’ regular program. In this light, we hope that other economies will do the same. The success of this project will make a good example of how multiple economies together can carry out a project with lasting impacts. This will steer the momentum of other economies to participate in the future programs, and with greater possibility to apply for funding later on. With regular reporting and dialogue on this project during future ACT meetings, continued support and input from ACT members is assured. Multi-economies cooperation with regards to the future revision of this handbook is also possible, given the success of bilateral cooperation between Chile and Thailand in this Multi-Year Project. Additional steps to be taken to better ensure the long-term impact of the Multi-Year Project include the proposal of ACT’s Medium Term Workplan (2016-2020) following the current 2010-2015 Workplan. The inauguration of the regional criminal intelligence centre, with the support of all ACT members, will be proposed in the 2016-2020 Workplan. Given the reality of time spent on the prosecution of corruption and money laundering cases, the long-term impact of this project shall be monitored after the completion of the project. With regular meetings of the Multi-year Project task force during 2012-2015, and meetings of the members of regional criminal intelligence centres from 2016 onwards, economies will be strongly urged to gradually adopt best practices to prosecute corruption and money laundering which will maximize the use of mutual legal assistance and promote integration among member economies. |
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| Project Overseers | Mr. PONGAEK VIJITGOOl Director, Bureau for International Affairs, Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission 1982 LL.B., Thammasat University 1985 Investigation Officer 1991 Barrister-At-Law 1995 Assets Inspection Officer 2008 Director, Bureau of Assets Inspection, State Sector 2009 Director, Bureau of Assets Inspection System Development Dr. NATTACHA WONGWANICH, Ph.D. International Affairs Officer 2002 BA, International Relations with First Class Honor, Kasetsart University 2003 MA, European Studies, Chulalongkorn University 2006 Awarded Royal Golden Jubilee PhD Scholarship, Thailand Research Fund 2009 PhD, Political Science, Thammasat University Mrs. MARTA HERRERA Director of the Anticorruption Specialized Unit, Public Prosecutor’s Office 2000 Law Degree, University of Chile 2003 Post-Graduate: “Sexual Aggressions: a comprehensive approach for design of intervention” distributed by the Department of Psychology of the University of Chile 2007 – Present Public Prosecutor’s Office: Director of Legal Unit and Specialized Anti-Corruption Unit; Public Prosecutor’s General Council Secretary and Law School Professor, University of Chile Mrs. CLAUDIA ORTEGA 1996 Law Degree, University of Chile 2000 Post-Graduate: Master Degree on Criminal Law and Litigation, Diego Portales University. 2007 Post-Graduate: Master Degree on Economic Crime, Alberto Hurtado University. 1997 - 2003 Legal Aid Corporation, Head of Legal Department / Barrister-At-Law 2003 - 2004 Public Prosecutor’s Office: Head of Training Division |
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| Cost Efficiency | Since the majority of our target participants are from developing countries from both shores of the Pacific, the central locations of Thailand and Chile will be an appealing factor for them to participate in the workshop. The geographical proximity will in turn help reduce travel subsidies provided to the participants by the organizers. Although travel subsidies for trainers and experts from non-Asian countries will be higher, the substantial savings generated from the aforementioned factors attest to the cost-effectiveness of hosting the workshop in Thailand and Chile. In a bid to save on publishing and delivery costs, the handbook and documents produced as an output of workshops will also be made electronically available to both participants and non-participants. Emails and other viable forms of electronic communication would be the preferred modes of communication when corresponding with overseas co-organizers, participants and experts, while post-workshop evaluation would be carried out via email. Furthermore, the organizers will ensure that the consultant hired possesses the required credentials and a proven track record for delivering high quality trainings and teaching materials. Speakers/moderators of the workshops must also have vast amount of experience in dealing with international participants from a variety of professional backgrounds. |
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| Drawdown Timetable | Not applicable. |
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| Direct Labour | APEC will fund the contracted consultant responsible for gathering and analyzing data from the workshops and handbook trial. The consultant will be responsible for drafting and editing the handbook, from start to finish. APEC will also fund travel and related costs for speakers according to APEC guidelines. |
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| Waivers | Chile requests translation costs for Chilean workshop to be covered by APEC, since it is intended that a large number of prosecutors could attend. This will not only benefit Chilean participants, but neighbouring economies as well.[LP1] Thailand and Chile request two extra participants to be funded by APEC for both workshops in order to cover the costs of the project organizing team to be able to join the workshops, as well as active participants. This will bring number of active participants for Thailand to Chile, and from Chile to Thailand, up to four, instead of two.[LP2] Waiver is sought for at least one extra participant as the PO needs to attend both workshops in Thailand and Chile. If APEC guideline does not allow for the PO to be funded, Thailand and Chile are willing to fund the POs or seek funding from co-sponsoring economies. [LP3] [LP1]As the cost for this item is to be se self-funded as stated in the itemized budget table (Year 1 budget), we will disregard this request. |
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| Are there any supporting document attached? | No | ||||||||||||||||||||