Transparency International systematized the results of the Anti-Corruption Summit

The summit resulted in the signing of the World Declaration against Corruption and a total of 600 commitments by participating countries to take concrete action against corruption. The results achieved are scheduled to be discussed during the UN General Assembly on September 12, 2017.

Exactly one year before the upcoming General Assembly, Transparency International presented an overview (available in xlsx format) of these commitments (the accompanying report can be downloaded here), systematizing them by country and dividing them into 20 main areas, including shaping the anti-corruption environment, money laundering, asset recovery, international anti-corruption engagement, private sector regulation, public sector transparency, public procurement, whistleblower protection and others.

Each planned anti-corruption step was given a rating from 1 to 3 based on the following criteria:

whether the commitment made is new to the country;
whether it is ambitious;
how clearly articulated it is.

The results show that slightly more than half (56%) of the commitments made by countries are specific, while 30% and 33% are ambitious and new, respectively. The topic of beneficial ownership resonated the most: 110 of the proposed measures were related to the problem of identifying beneficial owners, and 8 countries declared their intention to create relevant public registers.

Before summarizing the results at the UN General Assembly, the achieved results in certain areas will be considered during joint events, such as the Global Forum on Asset Recovery or the International Partnership for Clean Sport.

At the same time, the countries participating in the summit have no mechanisms to monitor the implementation of these pledges, including those available to the general public. The first attempt to create a resource to monitor the results achieved by the state in the declared areas of the fight against corruption was an electronic platform created by Transparency International UK. It provides information on all 15 commitments made by the UK Government at the end of the summit. For each of them, specific planned measures are formulated.