The 14th IACC conference in Bangkok, Thailand

Most corrupt countries have a large proportion of youth in the population. A big number of anti-corruption efforts are already operating in those states and there are surely more to come, but in most cases, youth seem to be left out of the fighting rings.

The members of Global Youth Anti-Corruption Network and young people participating in the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference could not just sit and wait to be older to join the ranks.

They say, or even SHOUT, that they must be heard. That they have the right to participate. That they might get better, fresher ideas than the older generations.

Over the four days of the Conference, more and more youths are asking and demanding for their rights to the (mostly) older panelists. But it’s not enough, they’ve prepared their version of Bangkok Declaration.
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As the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference is coming to end today, its conclusion is highly anticipated.

The conference itself has been a market of ideas and information which over 1,200 paricipants from more than 130 countries shared and exchanged.

The theme of this conference is “Restoring Trust: Global Acion for Transparency”. One of the issues that has been talked about widely in the corridors was that everybody should take part in this fight. Others have been the experiences of some promising ways to promote transparency such as by Thai anti-graft commission or examples of cooperation in the construction sector, and many more new ideas, problems or threats that need to be addressed.

As the word “corruption” itself has a vague meaning, to what extent will policy makers and practitioners  be able to bring their ideas and experience into actions? Read more »