Joint RCE-OECD hybrid workshop series on “Integrity, Sustainability and Transparency in the Financial System”
Joint RCE-OECD hybrid workshop series on “Integrity, Sustainability and Transparency in the Financial System”
The workshop was divided into 3 days where each day focused on a specific theme as follows:
The first day focused on anti-corruption: Strengthening integrity efforts through inter-agency coordination.
The first part of the workshop focused on Interagency coordination and international cooperation to combat corruption and bribery. It explored (i) international standards including the OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation on inter-agency coordination and cooperation to detect, investigate and prosecute foreign bribery, including a brief presentation on the relevant standards and (ii) discussed national approaches to preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting corruption and financial crime cases, including money laundering. It was followed by a roundtable on Strengthening anti-bribery frameworks in Mauritius through an inter-agency task force.
The second day focused on sustainable finance: Trends and developments in African markets and policies.
The first session delved into the high-level findings from the OECD on sustainable finance policies and practices. It provided an overview of key findings from the OECD’s work and heard from relevant countries in the audience on their policies and practices. The second session explored the emerging good practices for sustainable finance policies and practices in the region.
The third day focused on risk-based due diligence in the financial sector.
The first session focused on the tools and practices to integrate ESG in investing approaches on an investor’s perspective. This session dived into how asset owners and investment managers are integrating Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)/ESG in investment and how the OECD Guidelines can support institutional investors to embed sustainability considerations more systematically in investment decision-making.
The second session focused on building resilience by integrating ESG in lending practices. This session discussed how banks are integrating E&S risk management frameworks in lending practices to drive investments towards projects and assets needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
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RCE-OECD Meeting
The Regional Centre of Excellence had the pleasure to meet Mr Andreas Schaal who is the Director of Global Relations and Co-operation at the OECD, as well as the OECD Sherpa to the G7, the G20 and APEC and Mr Carlos Conde who is Head of the Middle East and Africa Division of the Global Relations Secretariat of the OECD on Thursday, 15 February 2024 at the Regional Centre of Excellence, where they discussed on future strategic ideas to enhance their collaboration.