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“A fundamental training to preserve institutional integrity”

Panama, 21 June 2021. Fabiola Garmendia, who works at the Superior Court of Accounts, found the workshop on ethics and institutional integrity, prevention and fight against corruption and money laundering offered by UNODC "very enriching for the development of public functions". This training offered him a "broad content", teachings "applicable in the area, vital to promote institutional integrity and prevent corruption through internal programs and policies, with clear channels of identification".

This workshop "contributes a lot to the culture of institutional strengthening". The official considers that "this type of external support becomes necessary to sensitize public servants on corruption issues, making them aware of possible threats, risks, consequences and also the powers and responsibilities of institutional positions".

Jesús Antonio Flores, from the Directorate of Probity and Ethics of the Superior Court of Accounts, found the workshop "very positive for public servants".

It is essential to be trained on these issues to maintain "institutional integrity and combat acts of corruption," added Flores.

These courses "are necessary, since these are issues with a high incidence in this society, in which these types of crimes are the order of the day," said Marco Tulio Lara, of the Superior Court of Accounts.

The workshop on ethics and institutional integrity, prevention and fight against corruption and money laundering in Honduras - held on May 6 and 7 - was addressed to 110 officials from key entities in the prevention and fight against corruption, such as the Superior Court of Accounts, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), justice sector operators, the Transparency Secretariat, among others.

Helmut Flores Calamari, UNODC Anti-Corruption Coordinator, was responsible for this day of teaching in which the following topics were addressed:

- Contextualization of the crime of corruption, its concept, elements that compose it, types and factors that encourage and motivate it.

- International tools for preventing and combating corruption.

- Design and implementation of instruments and mechanisms for corruption prevention and integrity risk assessment.

- Internal and external controls in the prevention of corruption.

- Instruments and mechanisms for the identification and investigation of money laundering.