Safeguarding Integrity in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery 28 July 2020 More than 130 participants from the member countries and jurisdictions of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific (ACI), observer countries, advisory group, Philippine Commission on Audit, OECD, and ADB joined the webinar on Safeguarding Integrity in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery held on 28 July 2020 via Zoom. As the first webinar to be jointly hosted by ADB and OECD for the members of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific, the webinar is one of the series of events leading up to ADB's International Anticorruption Day 2020 Celebration. The following countries were welcomed at the webinar: Australia; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Georgia; Hongkong, China; Indonesia; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyz Republic; Macau, China; Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Thailand; Vanuatu; and Viet Nam. Jeroen Michels, Policy Analyst and Paul Whittaker, Anti-Corruption Analyst of OECD, presented the recommendations from the recently published OECD policy papers on how governments and development partners should ensure that responses and efforts towards recovery from the crisis are effective and not undermined by corruption and bribery. Program and Learning Materials 28 July 2020 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Safeguarding Integrity in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Welcome Remarks John Versantvoort Public Integrity and Policy Measures for an Effective COVID-19 Response and Recovery Jeroen Michels, Paul Whittaker Summary and Recommendations Cholpon Mambetova Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Event Coordinator/s OAI Knowledge and Communications Team ADB Organizer/s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity Read Also “iACT to Fight Corruption!” 2020 Events The Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific Trainings, Conferences, and Seminars from 1999-2019 The Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific website Topics Governance and Public Sector Management Health ADB Administration and Governance Knowledge Management