Fridolin Berek

Currently he is an expert staff for corruption prevention at the National Secretariat of Corruption Prevention. In this role he coordinates integration of electronic based national planning including beneficial ownership transparency, actively taking part in the development of quantity assurance tool in the oil and gas sector. In 2017, he coordinated with the CSOs and EITI International Secretariat to prepare and organize BO global conference in Jakarta.  

Regional Workshop on Advancing Beneficial Ownership in Asia and Pacific Region: Policy Approaches for Beneficial Ownership Implementation

This session discussed and explored international examples and practices, mainly at policy level, on collecting BO data, the level of detail that needs to be disclosed, and the challenges that might be faced.

Some of the issues that will be considered in this session include:

  • What BO information should be collected?
  • How BO should information be collected? Integration into existing system or new system – international practices; and
  • Updating the BO information (timeframes and other mechanisms) – international practices and challenges.

Regional Workshop on Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Asia and Pacific Region

Illicit financial flows related to money laundering, corruption, financing of terrorism, tax evasion, and other abuses have dire effects on countries and societies. They foster and finance violence and crime, diminish state revenues, affect citizens’ basic human rights, and undermine the rule of law and trust in institutions, especially the sense of justice and equality.