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| 11 October 2007 | PR 07/129 |
Combating corruption in the Commonwealth
Representatives from 11 Commonwealth countries recently attended a training course at Loughborough University on combating corruption in infrastructure delivery.
The five-day intensive course was organised by the University’s Water, Engineering and Development Centre, in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat.
It covered topics relating to government work with the private sector, public integrity reform, whistleblowing, and anti-corruption programme design. The participants were drawn from business, government, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Commonwealth countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. They agreed to work together to share information and identify tools that would help end the misuse of power for private gain – the very definition of corruption.
“This first step represents an enormous change in the way that projects in the infrastructure sector will be handled,” said Professor Sohail Khan, the chief organiser of the event and a Research Director at WEDC.
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- Judy Smyth, Loughborough University’s Public Relations
Office,
T: 01509 228697, E: J.L.Smyth@lboro.ac.uk
For further information about the workshop contact:
- Professor Sohail Khan, WEDC,
T: 01509 222890, E: M.Sohail@lboro.ac.uk
Notes for editors:
- WEDC is one of the world’s leading education and research institutes for improving access to infrastructure and services for the poor in low and middle-income countries. It is based in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University, but works all over the world.
- Loughborough is one of the country’s leading
universities, with an international reputation for excellence in teaching
and research, strong links with industry and unrivalled sporting achievement.
It is a member of the esteemed 1994 Group – a set of internationally recognised, research intensive universities – and has a reputation for the relevance of its work. Its degree programmes are highly regarded by professional institutions and businesses, and its graduates are consistently targeted by the UK’s top recruiters.
Loughborough is also the UK’s premier university for sport. It has perhaps the best integrated sports development environment in the world and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff. It also has the country’s largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports.
In the 2007 National Student Survey, the University was voted fourth in the UK, with 23 out of 29 of Loughborough’s subject areas being ranked in the top ten for overall satisfaction. Loughborough is also ranked in the top five of UK universities in national league tables and was named winner of the 2006 THES award for the UK’s Best Student Experience. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded five Queen's Anniversary Prizes – an achievement bettered by no other university.