ABSTRACT

Seminars on preventing fraud and corruption are arranged and funded as part of the increasing and diverse world-wide efforts to fight corruption. This chapter describes on experience of seminars lasting from one day to four weeks for international groups in Britain, and seminars for groups from individual countries in their own country, between 1992 and 1996. The objectives for seminars taking place in developing countries or the transitional economies differ from those for seminars in Britain, but there are also many similarities. Management seminars make the biggest impact when the participants are able to communicate ideas effectively after their return to work. Participants in national seminars may be given different responsibilities from those in international groups. They may be charged as a group with making reports and recommendations to their Government, an exercise requiring a drafting group and discussion to reach consensus that can make a valuable contribution to the training.