FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2022 | INTEGRITY COMMISSION 2022 FEATURE 8 Electoral Office of Jamaica Office of the Public Defender Office of the Political Ombudsman 8th ANNUAL CCAICACB CONFERENCE Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the follow -up Mechanism for the implementation of the inter-American Convention against Corruption [MESICIC] MOCA Jamaica Customs JFJ JET Speaker of the House JCTU CAPRI MOEY MOFPS FID Theworkshopmodules were designed by the Commission to cover a wide rangeof anti-corruption, integrityandgoodgovernancesubject areas. They were also developed to impart critical information about the Commission’s statutory mandates, powers and enforcement functions, and Jamaica’s corruption laws. Included in the topics that were covered were: An overview of Jamaica’s anti-corruption institutional and legislative frameworks; the problem of corruption, inclusive of the various types of corruption, the costs of corruption, where Jamaica stands on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and why corruption must be confronted; the foundation responsibility of a country’s leaders and Lawmakers to tackle corruption; the principles of good governance, integrity, ethical conduct and accountability in public life; how to avoid conflicts of interest; the importance of the rule of law; the roles and responsibilities of the Cabinet, Parliament, and Accounting, Accountable and Public Officers; and the fundamental obligation of Public Servants to serve the public interest. In addition to the delivery of Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Sensitization Workshops the Division over the period and as part of its mandate under s. 6 (1) (k) of the Integrity Commission Act, 2017 which speaks to collaborating or co-operating with other persons or bodies, whether in Jamaica or outside of Jamaica, duly authorized to prevent, combat and investigate acts of corruption, so as to implement an integrated approach to the eradication of corruption, engaged various stakeholders to apprise them of the work and mandate of the Commission and the role they can play in the articulation and development of Jamaica’s anticorruption strategy which the Commission is currently undertaking. These stakeholders include the Major Organized Crime & AntiCorruption Agency, Jamaica Customs, the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jamaicans for Justice, Jamaica Environment Trust, The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and Youth, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute, the Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Financial Investigations Division. Over the next two quarters of this fiscal year the Commission intends to continue delivery of its Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Sensitization Workshops to public officials, engage stakeholders and take steps to concretize the development of Jamaica’s anticorruption strategy. The Division also led participation in two international conferences, namely, the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-Up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption [MESICIC] that was held over the period Monday September 12, 2022 to Thursday September 15, 2022 and the 8th Annual CCAICACB Conference that was held in St. Kitts between Monday May 23, 2022 to Friday May 27, 2022. The Commissions of Parliament include the Electoral Commission of Jamaica/Electoral Office of Jamaica, the Office of the Public Defender and the Office of the Political Ombudsman.
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