| Wednesday, 15 September 2010 |
| 15.00 | Opening speech Corien Wortmann-Kool MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (EP) Reflection of citizens' concerns on the EU political agenda Monica Macovei MEP Keynote speech: Fight against corruption in the Stockholm Programme and Action Plan Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs |
| 15.30 | Session 1: Developing a comprehensive EU anti-corruption policy Moderator: Simon Busuttil MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) of the EP Panellists: 1. Indicators to measure corruption Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance 2. Secretariat of the Council Hans Nilsson, Head of Unit, Division Judicial Cooperation, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 3. Corruption and economic crisis Tobias Kaiser, Journalist, Die Welt |
| Q & A Session |
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| 17.00 | Keynote Speech: Corruption as a threat to the financial interests of the European Union Algirdas Šemeta, European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Session 2: Cost of corruption on EU funds Moderator: Ingeborg Gräßle MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) of the EP 1. Transparency in spending EU funds: beneficiaries of funds in Member States Speaker: Jana Mittermaier, Head of the Brussels Office, Transparency International 2. Links between corruption and organised crime Speaker: Ruslan Stefanov, Centre for Study of Democracy, Bulgaria 3. Presentation of a case Speaker: Thierry Cretin, Director, Investigations and Operations I, OLAF |
| 18.00 | Q&A Session and Discussion Closing Remarks |
