"Government, Business, Civil Society: Fighting Corruption Together¡± is the theme of the 13th PRIMO Forum, being held in Kyiv from May 23-25, 2017 and hosted this year by the Government of Ukraine. The Forum is co-sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the World Bank, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), SIGMA, OECD, and UNICTRAL.
More than 100 experts are expected to attend, including about 50 high-level government officials responsible for public procurement and anti-corruption in 19 countries (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Repbulic, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan), as well as representatives from the IsDB, EBRD, EU, SIGMA, EIB, OECD, UNCITRAL, TI Ukraine, UNDP Ukraine, ILO-Turin, WB and others.
Speakers and participants from all participating countries, Canada and the representatives of the development partners will make presentations and discuss their experiences on curbing corruption and fraud in public procurement.