Delia M. Ferreira Rubio argued that corruption must be addressed at the upcoming Rio+20 conference as it hinders sustainable development. She noted that corruption was not mentioned in the draft documents and undermines efforts to reduce poverty, achieve human development goals, and build a green economy. Transparency, oversight, and anti-corruption measures are needed to ensure that the $100 billion committed annually to sustainable development initiatives is not lost to secrecy, lack of accountability, and weak governance.

1. Integrity, Transparency
and Fight against
Corruption
Delia M. Ferreira Rubio
(Transparency International)
ETHOS Conference, Sao Paulo, June 2012

2. Fight against corruption shall not
be absent from RIO+20
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

3. TI Corruption Perception Index
2011 - Americas
10 Very Clean 0 Highly corrupt
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

4. Transparency is a must
 Sustainable development goals
cannot be achieved in a context of
corruption
 Why is corruption not even mentioned
in Rio+20 Zero Draft?
 One cannot fight against corruption by
ignoring it
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

5. Resources without control
Where will the 100 billon US dollars
committed per year by 2020 go …
in a context of:
• Secrecy,
• Discretionary power,
• Low social participation,
• Lack of independent monitoring?
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

6. Lack of transparency
 No/Scarce access to information
 Decision without participation
 Absence of rules / procedures that
guarantee public ethics
 Absence of independent monitoring
 Weak accountability
 Impunity (scarce investigation /
prosecution / penalties)
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

7. Corruption hinders sustainability
 Undermines poverty reduction
 Distorts green economy grounds/ goals
 Affects human and social development
 Stalls progress on MDGs
 Means less education, less health,
worse access to clean water, lack of
infrastructure, more inequality
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

8. What do we need?
 Anticorruption safeguards
 Access to information
 Participation
 Integrity
 Oversight
 Accountability
 Strong governance
ETHOS Conference Delia M. Ferreira Rubio Sao Paulo, June 2012

9. To put it into a nutshell
The future we want is
FREE FROM CORRUPTION!
Many thanks
www.transparency.org