Safeguarding the Public Interest, Impartiality, and Fairness in Public Decision-Making: Lessons Learnt from Implementing the OECD Recommendation on Lobbying. More information available at http://www.oecd.org/gov/ethics/lobbying-safeguarding-public-interest.htm

1. SEMINAR ON LOBBYING
Safeguarding the Public Interest, Impartiality,
and Fairness in Public Decision-Making:
Lessons Learnt from Implementing the OECD
Recommendation on Lobbying
DRAFT AGENDA
21 March 2014
OECD Conference Centre
Paris, France
OECD Integrity Week
17-21 March 2014

2. About the OECD
The OECD is a forum in which governments compare and exchange policy experiences, identify good
practices in light of emerging challenges, and promote decisions and recommendations to produce better
policies for better lives. The OECD’s mission is to promote policies that improve economic and social well-
being of people around the world.
About OECD Integrity Week
The OECD's second annual Integrity Week takes place in Paris from 17-21 March 2014. On this occasion, the
OECD will host multiple public events relating to anti-corruption and integrity. These events will bring
together stakeholders from government, academia, business, trade and civil society to engage in dialogue
on policy, best practices, and recent developments in the fields of integrity and anti-corruption.
About the OECD’s CleanGovBiz Initiative
The CleanGovBiz Initiative supports governments to reinforce their fight against corruption and engage
with civil society and the private sector to promote real change towards integrity. It is based on the
Declaration on Propriety, Integrity and Transparency, which was adopted at the 2010 OECD Council
Ministerial Meeting. The initiative draws together existing tools, provides user-friendly guidance to
strengthen their implementation, improves co-ordination among relevant players and monitors progress
towards integrity.
For any questions concerning the content of the Seminar on Lobbying, please contact Mr. Julio Bacio
Terracino (julio.bacioterracino@oecd.org). Please direct any questions regarding practical arrangements to
CleanGovBiz@oecd.org.

3. AGENDA
21 March 2014
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee Welcome
09:00 – 09:15 Welcoming Remarks and Opening Address
William C. Danvers
OECD Deputy Secretary-General
The OECD has been completing the most comprehensive study to date on risks related to
lobbying practices and countries’ efforts to mitigate them. This benchmarking exercise and
analysis reviewed the OECD Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying, the only
international instrument addressing major risks in the public decision-making process related to
lobbying. The sessions during the Integrity Week Seminar on Lobbying will deal with the key
results and lessons learned from the benchmarking process and highlight different countries’
experiences in enhancing transparency of lobbying practices and safeguard the integrity of the
public decision-making process.
09:15 – 10:30 High-Level Panel on National, Supranational and Transnational Lobbying Practices and Risks
OBJECTIVES
The OECD’s review of the implementation of the Recommendation on Principles for
Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying showed that lobbying practices are evolving, for
example, lobbying strategies and practices have become more transnational as a consequence of
globalisation.
Disparate rules and degrees of transparency across different countries and jurisdictions favour
the proliferation of lobbying practices and inconsistent international compliance. In addition,
different rules for the same actors in different jurisdictions may not only result in different levels
of influence, but in uneven playing fields depending on the jurisdictions in which lobbyists
operate. Transnational lobbying therefore raises questions of transparency and competition at a
global level.
This High-Level Panel will discuss transnational lobbying practices and risks identified in the
OECD monitoring report, and how to address these in order to ensure that the concerns are
effectively addressed.
MODERATOR
• Janos Bertok, Head of the Public Sector Integrity Division, OECD
PANELLISTS
• Ambassador Ignacio Briones Rojas, Permanent Representative of Chile to the OECD
• Karl Isaksson, Chairman, European Public Affairs Consultancies' Association
• Jérôme Brunel, Director of Public Affairs, Crédit Agricole
• Mélanie Bossuroy, European Commission/European Parliament Joint Transparency
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• Marie Thiel, Administrative Manager, European Parliament

4. 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break Coffee Provided in Conference Room
11:00 – 12:30 Roundtable Discussion on Lobbying and Emerging Risks to Integrity
OBJECTIVES
While an increasing number of member and partner countries have opted to regulate lobbying,
experience has shown that streamlining regulations into the wider integrity framework remains
crucial to mitigate risks of undue influence and unfair competition. The OECD’s review of the
implementation of the Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying has shown that
there are heightened risks that demand special attention and the modernisation of integrity
frameworks. Two of the most pressing issues identified by stakeholders in the review are (i) the
practice of revolving doors – the movement of staff between related public and private sectors –
and (ii) influence of private interests through advisory groups. For example, as many as 79% of
surveyed legislators believe that such groups exert influence on public decision-making
processes and outcomes. Moreover, almost half believe that they are driven by special interests,
not by the interests of the public or society at large.
This roundtable will discuss the emerging risks to integrity connected to lobbying practices and
how to address them in order to ensure that public decisions are made in the public interest.
MODERATOR
• Julio Bacio Terracino, Policy Analyst, Public Sector Integrity Division, OECD
PANELLISTS
• Jean Rodesch, Vice President, Government affairs and CSR, Pernod Ricard
• Jorge Ortega, Secretaría de Gobernación, México
• Ulrika Kilnes, Policy Analyst, Public Sector Integrity Division, OECD
• Mark Perera, Lead Researcher, Transparency International EU Office
12:30 – 13.00 Closing Address
Daniel Lebègue
Chairman of the Board, Transparency International France

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