Workshop organised jointly by the IAS Corruption Network, the Department of History and the School of Law, University of Warwick on 7^th February 2014, IAS seminar room, Milburn House, University of Warwick

Coordinators: Professor Ralf Rogowski (academic supervision) and Andi Hoxhaj (conference organisation)

Provisional programme

Engaging citizens is increasingly seen as vital in successfully fighting corruption in Europe. At international and national levels, civil society organisations have successfully become involved in developing and enforcing anti-corruption policies in the last twenty years. Recently their contribution has also become an issue in implementing anticorruption policies at the EU level.

The aim of this workshop is to evaluate citizen engagement at the national and supranational level of the European Union. It brings together distinguished academics and Ph.D. students in discussing policy developments and empirical findings about engaging citizens against corruption.

The workshop will take place at the University of Warwick and is hosted by the Network on Corruption of the Institute of Advanced Studies of Warwick University.

 9.30-11.00: Civil Society panel

1. Professor Dirk Tänzler, University of Bonn, Germany: Engaging Citizens against Corruption: The Role and Function of Transparency International (TI).

2. Dr Angelos Giannakopoulos, University of Konstanz, Germany: The Findings of the EU-funded Research Project on TI’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs).

3. Robert Barrington and Nick Maxwell, TI UK: Transparency International and Citizen Engagement in Fighting Corruption in the UK.

Coffee Break.

11.30-13.00: EU panel

1. Professor Ralf Rogowski, Warwick University: EU Anti-corruption Policy: An Overview.

2. Andi Hoxhaj, PhD candidate, Warwick Law School: The EU’s Anti-Corruption Report and the Network of Civil Society Informants.

3. Dr. Patrycja Szarek Mason, University of Reading School of Law: The Role of Anti-corruption and Citizen Engagement in EU Accession Policies.

4. Carl Dolan, TI EU, Brussels: The Role of Non-governmental Organisations in Fighting Corruption at the EU level.

Lunch.

14.00-16.00: Roundtable: Engaging Citizens in Fighting Corruption: What do we Know and What can be Done?

1. Professor Daniel Hough, Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (TBC)

2. Professor Mark Knights, University of Warwick

2. Professor Dora Kostakopoulou, University of Warwick

2. Professor Mark Philp, University of Oxford and University of Warwick

2. Professor Cees Van Der Eijk, University of Nottingham