Save the dates!

The IPACS list of events for 2023 is action packed – here are three meetings you may want to pencil into your calendar:

UNODC GlobE meeting

IPACS will participate in a side event focusing on safeguarding sport from corruption and economic crime on 13 July in Vienna. The meeting will be held on the sidelines of the plenary meeting of the UNODC Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network), to be organised at the UNODC headquarters in Vienna from 11 to 13 July. Over 200 representatives of the network, comprising 84 countries and 149 authorities, are expected to take part in the event.

The side event on sport will be organised with the following objectives:

• informing participants about the initiative to start a consultation process on how the UNODC GlobE Network could be used as a model to tackle corruption and economic crime in sport;
• raising awareness of corruption and economic crime risks to sport;
• showcasing examples of how these threats have been tackled; and
• initiating a discussion among the members of the UNODC GlobE Network about corruption and economic crime in sport and how to effectively tackle it. 

UNODC workshop with World Rugby

IPACS will be further represented at an international meeting co-organised by the UNODC and World Rugby on 18 and 19 July in Vienna: the “safeguarding sport from corruption with a focus on rugby union workshop”. IPACS will promote its prevention tools and invite the rugby community to make best use of them, in support of their preventive procedures and framework to fight against corruption.

IPACS Annual General Conference and Steering Committee

As announced during the last IPACS Steering Committee meeting, the next Annual General Conference of IPACS will be held in a hybrid format on 12 September 2023 at the UNODC headquarters in Vienna. The Steering Committee will meet the previous day on 11 September.

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